Jones Powers Yankees Past Red Sox

Derek Jeter had three singles for New York, which won its third straight.

Andruw Jones hit two of New York's four homers, Freddy Garcia pitched 6 2-3 solid innings in muggy conditions and the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 in the opener of a split doubleheader on Saturday.

Nick Swisher belted a three-run shot in the first and Jayson Nix added a solo drive in the fourth as the Yankees improved to 4-0 against the Red Sox this season. Swisher snapped an 0-for-17 slide with his 13th homer.
 
Derek Jeter had three singles for New York, which won its third straight.
 
The Red Sox have lost five in a row and seven of nine.
 
New York ran its baseball-best home run total to 130 and is on a pace for a club-record 254. The 1997 Seattle Mariners hold the major league record with 264.
 
Boston's Adrian Gonzalez matched his career-best hitting streak at 17 games with a fourth-inning single.
 
All-Star slugger Robinson Cano went 1 for 4 and scored a run for New York, but his streak of games with at least one RBI was snapped at nine. He equaled Jeter's 2004 surge as the longest by a Yankee since Reggie Jackson went 11 in a row in 1979.
 
Red Sox starter Franklin Morales (1-2) lasted just 3 1-3 innings, yielding six runs and six hits, including all four homers.
 
Like the series opener, the Yankees jumped ahead with a big first inning. This time, they used their biggest offensive tool — the home run.
 
Swisher sent a 1-0 pitch into the last row of seats above the Green Monster after Jeter opened the game with a single and Cano was hit by a pitch with two outs. Jones followed with a drive to the same spot.
 
Garcia (3-2) gave up one run and six hits under overcast skies, improving to 10-4 in 23 career games against Boston.
 
The Yankees hit consecutive homers again in the fourth when Jones and Nix each one into the Monster seats. It was Jones' 43rd career multihomer game.
 
Mauro Gomez had an RBI single in the fourth for Boston.
 
On Friday, New York scored five first-inning runs in a 10-8 victory. Boston tied it with five in the bottom half before the Yankees rallied in the seventh.

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