Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees Match Player Stats On Jun 07, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 7, 2017

NEW YORK -- CC Sabathia won his fifth consecutive start by allowing five hits in eight outstanding innings, leading the New York Yankees to an 8-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.

Chris Carter drove in four runs with a three-run homer and an RBI single, and he was robbed of another potential home run by Mookie Betts. Didi Gregorius hit a solo homer, and Gary Sanchez, Matt Holliday and Brett Gardner added RBI singles.

Those runs were more than enough as Sabathia (7-2) became the American League's fifth seven-game winner and turned in his longest outing since April 20, 2015, in Detroit. He struck out five without a walk and threw 64 of 95 pitches for strikes.

The left-hander recorded his 230th career victory by retiring the last 12 hitters he faced and getting key outs all night.

He gave up a two-out single to Xander Bogaerts in the first but retired Hanley Ramirez. He allowed two-out hits in the second and third but got a strikeout and a groundout to end those innings.

In the fourth, Sabathia allowed an infield single to Sam Travis when it was still a 1-0 game. Facing Sandy Leon, who hit a long homer off him last July, Sabathia ended the inning with a double play.

He did not allow a batter to reach after Josh Rutledge opened the fifth with a triple. Sabathia got out of that unscathed, starting by spearing a comebacker by Jackie Bradley Jr. with his bare hand on a ball clocked at 97.9 mph.

The Yankees took a 5-0 lead against Rick Porcello (3-8) thanks to Gregorius' fifth homer, Sanchez's run-scoring hit and Carter's sixth homer. Carter nearly hit a second homer in the sixth, but Betts made a leaping catch in front of the right field wall after the ball hit the arm of a fan.

Manager Joe Girardi appeared to want a replay while Sabathia warmed up for the seventh. The slight delay did not hurt Sabathia, who needed only 11 pitches to finish the seventh, and the Yankees added a run on a single by Holliday.

After Sabathia accepted handshakes in the dugout from teammates, Carter and Gardner upped the lead to 8-0 with RBI singles.

Porcello allowed six runs (five earned) and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. He lost his third straight start as the Red Sox were blanked for the fourth time this season.

The Yankees took a 1-0 lead when Gregorius opened the third by lifting a 1-0 changeup over the right-center-field fence.

New York scored four times during a lengthy fourth.

Starlin Castro opened the inning with a triple and scored on Sanchez's bloop single. After Chase Headley singled, Carter sent a 2-2 fastball well over the left field wall for his sixth home run of the season.

NOTES: Yankees manager Joe Girardi said struggling RHP Masahiro Tanaka would make his next scheduled start Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. ... The Red Sox announced RHP Brian Johnson will start Friday against Detroit. ... Boston LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (right knee subluxation) made throws from 120 feet without any physical issues. ... RHP Carson Smith, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, threw about 20 pitches in a simulated game to 2B Dustin Pedroia and OF Andrew Benintendi. Smith will throw again Saturday and could start a rehab assignment sometime next week. ... New York LF Brett Gardner stole a base for the first time since April 10.