New York Yankees have late dramatic comeback to down 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.  Clarke Schmidt started for the Yankees, and he pitched well.  The offense was led by Aaron Judge who had two hits including a grand slam. 

Schmidt pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with one walk and five strikeouts.  Mark Leiter Jr. won his fourth game of the season pitching 1 1/3 innings giving up three hits and two runs with two strikeouts and Luke Weaver picked up his second save of the season pitching two innings and giving up one hit with five strikeouts. 

Richard Fitts started for the Red Sox pitching five innings and giving up two hits and no runs with three walks and two strikeouts.  Justin Slaten pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out two, Zack Kelly pitched giving up a hit and three runs with two walks and Cam Booser pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and he lost his second game of the season.  Greg Weissert pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Luis Guerrero pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Gleyber Torres had a hit and an RBI, Juan Soto drew a walk and Judge had two hits, four RBI and drew a walk.  Austin Wells drew a walk, Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and drew a walk and Jazz Chisholm had a hit.  Anthony Rizzo had two hits, Anthony Volpe drew a walk and Alex Verdugo drew a walk.  Rizzo hit a double and Judge hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Chisholm was caught stealing. 

Jarren Duran had three hits, Rafael Devers had a hit and drew a walk and Masataka Yoshida had two hits and two RBI.  Triston Casas had a hit, Trevor Story had two hits, and two RBI and Duran hit a double.  Yoshida and Story each hit a homerun, and the Red Sox were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Duran was caught stealing. 

In the top of the sixth Yoshida hit a two-run homerun giving the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.  In the top of the seventh Story hit a two-run homerun pushing the Red Sox lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the seventh Torres hit an RBI single and Judge hit a grand-slam giving the Yankees a 5-4 lead and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday night.