MLB

Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees

· Major League Baseball
Boston Red Sox
48-40, 28-16 Away
Final
5 - 3
New York Yankees
54-36, 24-18 Home

Red Sox stun Yankees 5-3 on 2-run homers by Yoshida in the 9th and Rafaela in the 10th

Boston overcame a 3-0 deficit and won its fifth straight game and 15th in 20.

Romy Gonzalez started the comeback when he homered leading off the fifth.

Holmes, without a save since June 9, allowed pinch-hitter Dominic Smith's two-out single in the ninth. Yoshida fell behind 0-2, then drove a full-count pitch into the right-field seats for his third homer, his first since April 20.

“That’s one of that biggest highlights of my career with the Red Sox,” Yoshida said through a translator.

Holmes threw six straight sinkers, admitting his selection could have been better:

“The sinker down into Yoshida, he probably saw one too many there,” he said.

Holmes blew a save for the fifth time in 24 chances.

“If he threw a slider there, then could have been a different story,” Yoshida said.

With an automatic runner David Hamilton on second, Rafaela homered on a 1-0 fastball over the heart of the plate from Kahnle (0-1). The rookie's 10th home run this season landed in Monument Park beyond center field.

“I always was a Red Sox fan and these type of games (are) the games I always dream about, having those at-bats,” said Rafaela, who was playing at Yankee Stadium for the first time. “Those are the type of games I really wanted to be in.”

Justin Slaten (5-2) pitched a perfect ninth and Kenley Jansen finished for his 17th save in 18 chances, the 437th of his career, tying Francisco Rodríguez for fifth. Juan Soto singled to put two on, but Aaron Judge and Alex Verdugo popped out and Oswaldo Cabrera grounded out.

New York has lost four straight games and dropped to 1-6 in extra innings. The Yankees were a major league-best 49-21 through June 12 and are a big league-worst 5-15 since.

“It's a difficult time and we've got to dig down and quick turnaround tomorrow, get ready to play and find out what we're made of a little bit,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “You're going to be tested all the time with tough spots in the season. which clearly we are right now.”

Anthony Volpe and DJ LeMahieu made a double mental error that cost the Yankees a run in the third inning, both failing to run hard and allowing the Red Sox to turn an inning-ending double play.

Red Sox second baseman Enmanuel Valdez caused a pair of unearned runs in the fourth with Boston’s major league-high 67th error.

Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres left in the fourth after aggravating his right groin while beating out an infield hit that sparked the fourth-inning rally. The groin also forced him from a June 20 game against Baltimore, and Yankees manager Boone did not think they injury was significant.

In an outing divided by a 38-minute rain delay in the middle of the third, Yankees starter Nestor Cortes allowed one run, three hits and one walk in six innings while striking out eight. He is 4-3 with a 1.81 ERA at home but 0-4 with a 5.63 ERA on the road.

Boone had an expression of dismay after watching his team’s baserunning in the third.

With Volpe at third and LeMahieu at first and one out, Ben Rice hit a sharp grounder to Gonzalez at first. Gonzalez stepped on the bag and threw to Raffaela at second. But Volpe slowed down heading home and LeMahieu ran toward second instead of getting into a rundown and was tagged before Volpe crossed the plate.

“I just got to hustle all the way,” said Volpe, who thought the ball was foul. “Just got to be better.”

New York got its runs in the fourth on run-scoring grounders by Wells and Trent Grisham around Volpe's bases-loaded walk.

Large crowds lined up outside Yankee Stadium four hours before first pitch on a George Costanza bobblehead giveaway night, a promotion centered on the team’s traveling secretary played by Jason Alexander on “Seinfeld” from 1989-98.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: RHP Chris Martin (right elbow inflammation) was put on the 15-day IL retroactive to Thursday and LHP Cam Booser was recalled from Triple-A Worcester.

UP NEXT

Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole (1-1, 6.23) makes his fourth start on Saturday since returning from right elbow inflammation. RHP Josh Winckowski (2-1, 2.80) starts for Boston.

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Matchup Prediction

Yankees: 57.7%
Red Sox: 42.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

10th Inning Cabrera grounded out to first.
10th Inning Verdugo popped out to first.
10th Inning Judge fouled out to third.
10th Inning Soto singled to right, Rice to third.
10th Inning Jansen relieved Slaten
10th Inning Wong grounded out to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 14
12 Strikeouts 6
5 Runs Batted In 3
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 6
0 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 3
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
39 At Bats 36
3 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
16 Runners Left On Base 26
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
1 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 0
15 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
168 Pitches 136
0 Games Started 0
2 Pinch At Bats 0
1 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
19 Total Bases 6
41 Plate Appearances 41
486.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
5 Extra Base Hits 0
4.9 Runs Created 1.3
.205 Batting Average .167
.500 Pinch Hit Average .000
.487 Slugging Percentage .167
.333 Secondary Average .139
.244 On Base Percentage .268
.731 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .435
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.9
4.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.2
41.0 Batter Rating 18.0
13.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.10 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.32
.282 Isolated Power .000
0.17 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.83
.049 Walks Per Plate Appearance .122
.128 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.028
10.0 Runs Produced 6.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
85.8 MLB Rating 69.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Yankee Stadium

Location: Bronx, New York
Attendance: 47,158 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 94 68 .580 - W1
Baltimore 91 71 .562 3 W3
Boston 81 81 .500 13 W1
Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 14 L1
Toronto 74 88 .457 20 L3
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