Highlights and runs: Boston Red Sox 5-2 New York Yankees in 2021 MLB

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In the first game of the series, played at Yankee Stadium, Boston defeated New York 5-2.

Nathan Eovaldi earned his seventh victory of the season; Michael King accumulated his third loss, and Matt Barnes earned his thirteenth save.

The Red Sox are 34-23, while the Yankees are 31-27; they remain in second and third place, respectively, in the American League East division.

Tomorrow, at 6:15 p.m., they will meet again.

Boston Red Sox beat New York Yankees 5-2.

Gary Sanchez strikes out again and gets the last out of the game.

Matt Barnes strikes out Clint Frazier, putting the second out for Yankees.

Rougned Odor bunts to first base, where Marwin González overpowers him. Two outs separate Boston from victory.

Red Sox relieve their pitcher: Matt Barnes comes in for Hirokazu Sawamura.

Néstor Cortés struck out Cristian Arroyo, ending the last inning for the visitors.

Néstor Cortés gets his third strikeout of the night by beating Christian Vázquez; there are two outs for Boston.

Good hit by Marwin Gonzalez to center field to move to second base.

Hunter Renfroe hits a fly ball, and DJ LeMahieu overpitches to ground out for Boston's first out. 

Yankees continue to lose.

Hirokazu Sawamura already has five strikeouts, after dominating Aaron Judge and Gio Urshela.

Giancarlo Stanton receives base on balls.

Néstor Cortés strikes out Rafael Devers, gets his second of the night, ending the inning for the Red Sox.

Xander Bogaerts strikes out, and it's the second out for the visitors.

J. D. Martinez hits a grounder to second base, and Rougned Odor overpitches; first out for Boston.

Yankees change pitcher: Nestor Cortés comes in for Lucas Luetge.

Hirokazu Sawamura again retired Hirokazu Sawamura on a strikeout, ending the seventh inning.

Hirokazu Sawamura gets his second strikeout, now after dominating Brett Gardner.

Gary Sanchez strikes out again; one out for Yankees.

Red Sox change their pitcher: Hirokazu Sawamura comes in for Nathan Eovaldi.

DJ LeMahie makes a great defensive play after jumping and catching Alex Verdugo's strong line.

Lucas Luetge gets his first strikeout of the afternoon after dominating Danny Santana.

Christian Arroyo bats, but it is dominated by Gleyber Torres. There's already one out for the Red Sox.

Clint Frazier hits a fly ball that Danny Santana controls to end the sixth inning.

Rougned Odor bats, and Marwin Gonzalez doesn't do a good job and gives up an error that allows runners on the corners and Gio Urshela to score New York's second run.

Gleyber Torres singles to left field; Gio Urshela swipes second base.

Gio Urshela singles to move to first base.

Aaron Judge hits a home run and scores the Yankees' first run.

Giancarlos Stanton bunts, but Boston hits into a double play to overpower him and DJ LeMahieu. That's two outs for the Yankees.

DJ LeMahieu's hitless grounder to first base.

Christian Vazquez hits a fly ball that Aaron Judge controls in left field to give the Red Sox the third out.

Marwin Gonzalez's two-run double; Xander Bogaerts and Hunter Renfroe score. Boston now leads 5-0.

Hunter Renfroe singles to left field; Xander Bogaerts advanced to second.

Rafael Devers hits a fly ball to center field that Brett Gardner controls without much trouble to get the visitors' second out.

Yankees relieve their pitcher: Lucas Luetge replaces Michael King.

Xander Bogaerts hits a single down a line into left field.

J. D. Martinez hits a fly ball, and Rougned Odor overpitches it to give the Red Sox one out.

Nathan Eovaldi ends the fifth inning by striking out Brett Gardner. Boston is still up on New York by three runs.

Gary Sanchez strikes out Nathan Eovaldi; that's two outs for Yankees.

Clint Frazier's fly ball becomes the Yankees' first out after Hunter Renfroe's pop up.

Alex Verdugo bats softly and Michael King gets it and then throws to first base and overpowers it.

Danny Santana's fly to left field that Clint Frazier controls without much trouble. That's two outs for Boston.

Christian Arroyo grounded out to third base, Gio Urshela overpowered. The first out for the Red Sox.

Rougned Odor hits a high fly that Rafael Devers controls for the conclusion of the fourth inning.

Gleyber Torres hits to third base, and Rafael Devers fails to overpower him. Yankees have runners on the first two bases.

Gio Urshela strikes out; Nathan Eovaldi now has five strikeouts.

Aaron Judge hits a line drive to right field to set up first base.

Good defensive action by Rafael Devers to control the ball and throw to first to overpower Giancarlo Stanton. New York's first out.

Great work by Michael King to earn another strikeout, this time against Christian Vázquez.

Consecutive strikeout by Michael King, now to Marwin González; Red Sox already have two outs.

Michael King strikes out Hunter Renfroe and gets his third of the night.

Nathan Eovaldi does his job and strikes out DJ Lemahieu. After three complete games, the Red Sox continue to defeat the Yankees 3-0.

Brett Gardner bunts to first base, where Marwin Gonzalez overpitches; Boston already has two outs.

Gary Sanchez strikes out; it's Nathan Eovaldi's third of the afternoon.

Rafael Devers makes contact, but Michael King checks and throws to first base for Boston's final out.

Xander Bogaerts hit a fly ball to center field, overpowered by Brett Gardner; J. D. Martinez advanced to third.

Good contact by J. D. Martinez to left field that allows him to reach second base.

Alex Verdugo hits hard, but is overpowered at third base by Gio Urshela. Boston's first out.

Nathan Eovaldi gets his second strikeout, this time after overpowering Clint Frazier, which brings the last out of the second inning.

Rougned Odor strikes out; first of the afternoon for Nathan Eovaldi.

Gleyber Torres hits a ground ball to first base, where it is overpowered. The Yankees' first out falls.

Danny Santana hits to second base and is ruled out. Boston's third and final out in the second inning.

Christian Arroyo singled to center field and moved to first base.

Michael King gets his second strikeout after overpowering Christian Vázuez. Second out for Boston.

Marwin González hits to right field, where Aaron Judge controls the ball. First out for Red Sox.

Gio Urshela hits to center field that Danny Santana controls. The three outs are completed.

After a complete game, Boston is beating New York 3-0.

Aaron Judge makes contact, but is overpowered and Boston hits into a double play grounder to first and second base; DJ Lemahieu advances to third.

Giancarlo Stanton singles; even with no outs, Yankees have two runners on the first two bases.

DJ LeMahieu contacts Nathan Eovaldi's throw to center field and grounds out to first base.

Michael King gets his first strikeout after overpowering Hunter Renfroe, ending the first inning for the Red Sox, who now lead 3-0.

Home run! Rafael Devers scores three runs with a fly ball over the right field fence.

Xander Bogaerts singles; Red Sox have runners on first and second base.

J. D. is checked with Gleyber Torres down a line; that's two outs for Boston.

Alex Verdugo's hit by Alex Verdugo, who singled to first base.

Danny Santana hits a high fly ball and is overpowered by Gio Urshela.

Pitches Michael King of the Yankees.

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Meanwhile, Nathan Eovaldi will be making his twelfth start of the season; he is 6-2 and his ERA is 4.01.

It will be the ninth game -and his second start- of the campaign for Michael King; his record is 0-2 and his ERA is 2.86.

The Red Sox defeated the Astros 5-1 in Houston; Martín Pérez (4-2) worked 7.2 innings and won the victory.

The Olde Towne Team is in second place in the American League East division; its record is 33-23.

Yesterday, the Yankees lost 9-2 to the Tampa Bay Rays; the loss went to Gerrit Cole (6-3), who had his worst outing of the season, allowing five runs.

In the American League, the Bronx Bombers are in third place in the East division; they have 31 wins and 26 losses.

This afternoon in the Bronx, bitter rivals Boston and New York will meet for the first time this season.

The Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees game will be played at the Yankee Stadium, in El Bronx, NY. The first pitch is scheduled at 7:10 pm ET.

My name is Alan Rodriguez and I'll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.