New York Yankees 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 8-1.  CC Sabathia started for the Yankees and he pitched well.  Miguel Andujar led the offense with three hits and three RBI. 

Sabathia pitched seven innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts and won his fifth game of the season.  Chad Green pitched an inning with a strikeout and Chasen Shreve pitched an inning with two strikeouts. 

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched six innings giving up seven hits and five runs with two walks and two strikeouts.  Rodriguez lost his third game of the season.  Justin Haley pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs. 

Aaron Hicks had a hit, Aaron Judge had a hit and two RBI and Giancarlo Stanton drew two walks.  Didi Gregorius had a hit, Gleyber Torres had two hits and an RBI and Andujar had three hits and three RBI.  Greg Bird had two hits and two RBI, Brett Gardner had a hit and Gregorius hit a double.  Torres hit a triple and Andujar and Judge each hit a homerun and Bird hit two homeruns.  The Yankees were 2-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Mookie Betts had two hits, Andrew Benintendi had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Steve Pearce had two hits.  Eduardo Nunez had a hit, Pearce, Betts and Benintendi each hit a double and they were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Betts and Benintendi each had a stolen base.  Jackie Bradley Jr. had an outfield assist. 

In the second Andujar hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Torres hit a sac fly to push the lead to 2-0.  Andujar hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 4-0.  Bird hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 5-0.  In the fifth Benintendi hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the seventh Judge hit a two-run homerun to make it 7-1.  In the eighth Bird hit a solo homerun making it 8-1 and that was the final score. 

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