NEW YORK — With the game-time temperature at 85 and the typical New York humidity settling around Yankee Stadium, it was uncomfortable in the Bronx on Tuesday night. The Red Sox, though, continue to feel right at home in their rivals’ backyard.
Boston won for the fourth time in four tries at Yankee Stadium, dispatching New York, 6-4. The Red Sox are now 6-1 against their first-place roommates in the American League East.
Boston pulled into a virtual tie with the Yankees atop the division — New York is still percentage points ahead — by pouncing on Freddy Garcia before the Bleacher Creatures had even finished their roll call. Jacoby Ellsbury slugged Garcia’s fifth pitch — a 2-2 splitter — into the right-field seats just shy of the bleachers for his fourth career leadoff home run and first since September 2008, also against the Yankees. A Red Sox player hadn’t led off a game with a long ball since Dustin Pedroia did it on Oct. 3, 2009 against Cleveland.
“It’s nice to get things going, get a run on the board, especially three runs,” said Ellsbury. “Especially for momentum, it takes the crowd out of it. At that point, we’re just trying to keep tacking on runs.”
Boston won for the fourth time in four tries at Yankee Stadium, dispatching New York, 6-4. The Red Sox are now 6-1 against their first-place roommates in the American League East.
Boston pulled into a virtual tie with the Yankees atop the division — New York is still percentage points ahead — by pouncing on Freddy Garcia before the Bleacher Creatures had even finished their roll call. Jacoby Ellsbury slugged Garcia’s fifth pitch — a 2-2 splitter — into the right-field seats just shy of the bleachers for his fourth career leadoff home run and first since September 2008, also against the Yankees. A Red Sox player hadn’t led off a game with a long ball since Dustin Pedroia did it on Oct. 3, 2009 against Cleveland.
“It’s nice to get things going, get a run on the board, especially three runs,” said Ellsbury. “Especially for momentum, it takes the crowd out of it. At that point, we’re just trying to keep tacking on runs.”
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