New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox

The bottom of the fifth was decisive. Suarez entered with a 1.86 WHIP over his previous four starts and had held the Yankees hitless through four. But the five-run burst, capped by Ramos' three-run homer, ended the competitive phase of the game. Suarez was charged with six earned runs over 5.1 innings on nine hits — his shortest outing in seven starts.

Austin Wells, C, Yankees — Pinch-hit in the sixth and delivered a sacrifice fly, then homered twice in the eight-run eighth inning. Two homers, five RBI off the bench. Wells entered the day hitting .184 but lifted his slugging percentage decisively in one inning.

Heliot Ramos, RF, Yankees — 2-for-2 with a walk, two runs and three RBI. His fifth-inning three-run homer broke the game open. Ramos now has 10 homers in 2026.

Will Warren, RHP, Yankees — 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K. Warren lowered his ERA to 4.23 with his ninth win of the season, needing just 98 pitches to work through seven frames. He retired 11 of the final 13 batters he faced.

Jose Caballero, SS, Yankees — 3-for-5 with three runs, three RBI and his 13th homer of the season. His three-run blast capped the eighth-inning explosion.

Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Yankees — 3-for-6 with two runs and three RBI, including a solo homer in the eighth, his 18th of the year.

The Yankees out-hit Boston 18-7 and drew seven walks against four strikeouts, a remarkable discipline advantage over a Red Sox staff that recorded only four punchouts. Boston's bullpen — Greg Weissert, Jovani Moran and position player Andruw Monasterio — combined to allow 10 earned runs over 2.2 innings. The Yankees' five home runs (Ramos, Wells x2, Goldschmidt, Caballero) matched their season high for a single game. New York's 16 runs were their most in a game since scoring 18 on July 4 against the White Sox. The Red Sox stranded only 11 baserunners but managed just one extra-base hit (Story's double) after the fourth inning.

The Yankees (78-59) took the series 3-1 and hold second place in the AL East, keeping pace in the wild-card race as they head to Anaheim to face the Angels on Monday, September 1 (9:38 PM ET). The Red Sox (74-63) slipped further back in the division and host the Seattle Mariners on Monday (6:45 PM ET). Boston activated both Trevor Story (abdomen) and Roman Anthony (finger) from the 60-day injured list for this game — Story went 2-for-3 with a double and a run, while Anthony finished 2-for-4 with a double.

A complete beatdown. Warren's efficient seven innings gave the Yankees a platform, and once Suarez cracked in the fifth, the floodgates never closed. The eight-run eighth — featuring four homers — turned a comfortable win into a statement series-clinching rout. For Boston, the return of Story and Anthony brought life to the lineup in a losing cause, but the pitching staff's inability to stop the bleeding after the fifth inning was a full-system failure.

Sources: Provider match data (API Sports), PlainTextSports box score, RotoWire roster moves.