New York Yankees' Austin Wells, right, slides past Boston Red Sox catcher Carlos Narváez to score on a single during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 6, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Anthony Volpe homered in a five-run first inning, then came out after he was hit by a pitch on the left elbow as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 9-6 on Friday night in the AL rivals’ first meeting this year.

Volpe was hit by an 88.2 mph pitch from Walker Buehler in the second, then was replaced at the start of the fourth. New York said Volpe was undergoing an X-ray and a CT scan.

Aaron Judge had his ninth game with three or more hits, raising his major league-leading average to .397. Before a sellout crowd of 46,783, Jaz

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