BOSTON — Instant reactions as the Red Sox (82-68) ride a six-run first inning and a 12 strikeouts from Garrett Crochet to a 6-4 win over the Yankees to avoid a sweep at Fenway:

1) Getting out to a big lead with Crochet on the mound is always a recipe for success and the Red Sox teed off on Will Warren in a six-run first. Jarren Duran scraped the Green Monster with a leadoff triple, then scored on an Alex Bregman RBI single up the middle. Trevor Story and Nathaniel Lowe had back-to-back base hits to make it 2-0. Romy Gonzalez (RBI double), Masataka Yosbhida (sacrifice fly) and Rob Refsnyder (RBI groundout) then all pitched in runs before Carlos Narváez launched a missile to center field to make it 6-0.

The frame marked the first time since July 7, 1989 that the Red Sox had their first

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