Boston Red Sox Top Yankees Behind Contreras, Gray
NEW YORK (Interstat) — Willson Contreras drove in three runs with a homer and a single, and Sonny Gray pitched 6 1/3 strong innings as the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 5-3 on Friday at Yankee Stadium II.
Contreras delivered a two-run home run in the fifth inning and an RBI single in the third as Boston scored twice in both the third and fifth innings. Gray allowed three earned runs on eight hits with three strikeouts to improve to 7-1. Aroldis Chapman earned his 13th save, working a scoreless ninth.
Spencer Jones went 3-for-3 with an RBI double for the Yankees, who got solo home runs from Trent Grisham and Ben Rice. Ryan Weathers took the loss, allowing five earned runs on seven hits over six innings. He fell to 2-4.
The Red Sox improved to 27-35, while the Yankees dropped to 37-26. Attendance was 43,750, and the game lasted 2 hours, 23 minutes.