NEW YORK -- Rookie Roman Anthony hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and drove in three runs in a memorable Yankee Stadium debut and the Boston Red Sox survived struggles at the plate for a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday night.

Newcomer Nathaniel Lowe hit an RBI double off Luke Weaver (3-4) in the seventh to give Boston a 4-3 lead.

Anthony, who had an RBI single in the sixth, hit his fifth career homer when he connected off Yerry De Los Santos after first baseman Paul Goldschmidt committed New York's fourth error.

He became the fourth different Red Sox rookie (Marcelo Mayer, Kristian Campbell and Carlos Narvàez) with a home run. vs the Yankees this year, their most in a season since 2014.

The Red Sox went 3 for 19 with runners in scoring position, s

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