Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer on a four-run first inning, Matt Carpenter homered among his three hits in his first start to left field in a decade, and the New York Yankees defeated Boston 12-5 on Friday to sign their 10th victory in their last 11 games against the Red Sox.
Joey Gallo hit a two-run triple on a loose fly by right fielder Christian Arroyo, who lost the ball at dusk. Gallo, however, was taken out at home plate trying to turn the triple into an inside home run.
In a game that lasted 3:52, the Yankees scored ten or more points for the 14th time, a major league high this season. They have won nine of their last 12 games.
New York is on top with 38 games over the .500 mark and their 61-23 record tied marks achieved in the 1928 and 1939 editions for the second best record in their history after 84 games. The team record is 64-20 achieved in 1998.
Right-hander Connor Seabold (0-2) allowed seven runs and nine hits in 2.2 innings and increased his ERA to 11.91. He left the meeting due to stiffness in the forearm.
Jackie Bradey Jr. made his major league debut as a ninth pitcher, becoming the fifth position player to pitch against the Yankees this season and third in eight games after Cleveland’s Ernie Clement and Pittsburgh’s Josh VanMeter.
Throwing up to 91.5 mph, Bradley retired DJ LeMahieu with a 67 mph shot with two outs. He also walked Isiah Kiner-Falefa with the bases loaded before pulling out Gleyber Torres to end the inning.
Nestor Cortes pitched just 3.2 innings, his shortest outing of the season. He gave up four runs and eight hits. Ten of the 21 batters faced hit the trails. Cortes was homered by Trevor Story and Bobby Dalbec in the fourth.
Miguel Castro (5-0) took over and he reached Xander Bogaert to fill in the bases before removing Christian Vazquez.
Boston’s Rob Refsnyder, who started his big league career with the Yankees in 2015, had his second career four-hit game.
After going 0 for 3 with two strikeouts, Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers left the game after the fourth inning due to lower back pain. He winced as he batted his last at bat.
Carpenter made his first start to left field since Sept. 7, 2012, and his homer was his ninth since joining the Yankees on May 26. He has a .305 batting average with 20 RBIs.
In other matches:
Tampa Bay 1 – Cincinnati 2 (10 innings)
TB : The Rays batters were struck out 11 times on three strikes. Those of the Reds, 12 times.
CIN : Mark Kolozsvary scored the winning point on an illegal fake from Matt Wisler. Brandon Drury homered.
LA Angels 4 – Baltimore 5
LAA : Mike Trout hit his 24th homer and drove in three runs. Shohei Ohtani got his 19th and drove in three runs.
BAL : Trey Mancini hit a single for the win on a three-run drive in the ninth. A 6th win in a row.
Miami 5 – Mets de NY 2
MIA : Garrett Cooper hit a two-run homer.
NYM: Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor authored solo circuits.
Washington 2 – Atlanta 12
WAS : Juan Soto hit a 16th homer. He’s hitting safe spots in his last 11 games.
ATL : William Contreras, Ronald Acuna and Matt Olson homered. Michael Harris had four hits for four with a homer and 4 RBIs. Atlanta leads baseball with 131 homers.
Minnesota 5 – Texas 6
MIN : Ryan Jeffers and Carlos Correa hit a long ball each.
TEX : Corey Seager’s 17th homer of the season helped Rangers halt a four-game losing streak.
Cleveland 3 – Kansas City 4
CLE : A home run and two RBIs for Franmil Reyes. The starter Aaron Civale had six strikeouts in 7 innings.
KC : Whit Merrifield homered.
Detroit 7 – White Sox de Chicago 5
IT: Jeimer Candelario hit a three-run homer for his sixth straight win.
CHI : Jose Abreu hit from safe places in a 13th straight game.
Pittsburgh 3 – Milwaukee 4
PIT : Diego Castillo was the author of a two-run homer.
MIL : Willy Adames homered and pinned Kevin Newman at home plate to end the game.
Phildelphie 2 – St. Louis 0
PHI : Alec Bohm hit two solo homers. A 6th victory in 8 games.
STL : Adam Wainwright (6-7) pitched a full game in the loss at age 41.
Colorado 6 – Arizona 5
COL : Kris Bryant hit two solo homers.
ARI : Josh Rojas homered and drove in three runs. Sergio Alcántara also got a home run.
Houston 8 – Oakland 3
NEW: Alex Bregman and Martín Maldonado homered.
OAK : Elvis Andrus got his 6th circuit.
San Francisco 3 vs. San Diego 6
SF : David Villar earned his first home run as well as Brandon Belt with his sixth.
SD : Manny Machado hit his 14th homer of the season. Blake Snell (1-5) had eleven strikeouts.
Chicago Cubs 3 – LA Dodgers 4 (10th spot)
CHI : Nico Hoerner was the author of a circuit.
LAD : Jake Lamb hit his first homer of the season.
