BOSTON — In the eighth inning at Fenway Park on Wednesday, it hardly mattered that the Red Sox were in last place in the AL East and no threat to catch the Yankees in the standings.
Clinging to a lead in the bottom of the eighth, J.D. Martinez seemed to avoid hitting into an inning-ending double play by beating Gleyber Torres’ throw to first, which would have allowed Alex Verdugo to score and cut the Yankees’ lead to a run. But the Yankees challenged the play and replays showed Martinez stepped just in front of the base, never touching the bag, and was ruled out.
And while Aaron Judge remained at 57 homers, they got enough offense from their depleted lineup, since Nestor Cortes gave up just one run in five-plus innings in his second start back after a strained groin.The second baseman’s resurgence continued with his RBI single in the fifth inning that turned into a Keystone Kops home run thanks to some inept defense by Boston, as three errors led to four unearned runs.
Giancarlo Stanton struck out for a third time on the night and Torres singled to right to drive in Hicks and then Connor Wong took Alex Verdugo’s throw from right and in an attempt to get Torres off first, threw the ball back into right field.Aaron Judge, who didn’t homer in the game, hits an infield single during the fifth inning of the Yankees’ victory.
Cortes rolled along after the second, retiring nine in a row at one point- including striking out the side in order in the fourth in Bogaerts, Devers and Martinez.
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