{"id":301957,"date":"2021-07-18T07:07:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T04:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-finally-beat-red-sox-in-rain-shortened-win-filled-with-drama\/"},"modified":"2021-07-18T07:07:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T04:07:02","slug":"yankees-finally-beat-red-sox-in-rain-shortened-win-filled-with-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-finally-beat-red-sox-in-rain-shortened-win-filled-with-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees finally beat Red Sox in rain-shortened win filled with drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees finally beat Red Sox in rain-shortened win filled with drama<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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What has been a mostly miserable season in The Bronx had a month\u2019s worth of drama Saturday \u2014 and for a change, the Yankees came out on top.<\/p>\n

After losing their first seven meetings of the year against the Red Sox, the Yankees finally beat their rivals, 3-1, in six innings at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

All it took was a rainstorm, some awful calls by the umpires and a pair of homers from Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres.<\/p>\n

At first, it hardly looked like the Yankees were going to avoid a third straight loss. After getting shut out on Friday, they didn\u2019t get a hit Saturday off Boston right-hander Nathan Eovaldi until Greg Allen doubled to right-center with two out in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

But DJ LeMahieu followed with a run-scoring single to left, and back-to-back solo homers by Sanchez and Torres in the sixth gave them the lead.<\/p>\n

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Gary Sanchez celebrates after hitting the go-ahead homer in the Yankees\u2019 3-1 rain-shortened win over the Red Sox.<\/figcaption>
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Gerrit Cole, coming off a complete game<\/a> shutout in Houston \u2014 and pitching with Sanchez behind the plate because Kyle Higashioka is on the COVID-19 IL \u2014 delivered another solid performance.<\/p>\n

After Kik\u00e9 Hernandez ripped a double on Cole\u2019s first pitch of the game, Tim Locastro made a leaping catch in foul territory on Alex Verdugo\u2019s fly ball to left. Locastro app<\/a>eared to injure his right knee on the play, but stayed in the game for the rest of the inning before being replaced by Tyler Wade in the second.<\/p>\n

Hernandez moved to third on the play and the Yankees brought the infield in for J.D. Martinez. Cole got Martinez on an 0-2 check swing for the second out and struck out Rafael Devers swinging to end the inning.<\/p>\n

Rain started in the bottom of the first after the beginning of the game had been delayed by nearly an hour despite no precipitation.<\/p>\n