By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports activities Author
BOSTON (AP) – Aaron Decide hit his main league-leading 56th and 57th dwelling runs, Gleyber Torres had a go-ahead three-run double within the tenth inning and the New York Yankees held on to beat the Boston Purple Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night time.
Decide, taking part in in New York’s 142nd recreation, is 4 from tying the American League dwelling run document Roger Maris set with the Yankees in 1961.
After going homerless in 5 video games, Decide had a pair of of tying solo homers, off Nick Pivetta within the sixth and Garrett Whitlock within the eighth.
Decide has tenth multi-homer video games this season, one shy of the AL document Hank Greenberg set in 1938, and 26 in his profession.
Decide’s three hits raised his common to .310, and he leads the main leagues in dwelling runs and with 123 RBIs. Decide is hitting .310 with a 1.105 OPS. He has 32 RBIs in his final 38 video games.
New York, which got here from behind thrice, reopened a six-game AL East lead, its largest since Sept. 1.
Torres broke a 4-4 tie within the tenth in opposition to Jeurys Familia (2-3). He has eight RBIs in his final three video games after getting simply three in his earlier 14.
Clay Holmes (6-3) hit Reese McGuire with a pitch and obtained one out within the tenth, and Alex Verdugo had an RBI single that put runners on the corners.
Xander Bogaerts popped out to shallow and Peralta bounced a fastball for a run-scoring wild pitch. Devers struck out Devers on the seventh pitch of the at-bat, his first slider of the night time, for his fourth save.
Rookie Triston Casas, McGuire and Bogaerts homered for Boston, which has misplaced eight of 14 to the Yankees this season.
Marwin Gonzalez hit the primary of three tying homers for New York, a two-run drive within the third.
Pivetta allowed three runs and 6 hits in 5 1/3 innings, walked two and struck out 5.
New York’s Gerrit Cole struck out 10 over six innings, however was tagged for all three of Boston’s dwelling runs over six innings.
Casas hit his first dwelling run at Fenway Park, and McGuire hit his first dwelling run this season.
BACK IN
Aaron Hicks pinch hit for Jose Trevino to open the tenth and drew a stroll n Hicks’ first look since he was pulled midgame of the the Yankees loss Friday to Tampa Bay.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Anthony Rizzo (complications from epidural injection) took some swings throughout batting follow and will return for New York’s subsequent collection at Milwaukee, or at dwelling subsequent week when the Yankees host Pittsburgh. … LHP Aroldis Chapman (contaminated wound) pitched an inning in a rehab look for Double-A Somerset, giving up a success, with two strikeouts and a stroll. CF Harrison Bader (planter fasciitis in proper foot) went hitless in three at bats and struck out twice.
Purple Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (proper shoulder irritation) threw batting follow. He has been on the injured listing since Aug. 19.
MAKING MOVES
Yankees IF/OF Tyler Wade was in Fenway Tuesday as a part of the taxi squad, however was inactive. . … OF Jasson Dominguez was promoted to Double-A Somerset and went 0 for five. He hit .306 with six homers, 22 RBIs and 17 steals in 40 video games at Excessive-A Hudson Valley. The 19-year-old began the season at Class A Tampa.
UP NEXT
Yankees LHP Nestor Cortes (9-4, 7.73 ERA) will make his twenty fifth begin of the season. He’s 4-3 with a 3.72 ERA over his final 14 begins. Purple Sox rookie RHP Bryan Bello (1-5-5.79) will make his first profession look in opposition to New York. He has a 3.55 ERA in his final six outings, together with 4 begins.
