Yankees 8, Red Sox 6
BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez capped off a big weekend with another pivotal hit, driving in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning double as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-6 in the series finale Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park.
The designated hitter's shot into the gap in left-center was one of three doubles in New York's three-run sixth. Rodriguez, who hit first-inning solo home runs in each of the first two games of the series, drove in four of the Yankees' 16 runs over the weekend.
Nathan Eovaldi (9-2) earned the win for New York (48-40), which won two of three against Boston (42-47) to win its fifth straight series at Fenway.
The right-hander allowed three runs on seven hits and struck out four in five innings.
Yankees catcher Brian McCann hit a two-run home run to left in the second inning and scored the tying run in the fifth on a balk by Red Sox starting pitcher Wade Miley.
Third baseman Chase Headley and right fielder Chris Young each had an RBI for New York.
New York second baseman Rob Refsnyder, who went hitless in his major league debut Saturday, followed up his first career hit -- a leadoff single to center in the seventh -- with the first home run of his big league career, a two-run shot in the ninth to put the game out of reach.
A pair of ninth-inning Yankees errors led to two of Red Sox runs, but left-hander Andrew Miller weathered the storm and forced a game-ending popout.
Miley (8-8) lost for the second time in three starts against the Yankees this year. Boston's southpaw gave up six runs on seven hits and had two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Shortstop Xander Bogaerts, third baseman Pablo Sandoval, and designated hitter Hanley Ramirez each had RBI singles in the third inning to give the Red Sox a 3-2 lead. Right fielder Shane Victorino's sixth-inning single drove in Boston's fourth run.
Ramirez finished with a pair of RBIs after the ninth-inning rally, and left fielder Alejandro De Aza drove in a run on a sacrifice fly to right.
Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to a season-high 10 games, and second baseman Brock Holt moved his streak to 11 games.
Boston fell 6 1/2 games behind first-place New York in the AL East entering the All-Star break.
NOTES: New York enters the All-Star break atop the AL East for the first time since 2012. ... Yankees INF Alex Rodriguez and OFs Brett Gardner and Jacoby Ellsbury all collected hits in the first eight games against Boston this season entering Sunday's series finale. Before Sunday, Rodriguez was batting .345 (10-for-29) with three home runs and nine RBIs against the Red Sox in 2015. He was 1-for-4 with an RBI Sunday. ... New York RHP Nathan Eovaldi had not allowed more than two earned runs in any of his last four starts coming in. He yielded three earned runs Sunday. ... Boston has not won a series against New York at Fenway Park since Sept. 13-15, 2013. ... Red Sox 1B/DH David Ortiz was not in the lineup. He has been battling a respiratory ailment and received fluids before Sunday's game. ... Red Sox 3B Pablo Sandoval was 12-for-17 with a homer and three doubles against Eovaldi in his career prior to first pitch. He was 1-for-3 against Eovaldi on Sunday.