Red Sox Defeat Yankees, Take 7.5-Game Lead In AL East
Rick Porcello pitched a one-hitter, Steve Pearce homered for the fourth time in two nights and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees.
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Rick Porcello pitched a one-hitter, Steve Pearce homered for the fourth time in two nights and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees.
In the opener of a four-game series that gave New York the potential to erase most of its division deficit, the Red Sox instead opened a bigger gap.
Gray was chased in the third inning by the team with worst record in the majors.
Tanaka (9-2) struck out eight and walked two, lowering his ERA to 2.00 over his last five starts. He is 7-0 in 13 starts since an April 17 loss against Miami.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman made the announcement Tuesday before a game against Baltimore.
Already, Lynn was looking forward to returning to Fenway Park, where he got a no-decision Friday in his second career appearance at Boston.
J.A. Happ made the midseason impact the Yankees hoped for in a solid pinstripes debut against Kansas City.
The Royals won the opener 10-5, tagging All-Star ace Luis Severino for six runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Judge was nailed by a tailing fastball from Kansas City right-hander Jakob Junis in the first inning Thursday night.
One of the New York Yankees' biggest bats, Aaron Judge, was injured during Thursday night's game – a major blow to the team's lineup.
The game never started and was called a half-hour after it was supposed to begin.
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was hit on his right wrist by a pitch and forced to leave early Thursday night, overshadowing New York's 7-2 romp past the Kansas City Royals.
Sanchez was put back on the 10-day disabled list Tuesday because of the injury, a day after failing to hustle on a pair of key plays in a 7-6 loss to Tampa Bay.
Brett Gardner stuck out in the ninth to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday.
It was the sixth major league complete game and third shutout for Tanaka, his first complete game since a three-hit shutout at Boston on April 27 last year.
One of the Yankees' strengths is getting a whole lot stronger.
After Monday night's game, Sanchez said through a translator that the groin issues were "definitely behind me" and that "it's about doing a better job overall."
Sanchez failed to hustle on a pair of key plays, Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer and scored with some nifty baserunning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Luis Severino.
The game was called about an hour after the scheduled 8:05 p.m. EDT start.
Sonny Gray won consecutive starts for the first time since the Yankees acquired him last summer, holding down a depleted Mets lineup again missing Yoenis Cespedes in a 7-6 Subway Series victory Saturday.
The New York Mets beat the Yankees 7-5 Friday night in a Subway Series opener.
Michael Brantley homered leading off the eighth inning, and the Cleveland Indians headed into the All-Star break with a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday to split their four-game series.
Sanchez has been sidelined since June 25, but has steadily improved in recent days and is ready to return to the field.
New York's backup catcher came all the way around and scored when Cleveland committed two errors on his routine double in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees edged the Cleveland Indians.
Rookie right-hander Shane Bieber pitched into the eighth inning and Cleveland's shaky bullpen narrowly closed things out, lifting the Indians over the New York Yankees 6-5 on Friday night.
