Stifled by Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka over the first six innings, the Red Sox at last rallied in the seventh. Jackie Bradley Jr.'s two-out, two-run double tied the game at 2. That was Tanaka's 99th and final pitch of the night.
Over 6 2/3 innings, Tanaka gave up six hits and two runs, walking none and striking out five while taking a no-decision. Red Sox lefty Henry Owens struggled with his command at times, but he minimized the damage, allowing six hits and two runs over six innings.
Alex Rodriguez, who has thrived at Fenway Park in recent seasons, got the Yankees out to a 1-0 lead with a mammoth solo homer to left-center in the top of the second. Brett Gardner added an RBI single to right in the fifth.
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Red Sox finally solve Tanaka: In the first six innings, the Red Sox generated a total of three hits against Tanaka. They equaled that in the seventh inning. Travis Shaw and Brock Holt set the table with singles, and Bradley came through with a big two-out, two-run double off the Green Monster to tie the game. The pitch Bradley hit was a first-pitch splitter. It was Tanaka's 99th and final pitch of the night.
Bradley Jr.'s two-run double
NYY@BOS: Bradley Jr. ties it up with two-run double
Jackie Bradley Jr. hits a double off the Green Monster, plating two runs to tie the game in the 7th inning
Lighting it up: A-Rod homered for the second time in as many games to lead off the second inning, dispatching career homer No. 691 off a light pole in left field. The blast was Rodriguez's fourth of the season, and with the Yanks desperate for offense, it served as an indication that the veteran seems to have bounced back from his oblique stiffness earlier in the week. Statcast™ pegged the rocket at 108 mph.
Owens, Hanigan turn two
NYY@BOS: Red Sox strike-em-out, throw-em-out in 3rd
Henry Owens strikes out Brett Gardner swinging and Ryan Hanigan completes the double play by throwing out Jacoby Ellsbury at second base
No room for error: The Yankees were one out away from getting the game into the hands of their vaunted bullpen, with Chasen Shreve and Dellin Betances both warming. Girardi opted to stick with Tanaka, who coughed up the lead on Bradley's game-changing hit, but a bigger issue was the continued struggles from the lineup. They managed just two runs despite having 10 men reach base in the first five innings against Owens, with four double plays contributing to the brownout.
Ian Browne has covered the Red Sox for MLB.com since 2002. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.
Bryan Hoch has covered the Yankees for MLB.com since 2007.
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