The New York Yankees rally to defeat the Boston Red Sox

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 5-4.  Jaime Garcia started for the Yankees and he pitched ok.  Aaron Hicks led the offense with a couple of hits and RBI. 

Garcia pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and three runs with three walks and six strikeouts.  Adam Warren won his third game of the season pitching 2 1/3 innings and giving up a hit and striking out two and Aroldis Chapman earned his 15^th save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a run and three walks. 

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched six innings giving up two hits and no runs.  He walked two and struck out seven.  Matt Barnes pitched an inning with a walk, Addison Reed lost his third game of the season pitching no innings and giving up two hits and four runs with a walk and he didn’t record an out.  Joe Kelly pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Fernando Abad pitched to one batter and retired him. 

Hicks had two hits and two RBI, Gary Sanchez had a hit and drew a walk and Aaron Judge drew two walks.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI, Todd Frazier had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit.  Ronald Torreyes had a hit and an RBI, Brett Gardner drew a walk and Hicks and Torreyes each hit a double.  Hicks hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Hicks had an outfield assist. 

Eduardo Nunez had a hit and drew a walk, Mookie Betts had a hit and drew two walks and Andrew Benintendi had two hits and two RBI.  Hanley Ramirez had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Chris Young drew a walk and Rafael Devers had a hit.  Christian Vazquez had a hit, Jackie Bradley Jr. drew a walk and Ramirez hit a double and a homerun.  Benintendi also hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. 

In the first inning Ramirez hit a two-run homerun to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.  In the fifth Benintendi hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the eighth Hicks hit a two-run homerun, Gregorius hit an RBI single, T. Frazier hit an RBI single and Torreyes hit a sac fly to make it 5-3 Yankees.  In the ninth Benintendi hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 5-4 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Saturday afternoon.