BOSTON — On a night when Aaron Judge again made history — breaking a tie with Joe DiMaggio and gaining sole possession of fourth place on the franchise’s home run list — Luis Gil made a run at making some of his own.

But a high pitch count through six no-hit innings thwarted the young righthander from going further than that.

Regardless, Judge’s monstrous first-inning homer, a 468-foot shot that cleared Fenway Park’s Green Monster, and Gil’s standout night helped the Yankees get what they most needed and wanted — an important 4-1 victory over the Red Sox in front of a sellout crowd of 36,760.

The Yankees (82-65), who improved to 3-8 against the Red Sox (81-67) this season, pulled 1 ½ games ahead of their rival for the American League’s top wild-card spot. They went 17 games over .500,

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