NEW YORK – Approaching the first goal, Brett Gardner pulled his right arm in the air and glanced at the Yankees canoe.

His teammates had already rushed to the top step, cheering with the Yankee Stadium crowd in the decisive round of Gardner on Wednesday night in the seventh inning.

Not just a circuit, but a grand slam.

And Gardner's 100th career match, a blast to the right, gave the Yankees a 5-3 win and sank the Red Sox in unimaginable depth in this terrible April for the reigning world champions.

"It feels good to be in such a big place like that," Gardner said after the Yankees clubhouse was turned into a nightclub celebrating victory, with strobe lights and a fogger.

"I could not even see anyone here," said Clint Frazier about the scene.

The Yankees picked up the decisive ball for Gardner, who exchanged autographs and posed for photos with the fan who caught him.

The injured Yankees (8-9) also stumbled, not taking advantage of a busy schedule before the Red Sox (6-13) arrived in town for a two-game series.

"We kind of needed a boost," said Gardner, "For the first two weeks we're hanging out, just with all the injuries and all the movements of the team and things like that, has sometimes been frustrating. & # 39;

But the fierce efforts of leftist James Paxton on Tuesday and Gardner's late heroics on Wednesday suddenly sparked the Yankees.

Aaron Boone's club now has a golden chance to keep up the momentum as the Kansas City Royals (last in AL Central) enter the Bronx for a four-game series beginning Thursday night. .

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Gardy party

Red Sox star Nathan Eovaldi gave only one inning in six innings but made 104 shots. Brandon Workman started the seventh house, to protect a 3-1 lead in Boston. And the reliever immediately found himself in trouble.

Clint Frazier started the heat with his third victory of the game and Mike Tauchman – who scored four points the night before and hit his first point at home in his career – drew.

Austin Romine, striker number 9, has advanced to charge the bases and Boston manager Alex Cora has invited Ryan Brasier to face Gardner, the oldest player in the Yanks.

There is no left-handed in Cora's office.

Brasier then attended his next game 0 to 2, shouting at the bottom right seats.

Gardner's personal record – also his fourth of the year and his fourth career grand slam – immediately gave the Yankees a 5-3 lead and triggered a derisive chorus of songs in the Stadium.

J.A. Happ 's start

By delivering eight scoreless innings on Tuesday night, Yankees starter James Paxton helped write a lesson on how to attack the current Red Sox lineup.

And if anyone needed a return after an ugly start until 2019, it was J.A. Happ.

Wednesday night, Happ had to wait until the third round to settle at Yankee Stadium.

But the damage inflicted by Boston in the first two rounds was enough to leave him without a decision.

Happ was again injured by the home run ball, giving J.D. Martinez a solo shot in the first inning and a two-point shot to Christian Vazquez in the second.

The veteran southpaw ended up throwing in the seventh inning, scoring three runs on six hits, one walk and four strikeouts.

But he has now served six homers on his first four starts, covering 18 ⅔ innings.

"There were probably four or five guys who said we were going to win this game," said Happ, confident in his overall feeling that he was holding the Red Sox on the spot, the Yankees would find a way back.

And Gardner was one of the guys who gave this conversation to Happ.

"Of course, Gardy is coming," said Happ.

There was also a comical moment, while Happ was trying to reverse the game between the goal and the first goal between his legs, facing the marble, during a shot at Rafael Devers' opposing side in the fourth.

Tommy Kahnle got the last two outs in seventh place, Adam Ottavino ended the tie in eighth and Aroldis Chapman finished in the ninth inning.

And the news for Boston continued to fall, while veteran second baseman Dustin Pedroia was eliminated in the second set due to a knee injury.