Buchholz, Red Sox Beat Yankees 3-0 in 5½ Innings Three delays, 5½ innings and another sensational outing by Clay Buchholz - albeit a short one. Buchholz allowed two hits in an abbreviated shutout and the Boston Red Sox got home runs from David Ortiz and Jose Iglesias in a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees that was stopped after 5½ innings because of rain Sunday night. Buchholz (8-0) outpitched Hiroki Kuroda and was pulled after the second of three weather delays. Red Sox reliever Andrew Miller was announced into the game and was warming up on the mound when play was abruptly halted for good, but Buchholz would be credited with a complete game because Miller never faced a batter, according to official scorer Jordan Sprechman. "That's awesome," Buchholz said. Just before that, the game had resumed for all of 4 minutes before heavy rain returned. Hours earlier, the first pitch was pushed back 45 minutes because thunderstorms were expected to move through the area - though the rain held off until the top of the sixth inning. "Three rain delays - a fake one and two real ones," Ortiz said. What else can you do? You just stick around and see how things end up. Boston took two of three at Yankee Stadium for the second time this season and left town with a 2½-game lead in the AL East over Baltimore. The Yankees fell into a third-place tie with Tampa Bay, three games back. New York has lost seven of eight and nine of 12. Including their season-opening visit, the Red Sox have won their first two series at Yankee Stadium for the second time in 25 years. They also did it in 2011. "That's how you get yourself closer to the playoffs," Ortiz said. Winning series, winning series, winning series. Buchholz looked perfectly strong and healthy after missing a turn Monday because of irritation in his collarbone area. He yielded only groundball singles to Ichiro Suzuki and Austin Romine while lowering his major league-best ERA to 1.62. The right-hander is tied with Tampa Bay lefty Matt Moore for the best record in the AL. "I've felt really good up to this point," Buchholz said. I'm just trying to ride the wave. Pitching for the first time in 11 days, his only dicey moment came when he jumped away from the bag to avoid contact on Brett Gardner's leadoff groundout to first base. Buchholz also beat Kuroda (6-4) at Yankee Stadium on April 3 and has given up one run over 12 innings in two starts against New York this year. Ortiz led off the sixth with his 10th home run, a high and long drive that landed in the raised bleachers in right field. He took his time trotting around the bases. "What went further, the ball or your bat flip?" teammate Will Middlebrooks said, needling Ortiz as he walked by. After a single and a flyout, heavy showers suddenly poured down and fans scurried hastily up the aisles for cover. Plate umpire Vic Carapazza called for the tarp almost immediately, and most Yankees players jogged off the field. But not Kuroda. Dejected and probably aware his outing was over, he walked slowly off the mound with his head down. Without even looking up, he underhanded the game ball into the third row of now-empty seats before descending into the dugout. Boone Logan relieved after a 37-minute delay and got two quick outs. Four minutes later it started pouring again, even harder this time, and the tarp went back on. After a 45-minute wait - and some of the loudest thunder and lightning imaginable - the game was called.