NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a pair of two-run homers, Trent Grisham additionally went deep twice and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Pink Sox 7-2 on Sunday night time to stop a four-game sweep.
Carlos Rodón allowed one hit in 5 2/3 innings because the Yankees moved inside a half-game of rival Boston for the highest American League wild card. They’re 5 1/2 video games behind first-place Toronto within the AL East.
Boston outscored New York 19-4 within the first three video games of the collection and was searching for its first sweep of at the very least 4 video games within the Bronx since 1939.
After dropping eight straight to the Pink Sox, the Yankees improved to 2-8 within the season collection.
Grisham hit solo homers in consecutive at-bats off starter Dustin Might (7-10).
Rodón (14-7) allowed Alex Bregman’s single within the first inning and tied a season excessive with 5 walks. However he bought double performs after the primary two free passes earlier than three extra in a 37-pitch sixth knocked him out of the sport.
Chisholm had his eighth profession multihomer recreation and third this season. He went deep within the second for his a hundredth profession homer and related once more within the eighth off Walker Buehler.
Giancarlo Stanton had two hits, together with a 117.8 mph double for his 1,600th profession hit. Stanton scored on a sacrifice fly within the fourth by José Caballero, who began at shortstop for slumping Anthony Volpe.
Pinch-hitter Nathaniel Lowe had a two-run single within the sixth off Yankees reliever Luke Weaver, however the Pink Sox have been held to 5 hits after getting 17 on Saturday.
With runners on the corners, Weaver threw a referred to as third strike previous Jarren Duran to finish the sixth and protect a 5-2 lead.
Grisham is 3 for 17 with three homers in opposition to Might. … Boston swept a five-game collection at Yankee Stadium that included two doubleheaders in July 1939 — Ted Williams’ rookie season.
Boston had not introduced who will take Buehler’s spot within the rotation Monday at Baltimore. RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (10-5, 3.97 ERA) begins for the Orioles.
Yankees RHP Cam Schlittler (1-2, 3.22 ERA) opposes Washington RHP Brad Lord (4-6, 3.46) on Monday.
