Yankees pounce on Red Sox thanks to review review, Little League HR

BOSTON – It remains unclear what the Yankees’ roster will look like in October, as they wait for key players to return from injury.

The lineup is in disarray and the bull has holes, but the Yankees have won by four goals in a row since they saw their lead in the Middle East drop to their weakest since early May.

“We are getting better, we are getting healthier and more help is on the way,” Aaron Boone said after the Yankees beat the Red Sox on the second night in a row on Wednesday, this time 5-3 in front of a losing crowd. in Fenway Park.

The win allowed the Yankees to maintain their six-game lead over the second-placed Blue Jays, who beat Tampa Bay.

“We know the time of year and we know we have to do our best,” Boone said. “So it was nice to see the guys really get together because we still got it together.”

In these two games, it didn’t matter that the Red Sox took last place in the division.

Having nearly made a comeback in the 10th inning on Tuesday, the Boston team once again climbed into the bottom of eighth and almost made it a one-time play before the Yankees took a break to finish the inning.

With the Yankees clinging to a two-round lead, JD Martinez seemed to avoid entering a final double by winning a Gleber Torres throw from the start, which would have allowed Alex Verdugo to score and cut Boston’s deficit to a run. But the Yankees defied the play and replays showed that Martinez stepped past the base and never touched the bag and was disqualified.

Boone described the play as “huge”.

The Yankees then held ninth, despite allowing Clay Holmes to run for the third straight outing.

And while Aaron Judge remained at 57, they were insulted enough by a depleted lineup that Nestor Cortes gave up just one game in five rounds on his second start after losing time with a tense thigh.

Torres sparked victory with another fruitful game on the board.

The second baseman’s comeback with his RBI song continued into the fifth inning of that Turned into a home run Keystone Kops Thanks to some inept defense by the Red Sox, who made three fouls on the night that led to four unearned runs.

In the fifth inning, Torres singled out on the right to lead in Aaron Hicks, then Musk’s Conor Wong hit Verdugo’s layup from the right and in an effort to clear Torres who wandered too far first, threw the ball back into the right field.

He let the judge score with ease and a boisterous Torres circled the bases and slid home safely.

Torres had a turn in the Yankees’ final round of the night, when Abraham Almonte mistook a long fly ball to center at the top of the ninth, allowing Tim Lucastro to score after running for Giancarlo Stanton.

Curtis got out of trouble in the second and then retired nine in a row at a time.

Boston had a run at the bottom of the fifth on Wong’s double to the left corner which Rob Rifsneider scored from the start.

Jose Trevino scored a double against Green Monster on the left, and Isaiah Keener Valiva scored 4-1.

Curtis left after Verdugo walked to start the bottom of the sixth half and Clark Schmidt entered and went down twice without goals. Jonathan Loisiga got into trouble for eighth, allowing a run ahead of Martinez’s double play.

But the Yankees were able to put their second-half struggles even more in the rear-view mirror with only 19 games to play.

They have won eight out of 10 since dropping six out of seven earlier in the month.

“I think our confidence has never waned,” Curtis said. “I know we’ve been through tough stretches and I think that’s made us stronger. What we’re doing now shows what kind of team we are. I think we’ve found our step.”