Giancarlo Stanton drives in three, Luis Gil cruises as Yanks beat Red Sox for fourth straight win
Giancarlo Stanton led the way offensively, and Luis Gil dominated on the mound as the Yankees beat the Red Sox in the series opener on Tuesday night.
The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park. New York has now won four in a row. Here are some takeaways...
- Giancarlo Stanton came into the night with a career . 904 OPS at Fenway and it didn't take long for him to build on that, crushing a homer over the Green Monster to open the scoring leading in the second. It was Stanton's third of the season, and his second in his last four games.
Boston starter Connelly Early held the Yanks there for the next three innings, but Stanton struck again in the sixth, making him pay for a pair of walks with a two-run double off the monster. The slugger enjoyed himself a much-needed big night at the plate after coming in hitless in his last nine at-bats. - Luis Gil led the way on the other side of things for New York, delivering his best outing of the season to this point.
The young right-hander had to work around traffic in each of the first three innings, stranding a man on second in the first and second, before brushing off a one-out walk in the third. Gil's first clean inning of the night was a six-pitch fourth. He then hit a man leading off the fifth, but went right back to cruising with some help from a double-play ball just three pitches later.