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BOSTON—The New York Yankees enjoyed a rare success over bitter rivals the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, the 5-2 victory in a hot-tempered affair enabling the visitors to tighten the battle for supremacy in the American League East.

Emotions ran high with both benches clearing in the seventh inning when Boston starter John Lackey hit New York batter Francisco Cervelli before Yankees manager Joe Girardi was ejected for arguing a call in the ninth.

Cervelli had begun to move toward Lackey on the mound after being struck, but the matter settled without incident after both teams exchanged words.

“It looked a little weird, but I think it’s part of the game,” Cervelli told reporters. “I’ve got so much adrenaline, and I maybe need to control it a little bit, but I don’t try to do anything bad.

“It’s Yankees-Boston—everybody wants to win.”

On the mound, New York ace CC Sabathia remained cool with 10 strikeouts in six innings to notch his first win over the Red Sox this season and pull the Yankees (81-52) within a half-game of first-place Boston (82-52) in the division.

It was far from smooth sailing, however, as Sabathia (18-7)allowed 10 hits and dodged a Red Sox offense that stranded 16 runners on base.

In the end, the big left-hander helped the Yankees reverse their recent fortunes against a team that had entered the game with a 10-2 record over the Bronx Bombers this campaign.

“It’s a big win against a team that we’re chasing,” Sabathia said. “I’ve been struggling a little. I felt I had good stuff.”

Eric Chavez had RBI singles in the second inning and fourth to give New York an early 3-0 lead, but the Red Sox responded with two scores in the bottom of the fourth.

Cervelli hit a solo homer for the visitors in the fifth and the Yankees bullpen carried the team home.

Reliever Boone Logan got the final two outs of the seventh with the bases loaded, and Mariano Rivera came on in the ninth to lock down his 35th save of the year.

Carl Crawford hit a home run as the Red Sox racked up 13 hits but went just 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

Lackey allowed all five runs in seven innings to fall to 12-10 on the year. — Reuters

BOSTON (Reuters) – The New York Yankees enjoyed a rare success over bitter rivals the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, the 5-2 victory in a hot-tempered affair enabling the visitors to tighten the battle for supremacy in the American League East.

Emotions ran high with both benches clearing in the seventh inning when Boston starter John Lackey hit New York batter Francisco Cervelli before Yankees manager Joe Girardi was ejected for arguing a call in the ninth.

Cervelli had begun to move toward Lackey on the mound after being struck, but the matter settled without incident after both teams exchanged words.

“It looked a little weird, but I think it’s part of the game,” Cervelli told reporters. “I’ve got so much adrenaline, and I maybe need to control it a little bit, but I don’t try to do anything bad.

“It’s Yankees-Boston — everybody wants to win.”

On the mound, New York ace CC Sabathia remained cool with 10 strikeouts in six innings to notch his first win over the Red Sox this season and pull the Yankees (81-52) within a half-game of first-place Boston (82-52) in the division.

It was far from smooth sailing, however, as Sabathia (18-7)allowed 10 hits and dodged a Red Sox offense that stranded 16 runners on base.

In the end, the big left-hander helped the Yankees reverse their recent fortunes against a team that had entered the game with a 10-2 record over the Bronx Bombers this campaign.

“It’s a big win against a team that we’re chasing,” Sabathia said. “I’ve been struggling a little. I felt I had good stuff.”

Eric Chavez had RBI singles in the second inning and fourth to give New York an early 3-0 lead, but the Red Sox responded with two scores in the bottom of the fourth.

Cervelli hit a solo homer for the visitors in the fifth and the Yankees bullpen carried the team home.

Reliever Boone Logan got the final two outs of the seventh with the bases loaded, and Mariano Rivera came on in the ninth to lock down his 35th save of the year.

Carl Crawford hit a home run as the Red Sox racked up 13 hits but went just 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

Lackey allowed all five runs in seven innings to fall to 12-10 on the year.

(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Ian Ransom)

CC Sabathia got his first win in
five starts against the Boston Red Sox this season as the New
York Yankees defeated their division rivals 5-2.

Sabathia improved to 18-7 after allowing two runs on 10
hits while striking out 10 over six innings at Fenway Park in
Boston last night. Sabathia threw a season-high 128 pitches.

“CC was great, he battled all night,” Yankees manager
Joe Girardi told reporters. “He made some really good pitches
when he had to and got some strikeouts when he had to.”

The Yankees (81-52) moved to within a half-game of Boston
(82-52), which leads Major League Baseball’s American League
East division. The teams play again today and tomorrow.

Eric Chavez drove in Robinson Cano with singles in the
second and fourth innings, and Cano had a run-scoring double in
the fourth as the Yankees took a 3-0 lead.

Carl Crawford hit a fourth-inning home run and Marco Scutaro followed with a run-scoring double to trim New York’s
lead before backup catcher Francisco Cervelli hit a 380-foot
home run in the fifth to restore New York’s two-run advantage.

Cervelli was hit in the back with a pitch the next time he
came to bat in the seventh inning, prompting both benches to
empty. Three batters were hit by pitches in the game.

Derek Jeter returned after missing two games with a bruised
kneecap and pushed the Yankees’ lead to 5-2 when a run scored on
his double-play ground ball in the seventh.

Chavez started at third base in place of Alex Rodriguez,
who missed the game and may sit out the rest of the series with
a thumb injury. He was hurt on Aug. 21 against Minnesota and
aggravated the injury against Baltimore a week later.

John Lackey (12-10) gave up five runs on seven hits in
seven innings for the Red Sox, who are 10-3 against the Yankees
this year. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera got his 35th save after
retiring the Red Sox in the ninth inning, when Girardi was
ejected for arguing about whether Boston’s Jarrod Saltalamacchia
was hit by a pitch.

To contact the reporter on this story:
Nancy Kercheval in Washington at
nkercheval@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Michael Sillup at
msillup@bloomberg.net

Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia knows how it appeared.
New York’s Francisco Cervelli homers, claps his hands demonstratively while crossing the plate and gets plunked in his very next at-bat.
It was not, Saltalamacchia said, intentional. The Red Sox were much more concerned with the 16 runners left on base than Cervelli’s antics in a 5-2 loss to the Yankees.
“We had no intent on hitting him. It just happened that way,” Saltalamacchia said. “I understand how it can look bad.”
Saltalamacchia stayed face-to-face with Cervelli as he threatened to charge Boston starter John Lackey in the seventh with the Yankees leading 4-2. Both benches cleared, although at a very slow pace hardly fitting any rivalry, let alone this one.
Cervelli was one of four players hit in the game, but the frustration seemed more likely to come from the other dugout after a dominant start by New York’s CC Sabathia (18-7), who got his first win against Boston this season.
“We tried our best to wear him down but he kept making pitches,” Boston’s Dustin Pedroia said. “The times we got guys on base in the previous games we got that big hit. Tonight we didn’t do that.”
The Red Sox had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but failed to score. Clutch hits did not come as the Yankees pulled within a half-game of Boston with two games left in the series.
The win was the Yankees’ third in 13 games against their AL East rival this season.
Lackey (12-10) allowed five runs — four earned — on seven hits and four walks, striking out three. Nick Swisher had three hits, and Francisco Cervelli hit a solo homer in the fifth.
Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth for his 35th save.
When Cervelli came up again in the seventh, Lackey hit him in the back, sparking a bench-clearing staredown. In the first inning, Curtis Granderson took one off the end of the bat — or the hand, depending on whom you believe — and then Sabathia plunked Jacoby Ellsbury to lead off the bottom half.
After getting hit, Cervelli moved toward the mound as the dugouts slowly emptied and home plate umpire Ed Rapuano tried to maintain order. There was nothing more than jawing back and forth, and in the end Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild was ejected.
“It’s part of the game,” Cervelli said. “Yankees-Boston, everybody wants to win.”
Yankees manager Joe Girardi watched the final out from the clubhouse. He was tossed after Rivera hit Jarrod Saltalamacchia with two outs in the ninth.
“It’s an emotional game. I don’t understand why (Cervelli) got hit, but it’s part of the game,” Girardi said. “Cervy plays with a lot of emotion. that’s who he is.”
The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the second and made it 3-0 in the fourth when Robinson Cano hit an RBI double and scored on Eric Chavez’s single. After Boston cut the lead to 3-2 on Carl Crawford’s homer and an RBI double by Marco Scutaro, New York added Cervelli’s solo homer in the fifth and Derek Jeter’s run-scoring double play in the seventh that made it 5-2.
The Red Sox had 13 hits in all, but Saltalamacchia stranded seven and Adrian Gonzalez stranded five; each struck out three times. It was also a rough day at the plate for Jorge Posada, who left five men on and grounded into a pair of double plays, and Jeter, who returned after missing two games with a bruised kneecap, grounded out five times.
Notes: Game 2 of the series will match Phil Hughes and Josh Beckett. Beckett is 3-0 vs. the Yankees this season in four starts. Hughes is coming off a rocky start against Oakland, when he allowed six earned runs in 2 2-3 innings of a 22-9 Yankees victory. … Keegan Bradley, a Vermont native who won the PGA Championship this month, threw out the ceremonial first pitch and gave a big fist pump afterwards. … Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield won’t pitch in the upcoming series against Texas. Instead he’ll make his start against Toronto. Andrew Miller, Erik Bedard and John Lackey will face the Rangers. … Manager Terry Francona said RHP Clay Buchholz, on the 60-day disabled list with a stress fracture on his back, threw 25 times from 60 feet and did well in the limited workout. Francona said Buchholz will continue to rehabilitate slowly. “Whether this turns into him pitching (this season) or not, we don’t know, but it’s still exciting in the fact that he’s done so well to this point.” … Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez was out of the lineup, one day after receiving a cortisone injection for his sprained left thumb. Rodriguez said he hoped to play in the three-game series at Boston, but felt this weekend at home against Toronto was more likely.

It was not, Saltalamacchia said, intentional. The Red Sox were much more concerned with the 16 runners left on base than Cervelli’s antics in a 5-2 loss to the Yankees.

“We had no intent on hitting him. It just happened that way,” Saltalamacchia said. “I understand how it can look bad.”

Saltalamacchia stayed face-to-face with Cervelli as he threatened to charge Boston starter John Lackey in the seventh with the Yankees leading 4-2. Both benches cleared, although at a very slow pace hardly fitting any rivalry, let alone this one.

Cervelli was one of four players hit in the game, but the frustration seemed more likely to come from the other dugout after a dominant start by New York’s CC Sabathia (18-7), who got his first win against Boston this season.

“We tried our best to wear him down but he kept making pitches,” Boston’s Dustin Pedroia said. “The times we got guys on base in the previous games we got that big hit. Tonight we didn’t do that.”

The Red Sox had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but failed to score. Clutch hits did not come as the Yankees pulled within a half-game of Boston with two games left in the series.

The win was the Yankees’ third in 13 games against their AL East rival this season.

Lackey (12-10) allowed five runs — four earned — on seven hits and four walks, striking out three. Nick Swisher had three hits, and Francisco Cervelli hit a solo homer in the fifth.

Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth for his 35th save.

When Cervelli came up again in the seventh, Lackey hit him in the back, sparking a bench-clearing staredown. In the first inning, Curtis Granderson took one off the end of the bat — or the hand, depending on whom you believe — and then Sabathia plunked Jacoby Ellsbury to lead off the bottom half.

After getting hit, Cervelli moved toward the mound as the dugouts slowly emptied and home plate umpire Ed Rapuano tried to maintain order. There was nothing more than jawing back and forth, and in the end Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild was ejected.

“It’s part of the game,” Cervelli said. “Yankees-Boston, everybody wants to win.”

Yankees manager Joe Girardi watched the final out from the clubhouse. He was tossed after Rivera hit Jarrod Saltalamacchia with two outs in the ninth.

“It’s an emotional game. I don’t understand why (Cervelli) got hit, but it’s part of the game,” Girardi said. “Cervy plays with a lot of emotion. that’s who he is.”

The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the second and made it 3-0 in the fourth when Robinson Cano hit an RBI double and scored on Eric Chavez’s single. After Boston cut the lead to 3-2 on Carl Crawford’s homer and an RBI double by Marco Scutaro, New York added Cervelli’s solo homer in the fifth and Derek Jeter’s run-scoring double play in the seventh that made it 5-2.

The Red Sox had 13 hits in all, but Saltalamacchia stranded seven and Adrian Gonzalez stranded five; each struck out three times. It was also a rough day at the plate for Jorge Posada, who left five men on and grounded into a pair of double plays, and Jeter, who returned after missing two games with a bruised kneecap, grounded out five times.

Notes: Game 2 of the series will match Phil Hughes and Josh Beckett. Beckett is 3-0 vs. the Yankees this season in four starts. Hughes is coming off a rocky start against Oakland, when he allowed six earned runs in 2 2-3 innings of a 22-9 Yankees victory. … Keegan Bradley, a Vermont native who won the PGA Championship this month, threw out the ceremonial first pitch and gave a big fist pump afterwards. … Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield won’t pitch in the upcoming series against Texas. Instead he’ll make his start against Toronto. Andrew Miller, Erik Bedard and John Lackey will face the Rangers. … Manager Terry Francona said RHP Clay Buchholz, on the 60-day disabled list with a stress fracture on his back, threw 25 times from 60 feet and did well in the limited workout. Francona said Buchholz will continue to rehabilitate slowly. “Whether this turns into him pitching (this season) or not, we don’t know, but it’s still exciting in the fact that he’s done so well to this point.” … Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez was out of the lineup, one day after receiving a cortisone injection for his sprained left thumb. Rodriguez said he hoped to play in the three-game series at Boston, but felt this weekend at home against Toronto was more likely.

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