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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

2026-06-05 · Night game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 43750 · 85°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 9 mph, R To L · 2:23

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees 5–3. New York Yankees opened the scoring in the 1st — Ben Rice homers (18) on a fly ball to right field. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 3rd — Willson Contreras singles on a soft ground ball to pitcher Ryan Weathers. Jarren Duran scores. Ceddanne Rafaela to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Willson Contreras homers (13) on a fly ball to left field. Wilyer Abreu scores — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	1
NYA	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	8

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jarren Duran LF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	1	1	1	0	1
Willson Contreras 1B	4	1	2	3	0	1
Caleb Durbin 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andruw Monasterio 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0
Marcelo Mayer SS	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Gasper DH	4	0	0	0	0	2
Connor Wong C	3	1	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Trent Grisham CF	5	1	1	1	0	0
Ben Rice DH	3	1	2	1	1	1
Paul Goldschmidt 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Bellinger LF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jazz Chisholm 2B	4	1	0	0	0	1
Spencer Jones RF	3	0	3	1	0	0
Max Schuemann PH	0	0	0	0	1	0
Anthony Volpe SS	4	0	1	0	0	1
Amed Rosario PH	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan McMahon 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Caballero PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Wells C	3	0	0	0	0	1