Bello allows 3 hits in 7 innings as Red Sox beat Yankees 1-0 to clinch season series – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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NEW YORK (AP) — Brayan Bello pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, main the Boston Purple Sox to a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday evening that clinched the season collection between the longtime rivals.

Boston moved a half-game forward of the Yankees for the primary American League wild card and improved to 7-1 towards New York this yr after dropping the primary assembly on June 6.

Bello (10-6) allowed singles to Ben Rice, Trent Grisham and Austin Wells and permitted 4 baserunners in his third scoreless begin this season and second towards the Yankees. After giving up Grisham’s hit, the right-hander obtained Rice to floor right into a double play to finish the third. Wells was doubled off first within the sixth on a line drive by Grisham.

Connor Wong hit an RBI double off Mark Leiter Jr. (5-7) within the seventh after pinch-hitter Nathaniel Lowe doubled.

Boston rookie Jhostynxon Garcia went 0 for 3 with a stroll and three strikeouts in his main league debut. He was batting within the fourth towards Max Fried when a squirrel ran onto the sphere and briefly delayed the sport.

The Yankees misplaced their second straight, each to Boston, following a five-game profitable streak and dropped 5 1/2 video games behind first-place Toronto within the AL East. New York was shut out for the ninth time this season.

Fried allowed 4 hits in six scoreless innings. He struck out seven however tied a season excessive with three walks and was lifted after 99 pitches.

Key moments

Garrett Whitlock struck out pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton on three pitches to finish the eighth. Aroldis Chapman fanned two within the ninth for his twenty fifth save.