In another bizarre contest with at least a handful of stops and starts, the Yankees steamrolled the Red Sox, 9-1, for a series win in their first after the break. A day after rain and fan-on-player violence halted last night’s contest, today’s disruptions included a fan’s phone flashlight distracting the Red Sox catcher, another Yankees injury, an unrelated collision in right field, and an umpire soldiering on through back spasms.
After a scoreless inning and a half, Gleyber Torres got the Yankees into the hit and run columns with a single swing on the first pitch he saw, drilling his second solo homer in as many at-bats, dating back to the previous evening.