By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com NEW YORK -- CC Sabathia got the support he needed as Ramiro Pena filled in for the injured Alex Rodriguez by driving in a pair of runs and Curtis Granderson scored twice, helping the Yankees roll to a 5-2 victory over the Red Sox on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. With Sabathia looking to snap a rare two-start losing skid, the Bombers' bats provided enough support with five runs in six innings facing Boston's John Lackey, pulling ahead in a two-run fifth inning with four straight two-out singles. After Nick Swisher and Mark Teixeira put runners at the corners, Robinson Cano lined a run-scoring single to right field that J.D. Drew appeared to have difficulty seeing in the sun. Jorge Posada shot another run-scoring single past first base to make it a 4-2 game at the time. Granderson tripled off the right-center-field wall for the Yankees' first run in the second inning, chasing home Lance Berkman from first base, and Pena brought home New York's second run with an RBI groundout. The center fielder, who has endured one of his rougher seasons since coming to the Yankees via a trade from the Tigers, also helped manufacture a fifth New York run in the sixth, notching a single, stealing second and advancing to third on a throwing error by catcher Victor Martinez. That set up Pena's run-scoring single to right, which sent Lackey back to the dugout between innings, slamming his glove against the bench. Lackey threw 116 pitches in six innings of work, allowing five runs on eight hits. The right-hander walked three and struck out seven. The Red Sox jumped on Sabathia in the second inning, as Martinez connected for a solo home run -- his 10th -- to set up back-to-back doubles from Adrian Beltre and Mike Lowell, giving Boston an early 2-0 lead. But Sabathia slammed the door from there, completing eight innings of two-run, six-hit ball, punctuating his outing with the last of his four strikeouts by getting David Ortiz to wave at a breaking ball in the dirt. The Yankees were playing without the services of Rodriguez, who was scratched from the lineup after he was hit in the left leg by a batted ball during batting practice. X-rays were negative on Rodriguez, who has a contusion near his left shin and is considered day-to-day.
