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Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees

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Boston Red Sox
71-60, 30-35 Away
Final
2 - 7
New York Yankees
70-60, 38-28 Home

Chisholm and Grisham both homer twice as Yankees beat Red Sox 7-2 to avoid 4-game sweep

Trent Grisham takes Dustin May deep again

Carlos Rodón allowed one hit in 5 2/3 innings as the Yankees moved within a half-game of rival Boston for the top American League wild card. They are 5 1/2 games behind first-place Toronto in the AL East.

Boston outscored New York 19-4 in the first three games of the series and was looking for its first sweep of at least four games in the Bronx since 1939.

After dropping eight straight to the Red Sox, the Yankees improved to 2-8 in the season series.

Grisham hit solo homers in consecutive at-bats off starter Dustin May (7-10).

Rodón (14-7) allowed Alex Bregman's single in the first inning and tied a season high with five walks. But he got double plays after the first two free passes before three more in a 37-pitch sixth knocked him out of the game.

Chisholm had his eighth career multihomer game and third this season. He went deep in the second for his 100th career homer and connected again in the eighth off Walker Buehler.

Giancarlo Stanton had two hits, including a 117.8 mph double for his 1,600th career hit. Stanton scored on a sacrifice fly in the fourth by José Caballero, who Anthony Volpe.

Pinch-hitter Nathaniel Lowe had a two-run single in the sixth off Yankees reliever Luke Weaver, but the Red Sox were held to five hits after getting 17 on Saturday.

Key moment With runners at the corners, Weaver threw a called third strike past Jarren Duran to end the sixth and preserve a 5-2 lead.

Key stats Grisham is 3 for 17 with three homers against May. ... Boston swept a five-game series at Yankee Stadium that included two doubleheaders in July 1939 — Ted Williams’ rookie season.

Up next Boston had not announced who will take Buehler’s spot in the rotation Monday at Baltimore. RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (10-5, 3.97 ERA) starts for the Orioles.

Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (1-2, 3.22 ERA) opposes Washington RHP Brad Lord (4-6, 3.46) on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Yoshida grounded out to third.
9th Inning Narváez struck out swinging.
9th Inning Rafaela doubled to left, Lowe to third.
9th Inning Duran struck out swinging.
9th Inning Lowe singled to center.
9th Inning Doval relieved Williams

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 1
11 Ground Balls 10
10 Strikeouts 7
2 Runs Batted In 7
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
5 Hits 7
0 Stolen Bases 0
5 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 7
2 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
30 At Bats 29
0 Home Runs 4
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
17 Runners Left On Base 9
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 1
9 Fly Balls 13
0 Caught Stealing 0
158 Pitches 123
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
6 Total Bases 20
36 Plate Appearances 35
0.0 Projected Home Runs 648.0
1 Extra Base Hits 5
1.5 Runs Created 6.7
.167 Batting Average .241
.500 Pinch Hit Average .000
.200 Slugging Percentage .690
.200 Secondary Average .586
.306 On Base Percentage .343
.506 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.033
1.2 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
1.5 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 7.5
15.0 Batter Rating 49.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 7.3
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.39 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.51
.033 Isolated Power .448
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.57
.139 Walks Per Plate Appearance .114
.033 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .345
4.0 Runs Produced 14.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.8
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
66.8 MLB Rating 94.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Yankee Stadium

Location: Bronx, New York
Attendance: 44,640 | Capacity:

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Toronto 82 61 .573 - L2
New York 80 63 .559 2 W2
Boston 80 65 .552 3 W2
Tampa Bay 71 72 .497 11 L3
Baltimore 66 77 .462 16 L1
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