Times wires
Monday, May 16, 2011
NEW YORK — Kevin Youkilis hit a tying three-run homer, David Ortiz had a go-ahead drive and the Red Sox completed a sweep of the reeling Yankees with a 7-5 victory Sunday night to reach .500 for the first time.
Jon Lester shrugged off a slow start to improve to 7-1 against New York and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit his first homer with Boston as the Red Sox swept a three-game series in the Bronx for the first time since April 2004.
The Red Sox, who opened 0-6, evened their record (20-20) on their fourth try.
Despite taking a 4-1 lead, the Yankees matched their longest losing streak since May 2009 at five, all at home.
Alex Rodriguez let a ball roll through his legs in the seventh for an error, allowing the Red Sox to go up 6-4.
In the bottom half, former Ray Carl Crawford failed to cleanly field Rodriguez's double to left for an error, which gave Curtis Granderson time to score from first. But Nick Swisher struck out with runners on first and second.