The New York Yankees faced up against the Boston Red Sox Saturday afternoon in the second game of a four-game set. Edwin Encarnacion led the Yankees to the win with three RBIs.
Winning pitcher JA Happ completed his third straight quality start with zero runs allowed over 6.1 innings pitched. He allowed two hits while fanning seven batters. The Red Sox attempted to utilize the “bullpen game” strategy. Boston pitching allowed five runs on nine hits.
This would be Happ’s second straight start without allowing a run. When asked about what he thinks allowed him to get positive results over his last two outings Happ said, “I’ve been focusing a lot on trying to get strike one… just staying in my lanes a little bit on both sides of the plate.