NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Something had to give Tuesday night. The Yankees (6-9) and the Red Sox (6-11) couldn’t both keep losing as baseball’s greatest rivals faced off in the Bronx. Luckily for New York, James Paxton chose Tuesday to record his first signature moment in pinstripes.
Paxton struck out 12 in his first stab at the rivalry, Red Sox ace Chris Sale found his fastball but not better results, and the Yankees three-hit Boston 8-0 in the first game this season between the struggling AL East foes.
Paxton (2-2) pitched two-hit ball for eight innings, walking one and going to just two three-ball counts in a swift game that took only two hours, 23 minutes.