New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox to earn four-game sweep

The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 7-4.  J.A. Happ started for the Yankees and he pitched ok, the bullpen pitched well.  Cameron Maybin and Kyle Higashioka each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Happ pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up seven hits and four runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Happ won his ninth game of the season.  Luis Cessa pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a walk and striking out three and Chad Green saved his second game of the season pitching an inning with a walk and a strikeout. 

David Price lost his fifth game of the season pitching 2 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and seven runs with two walks and three strikeouts.  Darwinzon Hernandez pitched 1 1/3 innings with two walks and Ryan Weber pitched four innings giving up a hit and no runs with two strikeouts. 

Gleyber Torres drew a walk, Aaron Judge had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had a hit.  Gio Urshela had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk and Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk and Maybin had two hits and an RBI.  Mike Ford had a hit and an RBI, Higashioka had two hits and Mike Tauchman had a hit and two RBI.  Higashioka and Maybin each hit two doubles and Gardner hit a double.  Judge and Urshela each hit a homerun and the Yankees were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

Mookie Betts had a hit, J.D. Martinez had two hits and Sam Travis drew a walk.  Andrew Benintendi had a hit and two RBI, Christian Vasquez had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Michael Chavis had two hits and an RBI.  Brock Holt drew a walk, Vasquez and Chavis each hit a homerun and the Red Sox were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

In the first Judge hit a solo homerun to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  In the third Urshela hit a two-run homerun, Maybin hit an RBI double and Ford hit an RBI single to push the lead to 5-0.  Tauchman hit a two-run single to extend the lead to 7-0.  In the fifth Vazquez and Chavis each hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 7-2.  In the sixth Benintendi hit a two-run single to cut the lead to 7-4 and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees swept the four-game series and will head to Baltimore for a three-game series beginning on Monday night.