Masataka Yoshida played the hero for the Red Sox in the first contest of a three-game series Friday.
The Yankees were one strike away from winning but saw their losing streak reach four when Yoshida hit a tying homer off Clay Holmes, and rookie Ceddanne Rafaela hit a tiebreaking homer off Tommy Kahnle to open the 10th.
New York fell to 4-14 in its past 18 games with the 5-3 loss to the Red Sox.
Gerrit Cole will start for the Yankees in his fourth outing since returning from a lengthy rehab on an elboy injury. Josh Winckowski will pitch for the Red Sox.
First pitch is set for 1:05 p.m. Let’s get into it.
Lineups
RED SOX (48-39): Duran LF, Hamilton SS, Abreu RF, Devers 3B, Valdez 2B, Yoshida DH, McGuire C, Smith 1B, Rafaela CF
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Pitching: RHP Josh Winckowski (2-1, 2.80 ERA)
YANKEES (54-36): Rice 1B, Soto DH, Judge RF, Verdugo LF, Volpe SS, Grisham CF, Trevino C, Cabrera 2B, LeMahieu 3B
Pitching: RHP Gerrit Cole (1-1, 6.23 ERA)
Time: 1:05 p.m.
TV, radio: FS1, NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Cole: Rafael Devers 11-36, Jarren Duran 3-12, Reese McGuire 1-13, Tyler O’Neill 1-2, Rob Refsnyder 0-6, Dominic Smith 1-2, Connor Wong 2-3, Masataka Yoshida 0-5
Yankees vs. Winckowski: Oswaldo Cabrera 0-1, J.D. Davis 1-3, Trent Grisham 0-1, Aaron Judge 0-1, DJ LeMahieu 0-3, Juan Soto 0-1, Gleyber Torres 2-6, Jose Trevino 1-2, Anthony Volpe 0-1, Austin Wells 1-1
Stat of the day: Since joining the Yankees as a free agent after the 2019 season, Cole is 5-4 with a 5.16 ERA in 12 starts and has particularly struggled against Rafael Devers, who is 12-for-38 (.316) with seven homers and 17 RBIs in their previous matchups.
Notes: After three rehab starts from the injury sustained in spring training, Cole returned and pitched four-plus innings, throwing 62 pitches, in a no-decision against the Baltimore Orioles on June 19. He followed that by throwing 72 pitches against the New York Mets on June 25 when he allowed six runs and seven hits, including four homers, with no strikeouts in four innings of a 9-7 loss. ... On Sunday, Cole was back to being himself when he allowed one run on three hits in five innings during an 8-1 win at Toronto. The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner also saw his pitch count bumped up to 90. ... The Red Sox are 13-4 and on a five-game winning streak after the comeback. Boston also is 11-4 in the past 15 meetings with the Yankees and 10-1 in its past 11 road games. ... Josh Winckowski (2-1, 2.80) will make his 20th career start and the Red Sox are hoping it goes as well as last weekend. He allowed four hits and threw 58 pitches in five innings of a 4-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. ... Winckowski is 0-2 with a 6.52 ERA in five career appearances (two starts) against the Yankees.
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