Gardner, Drew power Yankees over Red Sox
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) - Brett Gardner hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth and finished with three RBI as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Fenway Park.
Stephen Drew drove in four runs against his old Boston club in the back-and- forth contest that saw New York twice erase three-run deficits.
Esmil Rogers (1-0) got the win in his Yankees debut after not allowing a hit in three solid innings of relief.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}David Robertson walked the leadoff batter in the ninth, but Brock Holt lined into a double play. Robertson then retired Dustin Pedroia on a ground ball to short to earn his 29th save of the season.
Pedroia and David Ortiz both clubbed two-run homers for the Red Sox.
Craig Breslow (2-3) was saddled with the loss after giving up the Gardner homer to open the sixth.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}New York starter David Phelps lasted only two innings before leaving with right elbow inflammation. He gave up three runs in the first, then served up Pedroia's two-out blast over the Green Monster.
Holt opened the first with a single, advanced to third on Pedroia's base hit and scored on an Ortiz sacrifice fly. Daniel Nava later plated two with a bases-loaded single to right field.
Boston didn't have the lead for long as New York countered with three second- inning runs. A two-run double by Gardner tied the game, but the Red Sox moved ahead 5-3 in the bottom of the frame on the Pedroia home run.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After an uneventful frame, the teams resumed trading blows. Buchholz, once again, failed to hold onto the lead.
Ortiz smashed a pitch from Yankees reliever Chase Whitley to right-center field to put Boston up 7-4 in the fourth.
Buchholz retired the first two batters in the fifth, but gave up an RBI double to Chase Headley before Drew tied the game by lining a two-run single to right. Drew also doubled home Brian McCann in the fourth.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The line for Buchholz read seven runs, eight hits and five walks in five innings.
Game Notes
New York's Carlos Beltran went 2-for-4, extending his hitting streak to 10 games. He has six straight multi-hit games ... The win was the 699th in the managerial career of New York's Joe Girardi ... Boston has lost 10 of its last 12 games.