The Red Sox didn’t have a single player cross home plate after the first inning on Sunday night against the Yankees.
But on a night where New York slugged three pitches into (or over) the seats at Fenway Park, Boston’s first haymaker of the evening still stood as the knockout blow.
For the second time this season, the Red Sox rattled off six runs in the first inning — giving themselves a lead that they would not cough up en route to a 6-4 win over New York.
While New York doled out damage via three home runs on Sunday, the Red Sox only had one offering leave the ballpark — a solo shot from Carlos Narvaez that capped off Boston’s six-run start.
The rest of Boston’s first-running run was generated off of five straight hits against Yankees starter Will Warren, along with two runs scored o