Donaldson’s slam leads the Yankees past Devers, Red Sox 6-5

Thursday July 7, 2022

Gerrit Cole blocked eight of the nine batters in the Red Sox roster

The Red Sox third baseman made a final push to be included in the American League All-Star roster by hitting two home runs off the Yankees ace and giving up two of Boston’s five hits and all five RBIs. For his career, he hits .304 with six homers in 23 at-bats against Cole.

Josh Donaldson homed in his second straight game, hit a grand slam in his third, and Aaron Hicks homed in the next seat to give Cole a 5-0 lead. Hicks also tripled in the fifth to make it 6-2 before Devers’ second homer got Boston running and the hearty “Yankees suck!””Song of the night.

Second in the AL East but 14 games behind the Yankees in first place, the Red Sox fell 5-0 in the third game before Devers ran two shots into the bottom half. The Yankees again led 6-2 against Devers in the fifth inning, time for a meet at the mound.

In all, Cole was charged with five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven. Three relievers shut the Red Sox down from there, with Clay Holmes pitching the ninth for his 16th save.
The Yankees loaded bases in the third inning of a scoreless game when No. 9 hitter Joey Gallo took the lead with a walk, Gleyber Torres hit a single and stole second place and then, with two outs, the Sox Rojas Around Giancarlo Stanton, Donaldson smashed with loaded bases.

He hit a 429-foot homer to center for his sixth career grand slam, then Hicks sent the next throw 385 feet to the right.

In the fifth, Hicks hit a line drive over Jackie Bradley Jr.’s head and into the wall, away from the Red Sox right fielder. He made it 6-2 when first baseman Franchy Cordero mistakenly converted an infield fly ball into a double (which was converted into a miss and back into a double).

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Yankees: OF Aaron Judge got a day off for lower body tightness.

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