NEW YORK -- Matt Holliday once again became a bruising designated hitter against his former designated sitter.
Holliday made a smashing return to the Yankees' lineup after being sidelined a month, launching a three-run homer that led Masahiro Tanaka and New York over the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox 5-1 Saturday.
"We've missed that," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
The Yankees, already holding the top spot in the wild-card race, pulled within 4 1/2 games of Boston. The rivals close their season series Sunday night.
Holliday has hit two big home runs against the Red Sox this season. His link to Boston manager John Farrell goes back a lot farther.
When Holliday was 3 or 4 years old, his dad was the pitching coach at Oklahoma State -- the school where Farrell pitched. And occasionally, Farrell babysat for the future big league slugger.
"I've known him a long time," Holliday said.
Not that anyone would've expected the connection would someday lead to Holliday connecting like this.
"That's part of life, I guess," Farrell said.
Holliday hadn't played in the majors since going on the disabled list in early August with a back injury. He was activated from his second DL stint this year on Friday, but sat out a 4-1 loss.
Holliday was greeted with "Welcome Back" by the public address announcer when the lineups were introduced, drawing a rippling of applause. Later, he revved up the sellout crowd of 46,536 on a holiday weekend.
"I'm just glad to be part of the team, back on the field," Holliday said. "I mean, these are big games. I want to be part of it."
It was 1-all in the sixth inning when Holliday hit a drive to left off Drew Pomeranz (14-5) estimated at 443 feet. Holliday pointed toward the Yankees dugout on his way toward first base after his 17th home run -- his previous homer was July 15, a tying shot in the ninth off Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel at Fenway Park in a game New York won in the 16th.
"I beat him in there a few times," Pomeranz said. "I think it was a pretty good pitch but I think it was what he was looking for. He put the right swing on it."
Chase Headley also homered, getting three hits as the Yankees ended Pomeranz's career-best eight-game winning streak.
Tanaka (11-10) gave up five hits and one run , which scored on his wild pitch. He left after a leadoff single in the eighth, and tipped his cap as he walked off to a standing ovation.
The Yankees have won two of three in the series so far, holding Boston to 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position.
Jacoby Ellsbury tripled and scored on a single by Gary Sanchez in the Yankees seventh. Ellsbury entered after center fielder Aaron Hicks exited with tightness in his left oblique.
Hicks tweaked his side making a fine running catch on the warning track. He was having an MRI.
ROLLIN'
The first big weekend of college football brought out the Bama in relievers Craig Kimbrel and David Robertson. Kimbrel, born in Huntsville, wore an Alabama football jersey in the Boston clubhouse while Robertson, who went to Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa and pitched for the Crimson Tide, had a Bama shirt. Top-ranked Alabama opened Saturday night vs. No. 3 Florida State.
STILL WAITING
No word yet from Major League Baseball on the appeals by Yankees catchers Gary Sanchez (four games) and Austin Romine (two games) of their suspensions from recent brawls in Detroit. They had their hearings Friday.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: 2B Dustin Pedroia didn't play, a day after he went seven innings in his first game off the disabled list. Farrell said Pedroia's knee showed no ill effects. Pedroia is expected to play Sunday night. Tzu-Wei Lin was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket and got to Yankee Stadium about a half-hour before gametime. He started at second and made two nice stops. ... CF Jackie Bradley Jr. (sprained left thumb) was activated from the DL and went 1 for 3. ... Slumping SS Xander Bogaerts didn't start for the second straight day. ... LHP David Price (elbow inflammation) is set for another bullpen session Monday.
Yankees: 2B Starlin Castro lost a front tooth overnight and spent the morning at the dentist's office as part of a root canal. "I'm assuming he bit into something and it came out," Girardi said. Ronald Torreyes started instead, on his 25th birthday.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale (15-6, 2.77) is 0-2 in four starts vs. the Yankees this season despite a 2.12 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 29 2/3 innings.
Yankees: RHP Luis Severino (11-6, 3.14) faces Boston for the fourth time this season. After two sharp starts, he was tagged for a career-worst 10 runs by the Red Sox on Aug. 12.
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Holliday made a smashing return to the Yankees' lineup after being sidelined a month, launching a three-run homer that led Masahiro Tanaka and New York over the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox 5-1 Saturday.
"We've missed that," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
The Yankees, already holding the top spot in the wild-card race, pulled within 4 1/2 games of Boston. The rivals close their season series Sunday night.
Holliday has hit two big home runs against the Red Sox this season. His link to Boston manager John Farrell goes back a lot farther.
When Holliday was 3 or 4 years old, his dad was the pitching coach at Oklahoma State -- the school where Farrell pitched. And occasionally, Farrell babysat for the future big league slugger.
"I've known him a long time," Holliday said.
Not that anyone would've expected the connection would someday lead to Holliday connecting like this.
"That's part of life, I guess," Farrell said.
Holliday hadn't played in the majors since going on the disabled list in early August with a back injury. He was activated from his second DL stint this year on Friday, but sat out a 4-1 loss.
Holliday was greeted with "Welcome Back" by the public address announcer when the lineups were introduced, drawing a rippling of applause. Later, he revved up the sellout crowd of 46,536 on a holiday weekend.
"I'm just glad to be part of the team, back on the field," Holliday said. "I mean, these are big games. I want to be part of it."
It was 1-all in the sixth inning when Holliday hit a drive to left off Drew Pomeranz (14-5) estimated at 443 feet. Holliday pointed toward the Yankees dugout on his way toward first base after his 17th home run -- his previous homer was July 15, a tying shot in the ninth off Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel at Fenway Park in a game New York won in the 16th.
"I beat him in there a few times," Pomeranz said. "I think it was a pretty good pitch but I think it was what he was looking for. He put the right swing on it."
Chase Headley also homered, getting three hits as the Yankees ended Pomeranz's career-best eight-game winning streak.
Tanaka (11-10) gave up five hits and one run , which scored on his wild pitch. He left after a leadoff single in the eighth, and tipped his cap as he walked off to a standing ovation.
The Yankees have won two of three in the series so far, holding Boston to 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position.
Jacoby Ellsbury tripled and scored on a single by Gary Sanchez in the Yankees seventh. Ellsbury entered after center fielder Aaron Hicks exited with tightness in his left oblique.
Hicks tweaked his side making a fine running catch on the warning track. He was having an MRI.
ROLLIN'
The first big weekend of college football brought out the Bama in relievers Craig Kimbrel and David Robertson. Kimbrel, born in Huntsville, wore an Alabama football jersey in the Boston clubhouse while Robertson, who went to Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa and pitched for the Crimson Tide, had a Bama shirt. Top-ranked Alabama opened Saturday night vs. No. 3 Florida State.
STILL WAITING
No word yet from Major League Baseball on the appeals by Yankees catchers Gary Sanchez (four games) and Austin Romine (two games) of their suspensions from recent brawls in Detroit. They had their hearings Friday.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: 2B Dustin Pedroia didn't play, a day after he went seven innings in his first game off the disabled list. Farrell said Pedroia's knee showed no ill effects. Pedroia is expected to play Sunday night. Tzu-Wei Lin was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket and got to Yankee Stadium about a half-hour before gametime. He started at second and made two nice stops. ... CF Jackie Bradley Jr. (sprained left thumb) was activated from the DL and went 1 for 3. ... Slumping SS Xander Bogaerts didn't start for the second straight day. ... LHP David Price (elbow inflammation) is set for another bullpen session Monday.
Yankees: 2B Starlin Castro lost a front tooth overnight and spent the morning at the dentist's office as part of a root canal. "I'm assuming he bit into something and it came out," Girardi said. Ronald Torreyes started instead, on his 25th birthday.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale (15-6, 2.77) is 0-2 in four starts vs. the Yankees this season despite a 2.12 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 29 2/3 innings.
Yankees: RHP Luis Severino (11-6, 3.14) faces Boston for the fourth time this season. After two sharp starts, he was tagged for a career-worst 10 runs by the Red Sox on Aug. 12.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Boston - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| Núñez grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Benintendi walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Betts grounded out to third, Benintendi to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Moreland grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Drew Pomeranz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| Gardner grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Hicks lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez reached on infield single to third, Sánchez to second on throwing error by third baseman Devers. | 0 | 0 |
| Judge grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| Ramírez flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Devers grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Vázquez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Drew Pomeranz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Headley homered to left (372 feet). | 0 | 1 |
| Holliday popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Bird singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Torreyes walked, Bird to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Gardner reached on infield single to third, Bird to third, Torreyes to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Hicks grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| Bradley Jr. popped out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Lin struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Núñez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Drew Pomeranz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| Sánchez lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Judge struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Gregorius popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| Benintendi singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Betts flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Moreland grounded out to first, Benintendi to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Ramírez grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Drew Pomeranz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| Headley singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Holliday flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Bird struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Torreyes struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| Devers reached on infield single to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Devers caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Vázquez grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Bradley Jr. singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Lin struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Drew Pomeranz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| Gardner flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Hicks grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Sánchez singled to shallow right. | 0 | 1 |
| Judge flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| Núñez doubled to deep left. | 0 | 1 |
| Benintendi grounded out to second, Núñez to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Núñez scored on Tanaka's wild pitch. | 1 | 1 |
| Betts walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Moreland lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramírez flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Drew Pomeranz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| Gregorius walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Headley singled to center, Gregorius to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Holliday homered to left, Gregorius and Headley scored (443 feet). | 1 | 4 |
| Bird struck out looking. | 1 | 4 |
| Workman relieved Pomeranz. | 1 | 4 |
| Torreyes fouled out to first. | 1 | 4 |
| Gardner struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| Ellsbury in center field. | 1 | 4 |
| Devers grounded out to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Vázquez popped out to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Bradley Jr. grounded out to second. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Brandon Workman pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| Ellsbury tripled to left center. | 1 | 4 |
| Sánchez reached on infield single to shortstop, Ellsbury scored. | 1 | 5 |
| Judge struck out looking. | 1 | 5 |
| Abad relieved Workman. | 1 | 5 |
| Gregorius popped out to third. | 1 | 5 |
| Headley fouled out to left. | 1 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| Lin singled to right. | 1 | 5 |
| Robertson relieved Tanaka. | 1 | 5 |
| Núñez flied out to left. | 1 | 5 |
| Benintendi struck out looking. | 1 | 5 |
| Betts reached on infield single to shortstop, Lin to second. | 1 | 5 |
| Moreland grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Betts out at second. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Austin Maddox pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| Maddox relieved Abad. | 1 | 5 |
| Holliday flied out to center. | 1 | 5 |
| Bird struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| Torreyes popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Dellin Betances pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| T. Frazier at third base. | 1 | 5 |
| Betances relieved Robertson. | 1 | 5 |
| Ramírez struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| Devers struck out looking. | 1 | 5 |
| Vázquez struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Núñez SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .312 | .345 | .560 |
| Benintendi LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .280 | .362 | .444 |
| Betts RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .262 | .342 | .432 |
| Moreland 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .252 | .335 | .442 |
| Ramírez DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .244 | .329 | .440 |
| Devers 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .287 | .352 | .519 |
| Vázquez C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .290 | .332 | .405 |
| Bradley Jr. CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .263 | .343 | .431 |
| Lin 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .283 | .377 | .358 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 122 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Núñez (11, Tanaka) Red Sox RISP: 0-4 (Ramírez 0-1, Benintendi 0-1, Moreland 0-2) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Devers (1, 2nd base by Tanaka/Sánchez) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Devers (7, throw) | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| CF HICKS (LEFT OBLIQUE TIGHTNESS) LEFT GAME TOP 7TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 46,536 (93.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:58 |
| Weather | 65 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 11 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Greg Gibson, First Base - Sam Holbrook, Second Base - D.J. Reyburn, Third Base - Tripp Gibson |
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