Mookie homers three times against Yankees

BOSTON -- Reigning American League Most Valuable Player and Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts homered three times in four innings against the New York Yankees on Friday night.

Betts first led off the game with a towering homer over the Green Monster off Yankees starter James Paxton, following up with a line shot over the Monster in the third inning and adding another in the fourth. The three-homer game from Betts marked his fourth from the leadoff spot, passing Alfonso Soriano for the most in MLB history. Betts became the eighth player in MLB history with five three-homer games, joining the likes of Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Carlos Delgado and Joe Carter.

The trio of…