Yankees snag big comeback win over Red Sox after Jazz Chisholm trade

BOSTON — A bar fight broke out between drunk people at Fenway Park between the Yankees and Red Sox on Saturday night.

And after what seemed like multiple failures due to their pitching staff, the Yankees finally pulled themselves together and avoided a four-game losing streak.

The Yankees faced their final strike in the ninth inning, but tied the game with a game-tying double by Trent Grisham, then followed that up with a triple in the top of the 10th to ultimately defeat the Red Sox for an 11-8 victory.

For most of the night, the shutout inning was a foreign concept to the Yankees (61-45).

In the first four innings in which they scored, the pitchers quickly got out of trouble in the bottom of the innings.

But the team finally got the win that was almost elusive that night thanks to big outings from Tommy Kahnle (8th inning) and Clay Holmes (9th and 10th innings).

After potential tying hitter Juan Soto ignored the stop sign at third base and was easily out at home plate in the eighth, the Yankees found a way to tie the game in the ninth with a hit by Kenley Jansen.

Ben Rice hit a double off the wall in center field with one out, and pinch runner Jamai Jones tied the game on a two-out double off Grisham off the Green Monster.

Holmes, who helped blow a three-run lead on Friday night, was much sharper Saturday, working a quick finish in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings.

Juan Soto singled, Aaron Judge walked (for his career-high sixth time) and with the bases loaded and one out, Austin Wells hit a sacrifice fly to give the Yankees a 9-8 lead.

Gleyber Torres then hit a double into the gap, sending both Soto and Judge home to make the score 11-8.

Holmes then returned to the mound in the bottom of the 10th inning and again held the Red Sox to a 55-48 victory.

The Yankees took the field about 25 minutes after the trade for Jazz Chisholm Jr. was made official and got off to a fast start with a strong offense.

The rest of the night only highlighted a bigger problem the Yankees have ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline: their pitching staff.

Marcus Stroman had his shortest outing of the year, pitching just 3 1/3 innings.

He gave up nine hits and five runs, but only three of those were earned runs on a defensive error by Anthony Volpe.

The first two innings of the game were complete chaos, and much of it was not in the Yankees’ favor.

Alex Verdugo led off with a 373-foot single to right field, but Juan Soto blocked it and then blasted a 400-foot home run to the bullpen to put the Yankees up 2-0.

Judge came up next, struck out two batters and then hit another home run, this time smashing a ball from Cutter Crawford, who had pitched seven scoreless innings against the Yankees earlier this month, 432 feet down Lansdowne Street.

But the Red Sox quickly tied the score in the bottom of the inning against Stroman.

In his second at-bat, Willy Abreu hit a solo home run straight to center field to make the score 3-1.

Then, after singles by Masataka Yoshida and Rafael Devers, Tyler O’Neill hit a double off a diving hit by Trent Grisham, sending both runners home to tie the game.

Oswaldo Cabrera, starting at third base for the second straight game in place of DJ LeMahieu, gave the Yankees the lead again with a solo home run to right field in the top of the second inning.

Abreu made a great catch that nearly got the ball out of his hand, but the right fielder crashed into the front row of seats while trying to catch it, causing the ball to fly out of his glove and putting the Yankees back ahead, 4-3.

The bottom of the second inning began with Volpe dropping a grounder, which put Stroman in more trouble.

Sedan Raffaella singled and then committed a double steal with David Hamilton before Jarren Duran tied the game with an RBI single to center field.

Grisham didn’t have a chance to get Hamilton out (scoring from third) on the play, but he still made a big throw to home that allowed Duran to advance to second.

The Yankees got another out on the play, catching Rafaela, who had fallen asleep a few steps from the base while talking to the third-base coach, and throwing the ball so Cabrera could apply the tag.

However, Duran advanced to second base, allowing Yoshida to single and score Duran, giving the Red Sox a 5-4 lead.

The Yankees tied the game at 5-6, but Jake Cousins ​​and Michael Tonkin each gave the Red Sox the lead in the bottom of the inning.