Game Story: Red Sox out-slug Yankees, 11-6

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NEW YORK -- The new Yankee Stadium can be an inviting ballpark for powerful lineups, and for the second night in a row Wednesday, the Red Sox turned it into an offensive shooting gallery.

Scoring in five of the nine innings and belting three home runs, the Red Sox walloped the New York Yankees, 11-6. The win was Boston's seventh win in eight tries this season against its rivals and gave them a one-game lead over the Yankees in the American League League East.

Tim Wakefield and Alfredo Aceves, who were both spot starters last month, took a tag-team approach to the Yankees, with Wakefield starting and going the first 5 13 innings and Aceves following with 2 23 innings of relief.

As was the case in the series opener Tuesday, the Sox got off to a quick start, scoring three times in the top of the first. Two of the runs came on yet another homer by David Ortiz, his fourth in his last eight games.

The Sox pushed their lead to 7-0 with three more runs in the fourth.

The Yankees made things interesting with a solo homer from Alex Rodriguez in the fourth and a two-run double by Derek Jeter in the fifth.

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