Loaisiga leaves bases loaded in 7th, Yanks beat Red Sox 5-3

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Loaisiga escaped a no-outs, bases-loaded jam in the final inning after New York capitalized on a wild outing by Boston's bullpen, and the Yankees beat the Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader.

Loaisiga pitched a perfect sixth before Boston loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh on three singles — two of them soft, well-placed grounders. Pinch-hitter Travis Shaw lined out to left in his first at-bat since being claimed off waivers Sunday, but the ball wasn't deep enough for a sacrifice fly.

Loasiga then struck out Kiké Hernandez and Hunter Renfroe — the latter on a caught foul tip — and let out a vicious yell following his fifth save of the season.

Red Sox relievers Garrett Whitlock (4-2) and Josh Taylor combined to walk the bases loaded with one out in the fifth inning before Luke Voit floated a two-run single to shallow center. Second baseman Hernandez sprinted back for the ball but came up inches short of making a sliding basket catch, allowing New York to go ahead 4-3.

Pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton followed with an RBI single as New York sent nine to the plate in the inning. Boston's relievers walked six over two innings, loading the bases three times but limiting the Yankees to three runs.

The Yankees have won four straight and 11 of 14 to pull within a game of Boston for an AL wild card spot. The Red Sox snapped out of a 3-11 slump over the weekend with a three-game sweep of last-place Baltimore, but they're still four games back of AL East-leading Tampa Bay after leading the division for much of the season.

Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery returned from the COVID-19 injured list and pitched for the first time since Aug. 1. He allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings with five hits, two walks and six strikeouts...

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