Yankees pull off big comeback win over Red Sox after Jazz Chisholm trade

BOSTON — A drunken bar fight broke out between the Yankees and the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Saturday night.

And just when it seemed the Yankees had taken too much criticism from their pitchers, they managed to get a breath of fresh air to avoid a fourth straight loss.

The Yankees didn’t hit their last run until the ninth inning, but Trent Grisham doubled to tie the score. They scored three more runs in the tenth, which was enough to hold the Red Sox off an 11-8 victory.

For most of the evening, a shutdown inning was an unfamiliar concept for the Yankees (61-45).

In each of the first four innings in which they scored, their pitchers immediately pulled the chair out from under them.

But eventually they managed to put Tommy Kahnle (eighth inning) and Clay Holmes (ninth and tenth) ahead and thus secured the win that had seemed out of reach all evening.

After Juan Soto ignored a stop sign at third base and was easily eliminated in the eighth inning, potentially tying the score, the Yankees tied the score in the ninth inning against Kenley Jansen.

Ben Rice doubled off the center field wall with one out and pinch-runner Jahmai Jones came around to score the tying run on a two-out double by Grisham against the Green Monster.

Holmes, who blew a three-run lead on Friday night, was much sharper on Saturday, pitching quickly in the ninth inning, forcing an extra inning.

Juan Soto singled and Aaron Judge walked — reaching base six times, a personal best — to load the bases with one out for Austin Wells, who hit a sacrifice fly to give the Yankees a 9-8 lead.

Gleyber Torres then doubled to the hole, allowing both Soto and Judge to score, making it 11-8.

Holmes then came back in the tenth inning and again eliminated the Red Sox (55-48).

The Yankees took the field about 25 minutes after their trade for Jazz Chisholm Jr. became official. They got off to a blazing start and their offense was strong.

The rest of the night only served to illustrate that the Yankees have a bigger need heading into Tuesday’s trade deadline: pitching.

Marcus Stroman played his shortest game of the year, just 3 ¹/₃ innings.

He allowed nine hits and five runs, only three of which were earned due to a fielding error by Anthony Volpe.

The first two innings of the game were pure chaos, and things weren’t looking good for the Yankees.

Alex Verdugo led off with a 373-foot single to right field, but was spared by Juan Soto, who then hit a 400-foot home run into the bullpen to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.

Judge was the next to hit the ball twice in a row, again driving a baseball 430 feet (132 meters) down Lansdowne St. off Kutter Crawford, who had kept seven outs against the Yankees earlier this month.

But the Red Sox quickly equalized in the final period against Stroman.

With two batters on, Wilyer Abreu hit a solo shot straight to center field to make it 3-1.

Then, after singles by Masataka Yoshida and Rafael Devers, Tyler O’Neill doubled past Trent Grisham to score both runners and tie the score.

Oswaldo Cabrera, who started at third base for the second consecutive time against DJ LeMahieu, gave the Yankees the lead again in the second inning with a solo home run to right field.

He was nearly robbed by a spectacular catch from Abreu, but when the right fielder landed in the front row seats while trying to catch the ball, the ball shot loose from his glove, giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead again.

The second half started with a ground ball that Volpe failed to clear, putting Stroman in even more trouble.

Ceddanne Rafaela followed with a single and then double-stealed with David Hamilton before Jarren Duran tied the score with an RBI single to center field.

Grisham had no chance to throw out Hamilton (who scored from third base), but still threw in a big pitch that allowed Duran to move to second base.

The Yankees managed to get one more out of the play, catching Rafaela sleeping a few feet off the base while talking to his coach at third base, then throwing the ball to Cabrera to tag him.

But giving Duran second place proved costly, as he scored on a single by Yoshida to give the Red Sox a 5-4 lead.

The Yankees first tied it 5-5 and later 6-6, but Jake Cousins ​​and Michael Tonkin both gave the Red Sox the lead right back in the final inning.