The New York Yankees defeated the
Boston Red Sox on Friday night. The game
took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 6-0. Vidal Nuno started and pitched well and Brian
McCann, Kelly Johnson and Brett Gardner each hit a homerun.
Nuno pitched 5 2/3 scoreless
innings. He gave up two hits and two
walks and struck out five to earn his second win of the season. Dellin Betances pitched 1 1/3 scoreless
innings giving up a hit and a walk and he struck out two, Adam Warren pitched a
perfect inning with a strikeout and Matt Thornton pitched a perfect inning with
a strikeout.
Brandon Workman pitched seven
innings giving up seven hits and four runs.
He walked two and struck out five and lost his first game of the
season. Craig Breslow pitched an inning
giving up two hits and two runs.
Gardner had a hit and an RBI, Derek
Jeter had two hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit and drew a walk. Mark Teixeira had two hits and an RBI, McCann
had two hits and two RBI and Johnson had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Ellsbury hit a double and the Yankees were
1-4 with runners in scoring positon and left five men on base.
Brock Holt had a hit and drew a
walk, David Ortiz drew a walk and Mike Napoli drew a walk. Jonny Gomes had a hit, Stephen Drew had a hit
and Holt and Drew each hit a double. The
Red Sox were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left six men on
base.
The Yankees scored a run in the
first inning on a Teixeira sacrifice fly.
In the fourth they hit back-to-back homeruns to make it 4-0. Johnson hit a two run homerun and Gardner a solo homerun. The Yankees made it 6-0 in the eighth on a
McCann two run homerun.
The two teams will play game two of
their three game series on Saturday night.
Masahiro Tanaka will face off against Jon Lester in a premier pitching
matchup.
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