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Yanks Explode Early, Hold Off Red Sox To Take Rubber Game 13-8

Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Victor Carapazza, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 34416

BOSTON -- The New York Yankees hammered out five home runs in the first five innings and built a 12-1 lead before limping home to a 13-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the rubber game of a three-game series Wednesday.

The win, which moved the Yankees within a game of first-place Toronto in the American League East pending the Blue Jays' night game, was the 800th of Joe Girardi's managing career (722 with New York, 78 with the then-Florida Marlins).