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04/23 20:12 CDT Schlitter beats Red Sox again, leads Yankees to 4-2 win for
sweep that extends winning streak to 6
Schlitter beats Red Sox again, leads Yankees to 4-2 win for sweep that extends
winning streak to 6
By BRENDAN McGAIR
Associated Pres
BOSTON (AP) --- Cam Schlittler limited the team he rooted for growing up to
four hits over eight innings, and the New York Yankees rallied twice to beat
the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Thursday night for a three-game sweep and a
season-high six-game winning streak.
With his family cheering on at Fenway Park, Schlittler (3-1) allowed two runs
--- one earned --- while striking out five, walking one and lowering his ERA to
1.77.
It was the longest outing in 20 regular-season starts for the 25-year-old
right-hander from Weymouth, who pitched eight shutout innings to beat the Red
Sox at Yankee Stadium in last year's AL Wild Card Series.
David Bedner tossed a perfect ninth for his seventh save in eight chances,
dropping the last-place Red Sox (9-16) seven games back of New York with their
fifth loss in six games. Boston scored three runs in the series.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. tied the score 1-1 for the AL-best Yankees (16-9) with a
fifth-inning homer off rookie Payton Tolle. Chisholm's first home run of the
season was the shortest of his big league career, a 333-foot shot around the
Pesky Pole in right.
Marcelo Mayer's RBI double following shortstop Jos Caballero's second-inning
throwing error and Carlos Narvez's fifth-inning homer twice provided leads for
the Red Sox.
After New York loaded the bases in the seventh off Danny Coulombe (0-1) on
three singles, Cody Bellinger put the Yankees ahead with a two-run single off
former Yankee Greg Weissert for just his fifth hit in 31 at-bats as a
pinch-hitter. The Yankees had not had a go-ahead pinch hit while trailing at
Fenway since Elston Howard on April 23, 1967.
Aaron Judge followed with an RBI single.
Tolle, called up from Triple-A Worcester and making his first major league
appearance this season, struck out a career-high 11 --- including his first
five batters. He allowed one run, three hits and one walk in six innings.
New York faced a left-handed starter for the fifth straight game for the first
time since April 21-25, 2016.
The Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton struck out a season-high four times.
Boston's Roman Anthony was sidelined for the second straight game with back
tightness.
Up next
Yankees: RHP Will Warren (2-0, 2.49) starts Friday at Houston, which goes with
RHP Lance McCullers (1-1, 6.20).
Red Sox: RHP Bryan Bello (1-2, 6.75) takes the mound Friday at Baltimore, which
starts RHP Brandon Young (1-0, 0.00).
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