Runs were hard to come by all weekend at Yankee Stadium, and a big mistake by second baseman Gleyber Torres was just the rest Boston needed on Sunday night.
Kiké Hernández hit a tiebreaking single in the tenth inning as the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 3-2 with the help of a late error by Torres.
Despite scoring just seven runs in three days, last-place Boston (33-33) won two of three games in this season’s opener between the longtime rivals because its pitching staff closed out a lineup of Sizzling Yankees. Missing are injured outfielders Aaron Judge and Harrison. Bader.
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Enrique Hernandez #5 of the Boston Red Sox hits an RBI single in the tenth inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on June 11, 2023 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
«Hopefully we can take advantage of this,» coach Alex Cora said. «If we keep doing this from the mound, then we know we’re going to hit. That’s just a matter of time.»
Justin Turner homered and Brayan Bello pitched seven efficient innings for the Red Sox, matching his career high.
José Treviño’s two-run single off a lucky rebound at second base was one of three hits for the Yankees, and all the offense they could muster.
Chris Martin worked a no-hitter inning for his 10th career save and the first for the Red Sox. With a runner on third, he struck out Treviño and rookie Anthony Volpe to finish it out.
«I think overall it was a great series for the team,» Hernandez said. «Offensively, obviously we didn’t break out and score a ton of runs, but we did what we had to do.»
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Boston Red Sox’s Brayan Bello throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, June 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Baby Matthews)
Hernandez’s strong single off Ron Marinaccio (2-3) in the 10th scored pinch runner Adam Duvall, placed at second base as an automatic runner before advancing to third on Triston Casas’s groundout up the right side.
Billy McKinney made a jump catch on Pablo Reyes’s drive off the top of the left-field fence to prevent further damage.
Kenley Jansen (2-3) worked a 1-2-3 ninth for the win.
Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt pitched 5 1/3 effective innings, retiring his last eight batters, and New York led 2-1 going into the eighth.
Hernandez led off with a single off Michael King and ran to second on an error by Torres, who couldn’t corner a routine McKinney jumper to left.
«I think I was looking too fast (at) the running back and I lost the ball. That’s my fault,» Torres said. «The launch was perfect.»
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Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Chris Martin celebrates his tenth inning strikeout to win a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, June 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Baby Matthews)
That proved costly for the Yankees. King walked Reese McGuire, Reyes’ sacrifice bunt put up two runners, and Hernández scored the tying run on Jarren Durán’s RBI groundout.
«I feel like I failed,» Torres said. «We lost and that feels terrible.»
Turner homered leading off the second. In the bottom half, Hernández was perfectly positioned to field Treviño’s groundout behind second base, but the ball bounced off the plate into center field for a two-run single.
«I felt like going, ‘You know what? Let’s go home. This is just, wow,'» Cora said. «It’s like, this can’t happen now. But it’s baseball, right? We have to keep working.»
Hernandez hung his head in disbelief. But Bello, 24, smiled, brushed it off and focused on the fact that he induced what could easily have been a ground ball late in the inning. And he didn’t give up anything else the rest of the way.
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Anthony Rizzo of the New York Yankees holds his bat as he runs to first base after a fly ball to center field during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, June 11, 2023. In New York. (AP Photo/Baby Matthews)
«I was glad that I was able to keep my focus during that situation,» Bello said through a translator.
COACHES ROOM
Red Sox: McGuire made his second straight start at catcher in place of Connor Wong, one of several Red Sox who have felt bad of late. Wong pinch ran for McGuire in the eighth.
Yankees: LHP Carlos Rodón (back) threw 29 pitches against Bader and teammate Willie Calhoun in a simulated game. «I thought he looked great,» manager Aaron Boone said. «Probably as far as things go, as good as I’ve seen it come back in the spring.» Rodón is scheduled to face hitters again on Thursday and then begin a minor league rehab assignment next week. … Calhoun was hit near the left elbow by a wild pitch from Rodon, but remained in first place against Boston. «Scary moment,» Boone said. «Fortunately it seems that Willie is fine.» … Boone said he wasn’t sure if Bader (right hamstring strain) would be ready to return from the disabled list Tuesday or Wednesday against the Mets. «I know today seemed like everything went very well,» Boone said. «It looks like it’s getting really close.» … RHP Ryan Weber planned to receive an injection of platelet-rich plasma. Rather than undergo surgery, he will attempt to rehabilitate his right forearm strain.
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Justin Turner of the Boston Red Sox watches his solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, June 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Baby Matthews)
UNTIL NEXT TIME
Red Sox: Return home to start a three-game series on Monday night against Colorado. LHP James Paxton (2-1, 3.81 ERA) faces former Boston RHP Connor Seabold (1-2, 5.10), traded to the Rockies in January after going 0-4 with an 11.29 ERA in five starts. for the Red Sox last season.
Yankees: After a day off Monday, visit the Mets across town Tuesday night at Citi Field for the opener of a two-game Subway Series, Judge absent and Mets slugger injured , Pete Alonso. RHP Luis Severino (0-1, 5.75 ERA) makes his fifth start of the season against three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (5-2, 3.71). Severino has served up three home runs in each of his last two outings.