The Yankees scored a couple of late runs to come away with a 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon in the Bronx.

Here are the takeaways…

-- Cody Bellinger gave the Yankees the late lead, and they never looked back. With the game knotted 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs, Bellinger unloaded on a Justin Slaten pitch, demolishing a solo home run to right to give the Yankees a 2-1 edge.

The Yankees will be without Aaron Judge for some time, so it was good to see Bellinger have a big moment.

-- After Bellinger's bomb, the Yankees did a good job of tacking on more insurance runs. Amed Rosario singled, stole second, and came around to score on a Trent Grisham single. Grisham had three hits on the afternoon. Then, with the lead 3-1, Jazz Chisholm Jr., who had been 0-for-3 with three strikeouts, crushed a three-run homer of Joe La Sorsa, breaking the game wide open.

-- Sunday’s matinee featured a pitchers’ duel between Cam Schlittler and Ranger Suarez. Schlittler struck out four over his first three scoreless innings, while Suarez went nine-up, nine-down the first time through the order.

-- The Yankees had a good chance to get to Suarez when they loaded the bases in the fourth, but Anthony Volpe flew out to center fielder on a 3-1 pitch to end the threat.

Finally, the Yankees scratched across a run in the fifth inning. After a Jose Caballero double, Paul Goldschmidt came through with a two-out hit to right, giving the Yankees a 1-0 lead.

-- The Red Sox answered back in the top of the sixth on an RBI double from Willson Contreras. On the play, Ceddanne Rafaela scored from first base, but he likely would have been out at the plate if not for a poor throw from Volpe. The shortstop had plenty of time to cut down the run, but his throw was way off the mark.

That ended Schlittler's afternoon, as he went 5.2 innings allowing one earned run on four hits with five strikeouts and a walk. Suarez, meanwhile, went 6.1 innings, allowing one earned run on six hits with six strikeouts.

-- Volpe had another tough moment in the bottom of the sixth, when he popped up on the first pitch with the potential go-ahead run in scoring position and two outs. Volpe has not a hit with two outs and a runner in scoring position since he was called up earlier this season. He went 0-for 3 with a walk at the dish.

-- The Yankees are now 2-3 since Judge went down with his rib injury.

Game MVP

Bellinger, who put the Yankees ahead for good in the eighth inning.

Here are the takeaways…

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