New York Yankees take second straight in Boston

 

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 5-3.  Nestor Cortes Jr. started for the Yankees and he pitched well, the bullpen pitched very well and Giancarlo Stanton led the offense with two hits and four RBI. 

Cortes pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with four strikeouts.  Michael King pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and he struck out two, Lucas Luetge pitched to one batter and got him out and Luis Severino earned his first win of the season.  Severino pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out four.  Aroldis Chapman earned his 29^th save of the season, he pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. 

Nick Pivetta started for the Red Sox and he pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with seven strikeouts.  Hansel Robles pitched 2/3 of an inning, Tanner Houck pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two runs and four walks with three strikeouts.  Houck lost his fifth game of the season.  Darwinzon Hernandez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a strikeout and Ryan Brasier pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Brett Gardner had a hit and drew a walk, Aaron Judge drew a walk and Stanton had two hits, four RBI an drew a walk.  Joey Gallo drew a walk, Gio Urshela had a hit and Gardner hit a double.  Stanton hit a homerun and the Yankees were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base.  Gardner had a stolen base. 

Hunter Renfroe had a hit, Rafael Devers had a hit and Kyle Schwarber had a hit.  Bobby Dalbec had a hit and an RBI, Kevin Plawecki had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Jose Iglesias had a hit, Plawecki hit a homerun and Dalbec hit a homerun.  The Red Sox were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 

In the third Plawecki hit a solo homerun to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth a wild pitch made the score 2-0.  In the top of the sixth a wild pitch cut the lead to 2-1 and in the eighth Stanton hit a grand-slam to give the Yankees a 5-2 lead.  In the ninth Dalbec hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-3 but that would be the final score.  The Yankees will look for the three-game sweep on Sunday night.  The two teams are now tied for the top wild card spot.