The New York Yankees edged nearer to the American League East title by beating the Boston Pink Sox 7-5 on Saturday afternoon.
The Yankees (93-58) have now received six straight video games and 10 wins of their final 12. In doing so, they surpassed final yr’s complete and opened a 8.5-game division lead.
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Gleyber Torres blasted his twenty fourth dwelling run of the yr to present the Yankees an early lead. Triston Casas and Reese McGuire homered within the second to place the Pink Sox 3-1 up.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s RBI single decreased the deficit earlier than rookie Oswaldo Cabrera’s two-run homer put the Yankees again within the driving seat. It was Cabrera’s fourth dwelling run since his Aug. 17 debut.
John Donaldson’s RBI single stretched the Yankees’ lead. Casas’ bases-loaded stroll made it 5-4 earlier than Alex Verdugo hit a game-tying single within the seventh.
The Yankees had the final snort, with Anthony Rizzo hitting a match-winning two-run homer. It was Rizzo’s thirty second dwelling run of the season.
Either side will meet once more tomorrow within the sequence finale, and the Yankees can be aiming for a sweep. They received the primary two video games of the four-match set 5-4 earlier than tonight’s 7-5 win.
The New York Yankees have 11 video games left to play earlier than the postseason will get underway. After wrapping up the Pink Sox sequence, they are going to journey to Toronto for a three-match set towards the Blue Jays.
New York Yankees celebrity Aaron Decide’s watch for No. 61 and 62 goes on
Aaron Decide blasted his sixtieth dwelling run of the yr on Tuesday evening towards the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He stays just one massive swing away from tying Roger Maris’ long-standing American League report for many dwelling runs in a season. He’s at the moment tied with Babe Ruth’s tally of 60 homers. Decide is just the third Yankee in historical past to succeed in that milestone.
Naturally, everybody’s consideration is on the AL report and followers have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of that historic second. Since hitting No. 60, Decide has gone 4 video games with out going deep.
Decide’s batting common dropped to .314 after tonight’s recreation because the Pink Sox’s Xander Bogaerts went 2 for 4 and reclaimed the AL lead at .315. Decide has a league-leading 128 RBIs to his title and is in competition for the MLB’s first Triple Crown since Miguel Cabrera in 2012.
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