NYA @ BOS

New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, October 5, 2021

At home, the Boston Red Sox won 6-2 over the New York Yankees on October 5, 2021, a Wild Card round game. The game information lists attendance of 38,324, a game time of 193 minutes, and a night start. Conditions were recorded as 60 degrees, cloudy skies, and a 6 mph wind. The New York Yankees' runs came one at a time, in the sixth and ninth. The Boston Red Sox's runs came in the first, third, sixth, and seventh innings, 2 of them in the first. The New York Yankees had 6 hits and the Boston Red Sox 7, with 0 and 0 errors. The win went to Nathan Eovaldi, allowing 1 earned run on 4 hits in 5.1 innings. Gerrit Cole took the loss after 2.0 innings and 3 runs. Nathan Eovaldi led all pitchers with 8 strikeouts. The New York Yankees used Gerrit Cole, Chad Green, Clay Holmes, Jonathan Loaisiga, and Luis Severino on the mound. The Boston Red Sox used Ryan Brasier, Nathan Eovaldi, Tanner Houck, Hansel Robles, and Garrett Whitlock on the mound. Giancarlo Stanton led the New York Yankees at the plate: 3 for 4, 1 home run, and 1 RBI. The New York Yankees got another home run from Anthony Rizzo. The Boston Red Sox's top hitter was Alex Verdugo, 2 for 4, 1 double, and 3 RBI. Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber also homered for the Boston Red Sox. Behind the plate was umpire Mark Carlson.