BOSTON – There were no fans in the stands and the Red Sox are in the middle of a brutal season, but Aaron Boone thought the Yankees’ 6-5, 12-inning win at Fenway Park felt like a prelude to the postseason.
“It felt like starting a playoff baseball,” Boone said, adding that the Yankees pulled off their ninth straight win in almost five hours of play. “It was cold, the wind blew and there were a lot of big conditions.”
The Yankees entered enough to beat the Red Sox again, as they overcame a four-run loss.
DJ Lamhiayu’s RBI will double the Yankees to the top of the 12th and then Gary Sanchez to keep them alive with a game-tying homer with two outs at the top of the ninth.
Jonathan Loisiga threw two innings – including a 12-run scoreless – as the Yankees closed the four-run deficit, with a two-run double by Sanchez and then a Manti Barnes bowler when his homer was out in the final.
“We were down in a hole today and we were confident we would find a way back into the game.” Lemhea said. “A few weeks ago, it felt like 4-0 20-0. Tonight, felt within reach of 4-0. “
It was – thanks in large part to Sanchez.
“It’s probably not the wish of the year, but he has some huge homers,” Le Maihiu said. “He did a couple of huge hits for us tonight. He looked like himself last week. “
The Yankees took their first lead of the night on Luke White’s RBI singles on the 11th.
But Loisiga returned the run to the bottom of the innings on Christian Arroyo singles before exiting the game to advance the game.
In the 12th, Red Sox free runner Christian Vazquez moved to third and Jackie Bradley Jr. moved a fly ball to the center with one out, but Aaron Hicks’ strong throw home Vazquez placed third.
“He was the great Aaron Hicks thrower we’ve always known,” Boone said of Hicks, who underwent Tommy John’s surgery in the off-face. “The perfect bullet for a select arm and home plate. It was good to see. [and] The respect of the hand is there [the Red Sox] Don’t challenge it. ”
LaSiga then fielded Michael Chavez to end it, as the Yankees beat Boston for the 11th straight time.
They were often on the ropes, including in the 10th, while Aroldis chapman JD Martinez escaped trouble by hitting Bradley and Chavis in third.
With Giacarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge in the lineup for the first time in a month, the Yankees could find nothing against left-hander Martin Perez to open a seven-game road trip.
After scoring 43 runs in the previous three matches, the Yankees could not score a score against Perez.
But the Yankees’ problems outweighed Perez’s.
Jordan Montgomery’s mistake and Gio Ursella’s mistake in the first and Gliber Torres dropping the ball on what should be a double play in the third, they also landed some ground in the beginning.
The Red Sox reached Montgomery in the fourth, when Arroyo hit a three-run homer, before the Yankees got a two-run double in the seventh from Sanchez and then tied it with two innings.
“It was a great win, especially from where we started,” Boone said. “A lot of big men do when important things happen.”
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