Aaron Judge's late homer not enough as Yankees lose extra-inning crusher to Red Sox
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BOSTON — For 106 pitches Friday night, Garrett Crochet dominated the Yankees.
That included three strikeouts of Aaron Judge, who was 0-for-6 with six punchouts in his first six at-bats against the Red Sox lefty this season.
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On pitch No. 107, with Crochet two outs away from a complete game shutout, Judge silenced Fenway Park — though it only lasted for an inning and a half.
After Judge extended the game with a dramatic game-tying home run in the top of the ninth inning, ex-Yankee Carlos Narváez won it for the Red Sox in the bottom of the 10th with a walk-off single for the 2-1 victory in front of a sell-out crowd of 36,622.
The Red Sox had runners on second and third with two outs when Narváez drilled an offering from Tim Hill off the Green Monster to end it.
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4 Garrett Crochet of the Boston Red Sox throws a pitch in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Boston, MA.
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4 Aaron Boone of the New York Yankees pulls Ryan Yarbrough of the New York Yankees from the game in the fifth inning.
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In the top of the 10th, Anthony Volpe was thrown out trying to steal third base with no outs and Jasson Domínguez at the plate.
It was a bang-bang play on which he was called safe on the field, but the Red Sox challenged and got the call overturned.
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After Domínguez struck out looking, DJ LeMahieu hit a ball down the first-base line that was called foul, which the Yankees challenged.
Following a lengthy review, the call on the field stood, which had Aaron Boone hot.
He stepped out of the dugout, tossed his gum and quickly got ejected, after which he argued some more, to no avail.
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4 Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees rounds the bases on his solo home run to tie the game in the ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Boston, MA.
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4 New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) out at third base against Boston Red Sox third base Marcelo Mayer (39) in the tenth inning at Fenway Park.
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Then, after LeMahieu grounded out to end the inning, he said something as he ran past first base umpire Jeremie Rehak, who then threw LeMahieu out of the game as well.
Judge ruined Crochet's shutout bid in the top of the ninth.
After working the count full, he got a 100 mph fastball on the inside edge and obliterated a 443-foot shot onto Landsdowne Street to tie the game.
Before the dramatic ninth-inning blast, Crochet had Judge's number.
He had struck him out on 98, 97 and 99 mph fastballs in their first three battles after striking him out in all three at-bats last weekend in The Bronx.
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