Gleyber Torres popped out for the first out of the inning before Anthony Rizzo grounded into a double play that ended the game. Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who came in for defense in the seventh, followed with an infield hit that was bobbled at second base to put runners on first and second with nobody out. After Cabrera's single in the fifth, the Yanks didn't have a single baserunner until the bottom of the ninth when pinch-hitter Josh Donaldson walked to lead off the inning. King retired six in a row after that, but the damage had already been done. led off with a double down the left-field line before Eloy Jimenez swung at the first pitch and rocketed a home run to the bullpen in right-center field. Up by a run and Michael King entering the game in the seventh inning, New York’s 5-4 lead turned into a 6-5 deficit just three pitches into the inning. The Yankees then took their first lead of the game in the fifth after Oswaldo Cabrera singled home Jake Bauers who doubled earlier in the frame. In the fourth inning, Calhoun came through again, this time with a two-run homer off Lynn that tied the game at 4-4.
The righty finished his outing by going five innings, giving up four earned runs on six hits, two walks and striking out six. Moncada’s home run was the sixth allowed by Severino over his last 6.1 innings at that point. Two batters later, Yoan Moncada went yard as well to give the Sox a 4-2 lead.
led off the third inning with a home run to straight away center field. Severino couldn’t make it stand, though, as Luis Robert Jr. Kyle Higashioka followed with an RBI double and came around to score on Willie Calhoun’s RBI single that tied the game.
Making his first start of the season with the team that he began his major-league career with in 2018 (albeit just two games), Billy McKinney rifled a triple on the second pitch he saw to get the Yankees started. Chicago drew first blood with a two-run shot by Jake Burger, his 13th home run of the season in just 136 at-bats, but New York responded in the bottom half of the inning thanks to a two-out rally started by the lower third of the lineup.
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