tied the game with a two-run homer of his own, and later added an RBI double in the three-run fifth. In the second inning, manager Aaron Boone got ejected for rebuking young umpire Brennan Miller, screaming, "My guys are fucking savages in that fucking box ... Tighten this shit up!" The Yankees emerged victorious, 6–2. The Yankees took the series in the second header, with a 5–1 win in which Chad Green, Nestor Cortes and Luis Cessa combined to limit the Rays to one run and five hits over frames. Yankees won the series 3–1 (23–11 runs) July 19–21, vs. Colorado Rockies The Yankees welcomed the Rockies to New York for an interleague series at Yankee Stadium. NY won the first game 8–2 and the second 11–5. In the last game, the Yankees went for the sweep but came up short in an 8–4 loss. Yankees won the series 2–1 (23–15 runs) July 22–24, at Minnesota Twins The Yanks won two out of three games in a series against the Twins at Target Field to claim the fourth series in a row since the All-Star break. Yankees won the series 2–1 (30–27 runs) July 25–28, at Boston Red Sox In their first trip of the season to Fenway Park, the Yankees were heavily defeated by their longtime rivals in three contests in a row, losing the first one 19-3, bouncing back in the last one to avoid the sweep. In all three losses, the Yankees allowed at least 9 runs and never got more than 5 themselves. Nonetheless, the Yankees stayed atop of AL East, 9 games clear of the Red Sox, as the series ended. Yankees lost the series 1–3 (22–44 runs) July 30–31, vs. Arizona Diamondbacks The Yankees split a two-game series against the Diamondbacks at Yankee Stadium, with the D-backs winning the first and the Yankees winning the second and final game, 7–5. Yankees tied the series 1–1 (9–9 runs) August August 2–4, vs. Boston Red Sox A week after the Yankees' trip to Boston, it was Red Sox's turn to visit The Bronx. The Yankees completed a four-game sweep of the Red Sox for the first time since August 2009, reaching a season high 33 games over .500 while putting their division rivals in jeopardy of missing the postseason. Yankees won the series 4–0 (26–12 runs) August 5–7, at Baltimore Orioles The Yankees completed another sweep