New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox to move into first place tie

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 3-2.  Luis Severino started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Giancarlo Stanton led the offense with two homeruns. 

Severino pitched six innings giving up six hits and two runs with 11 strikeouts.  David Robertson won his third game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out two, Chad Green pitched an inning giving up a hit and Aroldis Chapman saved his eighth game of the season pitching an inning and striking out a batter. 

Drew Pomeranz pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Heath Hembree lost his first game of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with two walks, Joe Kelly pitched 1 1/3 innings givin gup a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Carson Smith pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Brett Gardner drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit and an RBI and Stanton had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Gary Sanchez drew a walk, Aaron Hicks drew a walk and Miguel Andujar had a hit.  Neil Walker had a hit, Gleyber Torres had a hit and drew a walk and Walker hit a double and Stanton hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Stanton had a stolen base, Torres committed an error and Judge had an outfield assist. 

Mookie Betts had two hits and an RBI, Andrew Benintendi had a hit and an RBI and Hanley Ramirez had a hit.  J.D. Martinez had a hit, Eduardo Nunez had two hits and Christin Vazquez had a hit.  Nunez and Martinez each hit a double and Betts hit a triple.  The Red Sox were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Nunez had a stolen base and Devers committed an error, Benintendi had an outfield assist. 

In the second Stanton hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Stanton hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 2-0.  In the fifth Benintendi hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the seventh Betts hit an RBI triple to tie the game at two and in the bottom of the seventh Judge hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.  The Yankees have won seven in a row and 16 of 17 to move into a first place tie with the Red Sox.