BOSTON -- Mookie Betts put a charge into a misplaced cutter by Masahiro Tanaka and mauled it over the Green Monster and onto Lansdowne Street for a solo shot with one out in the bottom of the fifth, breaking a scoreless tie between the Red Sox and Yankees on Sunday night.
For Betts, it was the 26th home run of his superb season and first since his walk-off rocket on July 27 against the Twins.
Betts worked the count to 2-0 and got a pitch about belt-high and slightly on the outer half of the strike zone and crushed it at an exit velocity of 106.