The Red Sox answered every Yankees challenge with power, riding a decisive fifth-inning surge to a 5-3 victory at Yankee Stadium. Boston collected five home runs across the middle innings to overcome an early deficit and hand New York its second loss in three games.
Willson Contreras anchored the Boston offense, going 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and three RBI. His fifth-inning blast to left field extended Boston's lead to 5-2 after Andruw Monasterio had given the Red Sox their first advantage with a solo shot in the fourth. Contreras finished the night with 13 home runs and 38 RBI on the season.
The power display began early when Ben Rice opened the scoring with a 377-foot homer to right in the first inning. Boston responded with two runs in the third, as Wong scored on Abreu's groundout before Duran came home on Contreras's infield single. Monasterio's 408-foot drive put Boston ahead 3-1, but Spencer Jones pulled the Yankees within one with an RBI double. Contreras then delivered the decisive blow with his two-run shot, though Trent Grisham answered immediately with a 424-foot homer to keep New York within striking distance.
Sonny Gray earned the victory with 6.1 innings of work, allowing three runs on eight hits while striking out three. Ryan Weathers took the loss for New York, surrendering five runs over six innings. Aroldis Chapman closed out the ninth for his 13th save, working around two walks to preserve the victory.
Boston snapped a one-game losing streak to improve to 26-35, while the Yankees fell to 37-25 despite taking the series opener. The Red Sox remain in fifth place in the division, 11 games behind the second-place Yankees.