BOSTON (Interstat) — Payton Tolle scattered one hit over seven dominant innings and Willson Contreras homered and drove in two runs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 6-1 on Friday night at Fenway Park before 33,353 fans in a game that lasted 2 hours, 21 minutes.

Tolle, who entered with a 4-5 record, allowed just one hit and struck out seven without issuing a walk. He retired the first 10 batters he faced before Spencer Jones singled with one out in the sixth inning. Tolle improved to 5-5 as Boston evened the four-game series at a game apiece following a 6-3 victory Thursday.

Yankees starter Will Warren took the loss, falling to 7-3. Warren worked six innings and allowed five runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts. The Yankees managed only three hits in the game, including Anthony Volpe’s run-scoring groundout in the eighth inning that accounted for their only run.

Boston struck first in the bottom of the first inning. Wilyer Abreu tripled to center field and scored on Contreras’ single to center for a 1-0 lead. The Red Sox added two more in the second. Caleb Durbin singled, Anthony Seigler singled and Connor Wong walked to load the bases. Tsung-Che Cheng grounded into a forceout that scored Durbin, and Mickey Gasper drove in Seigler with another forceout.

Contreras led off the third inning with his 17th home run of the season, a solo shot to left field that made it 4-0. That proved to be more than enough for Tolle, who faced the minimum through five innings. He allowed only one baserunner to reach second base after Jones’ single, but Jones was stranded when Ali Sanchez lined out and Paul Goldschmidt struck out.

Boston extended the lead to 5-0 in the sixth. Durbin doubled, moved to third on Seigler’s groundout and scored on Wong’s sacrifice fly to center. The Yankees finally got on the board in the eighth against reliever Tommy Kahnle. Volpe doubled and advanced to third on Jones’ groundout. Austin Wells then grounded out to second, allowing Volpe to score.

The Red Sox answered in the bottom of the eighth. Jarren Duran singled, stole second and scored on Wong’s single to left, making it 6-1. Ryan Watson pitched the ninth for Boston and retired the side in order.

Key performances included Contreras’ 2-for-3 night with a home run and two RBIs; Durbin was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs; Wong drove in two runs on a 1-for-2 night with a walk and a sacrifice fly; Abreu went 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk; and Seigler singled in four at-bats. Tolle’s seven-inning, one-hit, scoreless outing with seven strikeouts anchored the win.

For the Yankees, Volpe doubled and scored the lone run. Jones had the only other hit, a single. The Yankees struck out 11 times and left five runners on base.

The victory improved Boston to 34-46, while New York dropped to 48-33. The Yankees had won four of their previous six games but have now lost two straight to the Red Sox. Boston snapped a two-game losing streak and evened the season series at three wins apiece. The teams have split the first two games of this four-game set, with New York winning two of three at home earlier in June.

The Yankees will send a starter to the mound Saturday in the third game of the series, while Boston will counter with its own starter. New York then returns home for a three-game set against Detroit beginning Monday, followed by a weekend series against Minnesota. Boston hosts Washington for three games starting Monday before a West Coast trip to Los Angeles.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of New York 6, Boston 3. Interstat’s ELO system had given the Yankees a 57.80 percent probability to win. New York was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total of seven runs went over the over-under line of 8.5.