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Rookie Jake Bennett pitched six stellar innings and got some massive help from his defense in the fourth inning as the visiting Boston Red Sox earned a 6-0 victory over the New York Yankees in the opener of Saturday’s day-night doubleheader.
Wilyer Abreu homered in the first inning against New York starter Carlos Rodon (4-3) as the Red Sox took a 6-5 lead in the season series and moved back to within two games of the Yankees for the AL’s top wild-card spot and home-field advantage in a wild-card series.
Bennett (9-6) allowed three hits in his fourth career scoreless start. He struck out seven without a walk and has allowed one run on six hits in 12 1/3 innings during his two starts against New York.
New York’s biggest threat against the left-hander occurred with one out in the fourth when Amed Rosario reached on a throwing error by third baseman Caleb Durbin and advanced on a passed ball by catcher Adley Rutschman.
Heliot Ramos doubled when center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela got turned around and third base coach Luis Rojas waved Rosario home. Rafaela recovered at the warning track and threw to second baseman Nick Sogard, who nailed Rosario at the plate with a good throw to Rutschman.
Rutschman recorded the second out by tagging Rosario on the leg and Bennett finished the fourth with a called third strike on Cody Bellinger.
Boston added its second run in the fifth when Rutschman singled and advanced on a throwing error by Rosario at second base on a lineout. Following a single by Sogard, he scored on a passed ball by catcher Ali Sanchez.
Rutschman completed his first three-hit game with Boston when he singled and scored alongside Durbin on Andruw Monasterio’s two-run single. Sogard followed with an RBI double to score Monasterio, and Rafaela added an RBI single to cap the inning.
Rodon allowed two runs on three hits in 4 2/3 innings during his third start back from left elbow inflammation. The left-hander struck out five and walked one.
After Bennett’s 83-pitch outing, Tyron Guerrero and Garrett Whitlock pitched an inning apiece before the Red Sox padded the lead. Jovani Moran closed out the game with a perfect ninth.
–Field Level Media
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