NEW YORK _ From 7{ back to one ahead.
Not bad work in fewer than three weeks.
The Yankees continued an absurdly hot, not to mention historic, stretch Wednesday night, rallying for a 9-6 victory over the Red Sox in front of a sellout crowd of 47,088 that shook Yankee Stadium in the late innings at an October volume.
The Yankees (26-10) trailed 6-5 going into the bottom of the eighth before getting a two-run triple by Brett Gardner off closer Craig Kimbrel and a two-run homer by Aaron Judge. They won their eighth straight and 17th game in 18 tries. They lead the Red Sox (25-11), who have cooled significantly after a 17-2 start, by a game. It was the Yankees' 10th comeback win of the season.
Neil Walker, a recent sparkplug for the offense, led off the eighth against Matt Barnes with a double to left. Miguel Andujar's groundout to second moved Walker to third. After Gleyber Torres walked, Alex Cora brought on Kimbrel for a possible five-out save. Gardner, who had already hit two doubles, got ahead 3-and-0 before the count went full. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, Gardner slashed one into the gap in left-center for a two-run triple that gave the Yankees a 7-6 lead.
Judge followed with the dagger, a two-run shot to center that made it 9-6 and gave him his ninth homer.
Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth save.
The rally saved Chad Green, mostly superb this season, from the loss.
