FINAL SCORE: Yankees 9, Red Sox 6
IN BRIEF: The Yankees avoided the four-game sweep as the Red Sox miscues proved too big to overcome. Didi Gregorius and Austin Romine led the way for New York, each hitting a two-run homer off of Chris Sale.
RED SOX RECORD: 59-48
HIGHLIGHTS
3rd inning
Jackie Bradley Jr. makes a terrific catch on the warning track
Austin Romine hit a two-run homer over the Green Monster, Cameron Maybin scored (2-0 NYY)
4th inning
Didi Gregorius hit a two-run shot to right, Luke Voit scored (4-0 NYY)
Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer to right, Xander Bogaerts scored (4-2 NYY)
6th inning
Gio Urshela doubled to deep center, Gleyber Torres scored (5-2 NYY)
Maybin singled to left, Urshela scored (6-2 NYY)
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J.D. Martinez grounded out to Gregorius, Rafael Devers scored (6-3 NYY)
7th inning
Gregorius flew out to Jackie Bradley Jr., Aaron Hicks and Edwin Encarnacion scored after Bradley Jr. throwing error to first (no Red Sox player was there to catch it) (8-3 NYY)
Mookie Betts hit a sac fly to right, Bradley Jr. scored (8-4 NYY)
8th inning
Maybin scored on a wild pitch by Mitch Walden (9-4 NYY)
9th inning
Benintendi singled to left, Betts and Bogaerts scored (9-6 NYY)
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