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Yankees Tie Red Sox in Loss Column with Game 1 Victory

 YANKEES 5 - RED SOX 3 

They may have another game to play later this evening, but the miracle Yankees continue to make their case for a postseason ticket. 

Behind a two-run single by Luke Voit in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Yankees stunned their rivals, the Boston Red Sox, 5-3. 

Voit's single was part of a three-run rally by New York in the fifth inning that included a RBI single by Giancarlo Stanton. 

The Yankees would hold on for dear life in the top of the seventh when Jonathan Loasiga lost his command and found himself in a bases loaded jam with no one out after singles by Kyle Schwarber, Christian Vasquez and Alex Verdugo. 

Loasiga came back to jam Travis Shaw on a hard line-out to Brett Gardner in left field that was not deep enough to drive Schwarber in from third. Next, after falling behind 2-0 to Kike Hernandez, Loasiga found a way to work the count to 3-2 before striking Hernandez swinging for the second out. Finally, Loasiga struck out Hunter Renfroe after falling behind him 3-0 in the count.

New York grabbed the early lead Tuesday on a two-run single by Andrew Velazquez in the bottom of the second inning. The Red Sox would tie it at two a piece on a two-run single by Xander Bogaerts an inning later. Boston took its only lead in the fifth on a solo shot by Christian Vasquez. 

With the victory in hand, the Yankees stand at 67-52. They are tied in the loss column with the Red Sox  (69-52). The two teams will play later tonight in game two of this double-header with rookie sensation Luis Gil toeing the rubber for the Bronx Bombers. 

To think back on the 4th of July this was a Yankees team left for dead. They are 26-11 since that point, and are very much in the mix in the AL East and the AL Wild Card. 

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