NEW YORK (Interstat) — Garrett Crochet dominated with 11 strikeouts over 7 2/3 innings, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of their playoff series on Tuesday. A crowd of 47,027 at Yankee Stadium saw the Red Sox break a 1-1 tie with two runs in the seventh on Masataka Yoshida’s pinch-hit, two-run single. Anthony Volpe provided the Yankees’ only run with a second-inning homer. Alex Bregman added an insurance RBI double in the ninth for Boston. Aroldis Chapman stranded the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to secure the save. The Red Sox lead the best-of-five series 1-0.