Red Sox hold off Yanks 6-5 in 10 for 3-game sweep in Bronx

NEW YORK (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run single with two outs in the 10th inning, and the Boston Red Sox held off the New York Yankees 6-5 in a wild finish Sunday night for their first three-game sweep in the Bronx since June 2011.

Marwin González launched a tying homer in the seventh for Boston and made a slick defensive play at second base with a runner in scoring position for the final out. González also turned a tough double play in the bottom of the 10th — and committed a throwing error that put Tyler Wade on second with two outs.

Gleyber Torres lined a tying double in the bottom of the ninth off closer Matt Barnes (2-1), but Boston (36-23) recovered to win its fourth straight and move a season-high 13 games over .500.

Alex Verdugo homered early and Bogaerts lofted a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth after Gold Glove second baseman DJ LeMahieu flubbed pinch-hitter Christian Arroyo’s popup. LeMahieu overran the ball a bit in shallow right field and let it glance off his glove for a leadoff double.

Bogaerts singled to left-center in the 10th off Luis Cessa (1-1) after Arroyo advanced two runners with a sacrifice bunt.

Phillips Valdéz started that critical double play in the bottom of the 10th and got three outs for his first major league save.

Barnes was handed his second blown save in 16 chances this year. The right-hander was trying for his third save of the series.

Gary Sánchez had a two-run double for the struggling Yankees, who are in fourth place in the AL East. They’ve dropped four in a row and 10 of 13.

New York went 9-1 versus the Red Sox last year and had won nine straight series against them until Boston took the first three of 19 meetings this season between the longtime rivals.

With runners at the corners and the game tied with two outs in the...

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