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Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez provided big first-inning knocks, but they proved to be only appetizers for fireworks that were yet to come in a wild rivalry matchup that conjured memories of the intense battles played a decade and a half ago.
Sanchez hit a pair of homers before a lengthy contest featured a home team comeback, and the benches cleared twice with a fracas that included punches from both sides. After all of that, the Yankees held on, logging a 10-7 victory over the Red Sox on Wednesday evening at Fenway Park.