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JBJ, Porcello push Sox's lead over Yanks to 5

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Porcello won his fourth straight start, holding the Yankees to three hits and a run over six innings. The only damaging hit against the righty was a solo homer by Brett Gardner in the fifth.

Losing pitcher Sonny Gray minimized the damage over his five-inning performance, allowing seven hits and two runs while throwing 106 pitches. It was the first time in Gray's 116 career starts that he didn't register a strikeout.

Gray strands two in the 5th
Sonny Gray pitches out of trouble in the bottom of the 5th inning, getting Rafael Devers to ground out and stranding two to end the frame

Bradley gave the Red Sox a 2-0 lead with a two-run triple, and extended the lead back to two runs with an RBI single in the sixth.