It ended with Darryl Strawberry surrounded in the third base dugout by several Baltimore players, one of whom clocked Straw flush in the jaw. He had to be rescued by Joe Torre, who escorted the bloodied Strawberry back to the Yankees’ clubhouse.

Former Yankees catcher Carlos Narváez crushed a go-ahead, three-run homer in the sixth inning, one of five Sox long balls in the game.

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will meet for the third night in a row on Sunday Night Baseball for a decisive game three at Yankee Stadium.