Yankees sweep Red Sox with 4‑2 win behind Schlittler
BOSTON (Interstat) — Cam Schlittler allowed four hits over eight innings, and the New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 4-2 victory Thursday night at Fenway Park. Schlittler (3-1) struck out five, walked one and lowered his ERA to 1.77. The 25-year-old right-hander from Weymouth, Massachusetts, gave up one earned run. David Bednar earned his seventh save with a perfect ninth.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in the fifth to tie the game 1-1. Cody Bellinger delivered a two-run single in the seventh, and Aaron Judge added an RBI single that stretched the lead to 4-1. Boston had taken a 1-0 lead in the second on Marcelo Mayer’s RBI double. Carlos Narváez homered in the fifth for the Red Sox. Boston starter Payton Tolle struck out 11 over six innings, allowing three hits and one earned run.
The Yankees (16-9) extended their winning streak to six. The Red Sox (9-16) lost their fifth straight. Attendance was 36,565 in 2 hours, 28 minutes.
Interstat’s game simulator projected a 6-5 New York win, and the Yankees had a 54.3 percent win probability per ELO. New York was a -1.5 favorite. The total of six runs went under the 8.5 over-under.