Giancarlo Stanton became the first player to homer against Boston in six straight games, hitting a tiebreaking, two-run drive in the sixth inning that gave the Yankees a 4-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday.
Stanton broke a 2-2 tie when he drove an 0-1 slider from Nick Pivetta into the first row of the left field bleachers, a 437-foot drive over Boston's bullpen. Stanton and Rizzo became the first players in Yankees history to homer together in both of a season's first two games.
Thee players had homered in five games in a row against Boston: Mickey Mantle , Ken Griffey Jr. and Jim Thome .
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