The Red Sox kept opening the door for the Yankees, who refused to walk through it. Clearly they were just waiting for the drama to peak before they finally made their move.

After Clay Holmes recorded the final two outs of the top of the 10th, Juan Soto delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the inning to lift the Yankees to a 2-1 win over the Red Sox on Thursday night in The Bronx.

Leading off the inning against Red Sox reliever Josh Winckowski, Soto  shot a line drive up the middle, past the dive of shortstop Trevor Story, scoring pinch-runner Jon Berti from second to give the Yankees their second straight extra-inning, walk-off win.

With the Orioles idle, the Yankees (85-62) extended their lead atop the AL East to two games with 15 games remaining.