New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox

A left pinky subluxation (partial dislocation), followed by a heavily delayed flight from Denver that got the Red Sox home in the wee hours of the morning, seemed like a recipe for Caleb Durbin getting Thursday night off to start a four-game series against the Yankees at Fenway Park. But that isn’t really in Durbin’s DNA. The third baseman begrudgingly left Wednesday’s loss in the third inning after his ill-fated decision to slide into first base. By morning -- or rather, by the time he woke up in the afternoon -- Durbin informed interim manager Chad Tracy he had no interest in sitting out. Back at third base and and in his customary No. 6 spot in the lineup, Durbin sent a jolt through a packed house of 36,307 at Fenway with a go-ahead two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the fifth that just cleared the Monster against one of the top pitchers in MLB in Cam Schlittler. It was the biggest hit of the night, as the Red Sox edged out their rivals, 6-3. “Yeah, that was awesome,” said Durbin. “Getting two runs on the board, having a big, big inning there, and getting two more on the board was just huge for us. And any time you hit a homer at Fenway, it's pretty electric.” Particularly when it comes against a pitcher whose 1.62 ERA trails only Jacob Misiorowski (1.45) for the best in the Majors. “I would say he's had our number, my number, but he's had about everyone's number,” Durbin said. “He's been really good. So that's where you just try to simplify it and get him in the zone. And I was fortunate to get a good pitch that I saw well.” * Hours after 5 a.m. landing, Red Sox get best of Schlittler and Yanks