Ramos settles it, the eighth ends it
New York beat Boston 16-1 on Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and claimed the season series, winning seven of the 13 meetings. That hands the Yankees the tiebreaker should the two clubs finish level in October.
Heliot Ramos delivered the decisive swing, a three-run homer that capped a five-run fifth and the biggest hit yet for his new team. Paul Goldschmidt had opened the scoring with a two-run single, an at-bat that survived a Boston challenge. Ceddanne Rafaela came up with the ball on a sinking Jazz Chisholm Jr. liner in center, but umpires ruled it had touched the grass and the original call stood.
Will Warren handled the rest. The right-hander worked seven-plus innings, surrendered one run on six hits and improved to 9-6. Ranger Suarez wore the loss and season highs of six runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.
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Austin Wells homers twice in one inning
The eighth turned a win into a demolition. Austin Wells came off the bench as a pinch hitter and hit two two-run homers in the same frame. Jose Caballero added a three-run shot. Nine runs crossed.
Boston handed the ball to infielder Andruw Monasterio to finish the inning, and he served up both Caballero’s homer and Wells’ second.
Four games and a tiebreaker
Boston arrived three back of New York for the American League’s top wild-card spot. They left four back and without the tiebreaker, which turns a manageable gap into a real one with a month to play.
The Yankees have won 10 of their last 14. Ramos is producing since his move, Wells is producing without starting, and Warren keeps giving the bullpen the night off. None of that is glamorous. The record over the past three weeks is.
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