AMERICAN LEAGUE
YANKEES 6, RED SOX 4
NEW YORK -- Gary Sanchez, Tyler Austin and Didi Gregorius homered off David Price, and the New York Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-4 Tuesday night to end Boston's 11-game winning streak and delay its AL East title celebration.
David Ortiz, starting his final series in the Bronx, went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts and stranded seven runners. He ended the game by fanning with two on against Tyler Clippard.
Having clinched at least a wild-card berth last weekend, Boston is five games ahead of second-place Toronto with five games left, needing just one victory or a Blue Jays loss to ensure the division championship.
Toronto also prevented the Red Sox from wrapping it up Tuesday night by beating Baltimore 5-1.
Price (17-9) again struggled against the Yankees, who have only a remote chance of reaching the postseason. They closed within four games of Baltimore for the second AL wild card with five remaining.
Sanchez hit a two-run home run in the first inning, his 20th since the Yankees brought him up from the minors on Aug. 3. Playing in his 51st big league game, Sanchez matched Wally Berger in 1930 as the fastest to 20 home runs.
Gregorius hit a solo drive in the sixth, also his 20th. After the Red Sox rallied, Austin broke a 4-4 tie with a drive to right -- all four of the rookie's home runs have gone to the opposite field.
Blake Parker (1-0) got two outs for his first big league win in two years, retiring Ortiz on a groundout with two on to end the seventh. Clippard got the save, and the Yankees (81-76) ensured they will not finish with their first losing season since 1992.
Sports on 09/28/2016