Recap - Sox begin the Mookie Betts Era with win over Yanks
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Jim Monaghan
Contributing Writer
Dustin Pedroia rapped out three hits and David Ortiz slammed his 19th home run of the year as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 8-5 Sunday night in the Bronx. The win gave Boston two wins in the three-game weekend series.
Boston jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on - wait for it - an RBI single by Stephen Drew that scored Mike Napoli. An inning later, Ortiz launched his 450th career home run with Brock Holt and Pedroia aboard to pump the lead to 4-0.
New York got one run back in the bottom of the third on a Derek Jeter RBI single and closed to 4-3 in the fourth on solo home runs by Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran.
The Red Sox added three runs in the top of the fifth inning with Pedroia a factor in all three. He drove two in with a single to right and then, caught in a rundown, he stayed alive long enough for Daniel Nava to score from third. Pedroia drove in the eighth Sox run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Red Sox rookie Mookie Betts made his MLB debut. He was one for three with a single; he was caught on an attempted steal of second base.
John Lackey won his ninth game of the year allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out two. Burke Badenhop, Andrew Miller and Junichi Tazawa tossed three shutout innings of relief and Koji Uehara pitched a clean ninth inning for his 18th save of the season.
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Boston jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on - wait for it - an RBI single by Stephen Drew that scored Mike Napoli. An inning later, Ortiz launched his 450th career home run with Brock Holt and Pedroia aboard to pump the lead to 4-0.
New York got one run back in the bottom of the third on a Derek Jeter RBI single and closed to 4-3 in the fourth on solo home runs by Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran.
The Red Sox added three runs in the top of the fifth inning with Pedroia a factor in all three. He drove two in with a single to right and then, caught in a rundown, he stayed alive long enough for Daniel Nava to score from third. Pedroia drove in the eighth Sox run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Red Sox rookie Mookie Betts made his MLB debut. He was one for three with a single; he was caught on an attempted steal of second base.
John Lackey won his ninth game of the year allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out two. Burke Badenhop, Andrew Miller and Junichi Tazawa tossed three shutout innings of relief and Koji Uehara pitched a clean ninth inning for his 18th save of the season.
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