Mark Teixeira hits a two-run triple in the 7th inning against the Boston Red Sox.  YANKEES 10, BOSTON RED SOX 8  BOSTON — Mark Teixeira is accustomed to dodging potential beanballs when he sees Vicente Padilla on the mound. Friday night, the Yankees’ slugger knew he had nothing to worry about. Teixeira did some drilling of his own, belting a go-ahead triple in the seventh inning against his longtime nemesis to lift the Yankees to a thrilling 10-8 comeback win over the rival Red Sox at Fenway Park.  THE RIVALRY: YANKEES VS. RED SOX - PHOTOS  SMITH: BOSOX CAN'T KEEP PACE WITH YANKEES  AS YANK BULLPEN GOES, GIVE STARTER KURODA A SAVE  “The guy throws at people,” said Teixeira, who has felt the force of a Padilla fastball three times during his career and been brushed back several other times. “Fact of the matter, I’m not saying anything that’s news. It is what it is. I’ve always been someone that wants to play the game the right way. You play hard, but you don’t play cheap.” Padilla didn’t have an opportunity to mess around Friday, entering the game with runners at first and second and one out in the seventh, the Red Sox clinging to a 7-6 advantage. “Almost every at-bat, he tries to throw at your head, does a throw behind you or something screwy,” Teixeira said. “With first and second and the game on the line, he’s not going to do it then, so I could actually dig in and look for a good pitch to hit.”  Teixeira worked the count full before crushing a 94 mph fastball into the triangle area in center field. Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez raced around the bases as Teixeira cruised into third for a rare triple, clapping his hands loudly enough for most of Fenway to hear. “Game-winning hits always feel good,” Teixeira said. “But that one definitely felt real good.” The Yankees tacked on two more runs in the inning, handing a three-run lead over to the bullpen, which had taken over for Hiroki Kuroda after 5.2 innings of seven-run ball. Boston got a run in the bottom of the seventh — Cody Ross’ blast over the Green Monster and out of the ballpark — to make it 10-8, then put the tying runs on base. Derek Jeter made a huge play on Mike Aviles’ grounder, ranging to his right and making a quick throw to third to force the lead runner for the second out. “Huge — you’re looking at the bases loaded with one out,” Joe Girardi said. “It just changed the complexion of the game.” Having failed to protect a lead the past two times he entered a game with runners on base, Dave Robertson struck out Nick Punto for the third out, stranding the potential tying runs at first and second. “It really felt like a big out,” Robertson said. “It was a weird game. The amount of runs that were scored there, it’s crazy. I know it’s just one out, but any time you can get an out with runners on base, it’s a big out.”  The four-hour game was certainly wacky, as the Yankees pounced on Josh Beckett for five runs in the first before watching Kuroda give them right back in the bottom of the inning. The game would remain that way until the fifth, thanks in part to a strong throw by second baseman Punto, who nailed A-Rod at the plate as he tried to score from third on a groundout. Boston struck again in the bottom of the inning, as Mauro Gomez singled in Adrian Gonzalez for his first career RBI, putting the Red Sox in the lead for the first time all night. Teixeira’s big hit in the seventh gave him a thrill for several reasons, thrusting his team back into the lead while striking a blow against his head-hunting former Texas teammate. “With no one on and they have a three-run lead, I’m probably thinking he’s going to try to mess around and do what he does,” Teixeira said. “In that situation, I don’t think he’s trying to put any more players on or let the runners advance. The game is on the line there; he’s trying to get outs.” The Yankees won for only the second time all season without hitting a home run, improving to 2-14 in those games. They went 4-for-10 with runners in scoring position, improving to 3-0 against the Red Sox, all at Fenway. Robertson got the first two outs in the eighth before turning the ball over to Rafael Soriano, who picked up his 20th save of the season by retiring the final four batters. “For us to get this win, it was a team effort,” Teixeira said. “Everyone stepped up and made a nice contribution. It makes us all feel good.”
The Yankees took a 10-8 decision from their rivals, overcoming a dreadful start by Hiroki Kuroda without the aid of a single home run thanks to a slew of timely hitting.