Alex Rodriguez hit his 17th home run in the first inning, Michael Pineda had another impressive start and the New York Yankees beat the Red Sox 5-1 at Fenway Park.
Pineda gave up only Mookie Betts’ solo home run over 6 2/3 innings. He allowed seven hits, no walks and struck out six. Pineda has won both starts at Fenway Park since he was ejected and suspended 10 games for having pine tar on his neck early last season.
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Noah Syndergaard struck out a career-high 13 in eight innings, and the Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Friday night.
Syndergaard gave up a sacrifice fly in the first to All-Star Paul Goldschmidt and then dominated the Diamondbacks, allowing only one run for the third consecutive start.