The New York Yankees even their series with the Boston Red Sox

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Saturday evening.  The game took place at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and the final score was 6-4.  Shane Greene started for the Yankees and was ok, the bullpen was pretty good.  Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran each had two hits. 

Green pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and five strikeouts.  Shawn Kelley won his second game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings striking out three, Adam Warren pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and Dellin Betances pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out a batter.  David Robertson pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and he earned his 28th save of the season. 

Allen Webster lost his first game of the season pitching 2 2/3 innings and giving up two hits and four runs.  He walked six and struck out one.  Burke Badenhop pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit, Craig Breslow pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Adam Wilson pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with a strikeout.  Layne pitched an inning striking out one and Edward Mujica pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and striking out one. 

Brett Gardner drew two walks, Derek Jeter had two hits and two RBI and Jacoby Ellsbury had an RBI.  Teixeira had two hits and an RBI, Beltran had two hits and an RBI and Chase Headley had a hit and drew a walk.  Stephen Drew had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks, Martin Prado had a hit and drew a walk and Francisco Cervelli had a hit and drew a walk.  Jeter, Beltran and Drew each hit a double and Teixeira hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Drew was picked off. 

Brock Holt had two hits and drew a walk, Dustin Pedroia had two hits and David Ortiz had a hit and an RBI.  Yoenis Cespedes had a hit, Mike Napoli had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Daniel Nava drew a walk and Christian Vasquez had a hit and an RBI.  Napoli hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Holt committed an error Bradley Jr. had an outfield assist and Vasquez had a pickoff. 

In the second Napoli hit a two run homerun and Vasquez hit an RBI single to give the Red Sox a 3-0 lead.  The Yankees came back and took the lead in the third with four runs.  Jeter hit a two run double, Ellsbury hit an RBI groundout and Beltran hit an RBI single.  The Yankees had a 4-3 lead which increased to 5-3 on a Teixeira solo homerun in the fifth.  In the seventh Drew hit an RBI double to make it a 6-3 game.  The Red Sox drew closer with a run in the seventh on an Ortiz sacrifice fly.  It was 6-4 and that would be the final score.  The series is even at one game each and the rubber game will be on Sunday night.