An afternoon shower on Friday turned into a 26-minute delay prior to the start of the Yankees-Red Sox’ series opener this weekend at Yankee Stadium. More rain on Saturday afternoon probably will not cause a repeat.

Boston made its first run at the Yankees in the sixth when Warren lost the strike zone after five solid innings. He gave up a leadoff triple by Jarren Duran and then issued three walks around Wilyer Abreu's sacrifice fly, and manager Aaron Boone had seen enough.

Anthony Volpe homered in a five-run first inning, then came out after he was hit by a pitch on the left elbow as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 9-6 in the AL rivals’ first meeting this year.