Boston 5, at N.Y. Yankees 3

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Willson Contreras homered and drove in three runs, Sonny Gray pitched six-plus effective innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 5-3 on Friday night at Yankee Stadium II. The Red Sox improved to 27-35 while the Yankees fell to 37-26. Boston snapped a three-game losing streak after dropping the previous two games at home to Baltimore and avoided a sweep in the opener of a three-game series in the Bronx. The Yankees, who had won two of three against Cleveland entering Friday, led early but could not hold off Boston’s timely hitting.… Read more...