The Red Sox faced off with the Yankees for the first time this season on Friday night. The Sox had rookie Henry Owens on the mound vs. Masahiro Tanaka for the Yankees. Owens had a pretty decent performance and was able to keep the Sox in the game so that David Ortiz could once again punish the Yankees by way of the home run.
The Yankees got on the scoreboard first and in the worst way possible. Henry Owens gave up a lead off home run to Alex Rodriguez in the 2nd inning. Owens settled down after that and didn’t give up another run until the 5th inning with an RBI single to Gardner.