The New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox as the Bronx Bombers return

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Saturday afternoon.  The game took place at

Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-4 Yankees.  Hiroki Kuroda started

and pitched pretty well.  The bullpen was good once again and the offense sprang to life.  The

Yankees hit five homeruns in the game with Brian McCann leading the way. 

Kuroda pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs.  He walked three and struck out five. 

Kuroda picked up his second win of the season.  Matt Thornton pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a

hit and striking out one, Dellin Betances pitched 1/3 of an inning and having a runner thrown out at

second and Adam Warren pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.  Shawn Kelley picked

up his second save of the season pitching a perfect inning. 

John Lackey started for the Red Sox and pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up ten hits and six runs.  He

walked none and struck out six.  Craig Breslow pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking

out one, Andrew Miller pitched  2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and striking out one and Burke

Badenhop pitched one inning giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit, Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits and drew a walk and Carlos Beltran had two

hits and two RBI.  McCann had two hits and three RBI, Alfonso Soriano had two hits and an RBI and

Kelly Johnson had two hits and an RBI.  Yangervis Solarte had two hits, Dean Anna had a hit and

Beltran and Anna each hit a double.  Beltran, Soriano and Johnson each hit a homerun and McCann

hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on

base.  Ellsbury had a stolen base and Soriano committed an error. 

Dustin Pedroia had a hit, Daniel Nava had a hit and drew a walk and David Ortiz had a hit.  Mike

Carp had a hit and two RBI, Xander Bogaerts had a hit and A.J. Pierzynski had two hits and two RBI. 

Herrera drew a walk, Jackie Bradley Jr. drew a walk and Pedroia hit a double.  Pierzynski hit a

homerun and the Red Sox were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Bradley and Nava each had a stolen base and Carp was caught stealing. 

Beltran hit a two run homerun in the first to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  Pierzynski hit a two run

homerun in the second to tie the game at two.  In the fourth McCann and Soriano hit back-to-back

homeruns to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.  McCann hit a two run homerun in the sixth to extend the

Yankees lead to 6-2.  Carp hit a two run single against the shift in the seventh to cut the lead to 6-4.

In the eighth Johnson hit a solo homerun for the final run of the game.  The final was 7-4 Yankees. 

The two teams will play the fourth and final game of the series on Sunday night.  If the Yankees win

they will take the series three out of four games and the Red Sox are trying to earn a split of the

series. It will be Ivan Nova who will be looking to turn around his rough start against  Felix

Doubront.