NEW YORK — In one of the classic games of their long and illustrious rivalry, the Boston Red Sox finally outlasted the New York Yankees 6-5 in 19 innings early Saturday when the game-ending double play was turned at 2:13 a.m.

In the first meeting of the year between the teams, Boston at last went ahead for good on a sacrifice fly by Mookie Betts of Esmil Rogers (0-1). Xander Bogaerts scored the decisive run after reaching on his fourth hit in extra innings.

Chase Headley and Mark Teixeira hit tying home runs for the Yankees in an early-season epic interrupted by a power outage for 16 minutes in the 12th. That's why the official time of game was 6 hours, 49 minutes — even though it took more than 7 hours to complete.

CINCINNATI — Joey Votto hit a pair of two-run homers — the strongest indication yet that he's fully back in form — and Todd Frazier had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, keeping the Reds unbeaten with a victory over the Cardinals.The Reds are 4-0 for the first time since 2011, when they won their first five games. They've won each game in their final at-bat.Votto homered off John Lackey in each of his first two at-bats.