The Yankees started the 1943 season very well, winning eight of their first 11 games. On May 5th, they hosted the Red Sox in the second game of a four-game series. The previous day, the Yankees had won thanks to a walk-off sacrifice fly from Johnny Lindell. That would be the beginning of a trend in this series.
On May 5th, the Yankees struck first. With two outs in the first, Charlie Keller hit an inside-the-park home run, giving the Yankees an early 1-0 lead.
Hank Borowy got the start for the Yankees on the mound, and early on he didn’t run into too much trouble.