Luis Severino pitched seven innings of three-hit, shutout ball and Aaron Judge celebrated his 25th birthday with a two-run homer and spectacular catch, carrying the surging New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the longtime rivals' first meeting this season.
Three years ago, NY ace Masahiro Tanaka was introduced to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry when he made his debut against Boston at Fenway Park on April 22, 2014.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, Judge became the first Yankee to homer on his birthday at Fenway Park since Roger Maris did it on September 10, 1966.
Porcello (1-3), the Reigning American League Cy Young Award victor, struggled with his command, walking four while allowing all three runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out nine in 6 2/3 innings. Greg Bird also drove in a run for NY.
Severino started for the Yankees and was absolutely dazzling, going seven innings, giving up no runs on three hits while striking out six. He struck out nine. He did not lose consecutive starts last season.
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Judge launched a first-pitch fastball from Porcello into the bullpen in right field with a runner on first and nobody out in the second.
The call on the field was no catch, but replays showed that he caught the ball, and the ruling was overturned after a challenge by Yankees manager Joe Girardi. Paxton allowed four hits and a walk in a dominant performance against a Detroit team that had scored 32 runs over its previous two games. Dellin Betances worked a ideal eighth and Aroldis Chapman got three outs for his fifth save despite giving up a run.
Andrew Benintendi walked and Mookie Betts doubled off the wall in left to put a pair of runners in scoring position with nobody out.
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Boston Red Sox starter Rick Porcello is one loss away from matching his season total from 2016.
Ramirez walked, but Jackie Bradley Jr. struck out swinging and Josh Rutledge also fanned swinging as Chapman notched his fifth save.
"I think I landed on an empty seat, " Judge said, avoiding serious injury.
Yankees righty Luis Severino earned the victory on Wednesday night at Fenway Park. "I did some activities yesterday, kind of tested it out a little bit". Pedroia was injured on a controversial slide by Baltimore 3B Manny Machado on Friday.
Aaron Judge - Judge went 1-2 with a home run, walk, two runs scored and two runs batted in.
The 23-year-old kept the Boston bats off balance all night, scattering three singles across seven scoreless innings. Nationals southpaw Gio Gonzalez (2-0, 1.35 ERA) looks to build on a no-hitter he carried into the sixth inning in his last start, while Antonio Senzatela (3-0, 2.08 ERA) hopes to continue his scoreless inning streak (12). "You begin to sacrifice maybe in other ways where you don't get the normal plate coverage that you typically would".
Rick Porcello allowed three runs (two earned) in 6 2/3 innings.
Michael Brantley drives in 3; Indians beat Astros CLEVELAND - Michael Brantley, continuing his comeback from shoulder problems that forced him to miss most of last season, drove in three runs and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Houston Astros 7-6 on Wednesday night. The lefty is 4-1 with a 1.17 ERA against them, the lowest ERA by any pitcher versus the Yankees with at least 50 innings since earned runs became a stat in 1912.
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