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The Yankees led 1-0 three batters into the game. Jeter reached on an error by second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who lost his popup in the sun. He moved up on a wild pitch and scored on Rodriguez's single.
They needed only three batters again to take a 3-0 lead in the second. Swisher led off with a homer, Raul Ibanez grounded out and Chavez drove an 0-2 pitch into Boston's bullpen in right-center field.
David Ortiz cut it to 3-1 leading off the second with his second homer of the season. Umpires originally ruled that the ball had not gone out but, with Ortiz standing on second, they viewed a replay of the hit and reversed the call.
The Yankees stretched their lead to 5-1 on leadoff homers by Chavez in the fourth and Rodriguez in the fifth. They were the second homers of the year for both.
The Red Sox made it 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth when Cody Ross doubled and Mike Aviles was credited with a double when right fielder Swisher lost his fly ball in the sun. Martin homered in the sixth.
NOTES: Freddy Garcia (0-1) pitches for the Yankees against Felix Doubront (0-0) on Saturday's second game of the three-game series. ... The Yankees had nine homers in their previous four games, all against the Twins. ... Boston's Ryan Sweeney hit safely for the 10th time in his 11 games. ... Nova won for the first time in four starts against the Red Sox. He began the game 0-2 with a 6.62 ERA in those games. ... Friday was the 73rd anniversary of Ted Williams' major-league debut.
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