Judge passes DiMaggio, Gil pitches 6 no-hit innings as Yankees beat Red Sox 4-1

BOSTON AP Aaron Judge hit his nd career homer to pass Joe DiMaggio on the Yankees all-time list and Luis Gil pitched six no-hit innings to beat the Boston Red Sox - on Friday night and help New York expand its edge in the race for home-field advantage in the American League playoffs Gil - left with a no-hitter intact after six innings and pitches but reliever Fernando Cruz gave up a home run to Nate Eaton with one out in the seventh one of Boston s two hits There has not been a no-hitter in the majors this season The Yankees opened a -game lead over the Red Sox in the race for the AL s top wild-card berth which would give them promising home-field advantage over the Red Sox in the first round of the postseason A day after hitting two homers to tie DiMaggio for fourth on the Yankees career home run list Judge hit a -foot solo shot in the first inning that was the longest home run at Fenway Park since his -foot shot last July New York made it - in the third after Ben Rice was awarded first base on catcher s interference Cody Bellinger followed with an RBI single to sum Judge who had walked Gil struck out four and walked four He also had two wild pitches and a balk David Bednar pitched the ninth for his rd save Lucas Giolito - allowed two runs one earned in innings Key moment Boston put runners on first and second with nobody out in the fifth still without a hit With one out they moved up on a double-steal attempt that forced Gil into a balk But Gil struck out Ceddanne Rafaela and then got Jarren Duran to line out to end the inning Key stat Carlos Narv ez has been called for catcher s interference six times the the bulk in the majors Yankees manager Aaron Boone thought he might have committed one in the first inning as well but the umpires ruled that Boone waited too long to ask for a review Up next Yankees LHP Max Fried - will face Boston RHP Brayan Bello - on Saturday AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb