On Friday night, Anthony, with his hands back, pounced on a first-pitch slider from Yankees reliever Yerry De los Santos -- in this case, a right-hander -- in the ninth inning, ballooning the Red Sox's lead. The blast incited a mass exodus of Yankees fans. With three games remaining in the series, they had already seen enough of Anthony.

Roman Anthony put his stamp on the Boston Red Sox's signature rivalry in short order. Anthony was in his first week of major league games when the Red Sox first faced the New York Yankees earlier this year and with lefties on the mound for the opposition in all three games,

The 21-year-old rookie demolished a two-run, ninth-inning homer into the second deck in right field in a 6-3 win over the Yankees.