Red Sox overcome a six-run deficit
Jason Varitek hit a grand slam, Mike Lowell drove in six runs and the Boston Red Sox earned their biggest comeback victory against the Yankees since 1968, beating New York, 16-11, Saturday for their ninth straight victory.
Boston was trailing, 6-0, before its offense got rolling with five runs in the fourth inning. Lowell hit a three-run homer in the seventh to put the Red Sox ahead for good, then added a three-run double in the eighth.
Hideki Okajima (1-0) got two outs for the win, then Ramon Ramirez got out of the eighth after putting runners on second and third with one out.
Robinson Cano homered twice and drove in five runs for the Yankees.
In all, 12 pitchers threw 385 pitches in a 4-hour-21-minute game.
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