NEW YORK -- The throwback chants of “Who’s Your Daddy?” spilled out of Yankee Stadium’s decks once more on Sunday evening, celebrating the homers that made David Price's outing brief and miserable. It took longer than originally planned, but it appears that the Yankees have indeed sunk the Red Sox.

Aaron Judge hit his first home run in more than two weeks and Gio Urshela tagged a two-run shot as part of a six-run third inning, leading the Yankees to a 7-4 victory. With the win, the Bombers secured a four-game series sweep of the Red Sox, their first since August 6-9, 2009.

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"It's what we're supposed to do, being a first-place team," Judge said. "We just went out there and took care of business. It doesn't matter who we're playing. First-place, second-place, third-place team, we're going to go out there and take care of business. That's what we did."

One week after the Yankees dropped three of four games in a lopsided set at Fenway Park, New York improved to 8-1 against the Red Sox at home this year, reaching a season-high 33 games over .500 (72-39). As the Yanks eye their first American League East title since 2012, their lead over the defending World Series champs is 14 1/2 games, with the Rays residing eight back.

“A sweep is hard against any team, especially a four-game sweep, and especially against these guys," starter J.A. Happ said. "Any time you can put a little distance between teams in our division, it’s huge. We played well here."

As the Yankees blasted the 1976 Boston hit “More Than A Feeling” in their fog-filled clubhouse, the 2019 Bostonians boarded their buses having absorbed an eighth consecutive loss. Price was unable to retire the final seven Yanks he faced, trudging to the visiting dugout having recorded eight outs, charged with seven runs and nine hits.

The big inning

Price had two outs and a runner at first base in the third inning, when everything unraveled for the former Cy Young Award winner. Urshela cracked his 12th homer over the left-field wall before Brett Gardner and Cameron Maybin drilled back-to-back doubles, producing another run.

Rookie Mike Ford smacked a run-scoring single to center field and Kyle Higashioka doubled, setting up Mike Tauchman's two-run single to right. A walk to Gleyber Torres drew manager Alex Cora from the third-base dugout, and Price walked off to a derisive standing ovation from a healthy portion of the 47,267 in attendance.

“I’ve faced them a lot," Price said. "I’ve just got to learn something different. It’s a good hitting team. They put the ball in play, they hit it hard. They make it tough on me.”

Price is 1-7 with a 9.61 ERA in eight Yankee Stadium starts since joining the Red Sox prior to the 2016 season. His lone victory came this June 2.

Happ-y Father's Day

Both starters returned from the paternity list for Sunday's game, but Happ enjoyed his evening more, limiting Boston to four runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. The start came three days after Happ and his wife, Morgan, welcomed their third child, a daughter.

“I was fortunate to be able to address our guys real quick after the game," Happ said. "I said, 'Let’s keep the blinders on, man,' because there’s all the injuries, the Trade Deadline, performance … all these things going on outside that we try to ignore. I think we’ve done a good job of that."

Happ blanked the Red Sox into the fifth, when Christian Vazquez and Michael Chavis slugged back-to-back homers.

"I thought his conviction was good," manager Aaron Boone said. "He was pitching, which was good to see. They clipped him with the back-to-back homers, but he was on the attack I thought all night and dictating counts for the most part, which was really good to see."

Boston made it a ballgame with two-out damage in the sixth, as J.D. Martinez singled, Sam Travis walked and a wild pitch advanced the runners before Andrew Benintendi stroked a two-run single up the middle. Luis Cessa was the unsung hero, hurling 2 1/3 hitless innings in relief.

Black and blue

The sweep came at significant cost for the Yankees, who lost first baseman/designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion (right wrist fracture) and outfielder Aaron Hicks (right flexor strain) to the injured list as a result of Saturday's doubleheader.

As such, they feared the worst when Torres left in the eighth inning with what Boone described as "a core issue."

Torres had tests at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and is traveling with the team for its series in Baltimore, as is Urshela, who fouled balls off of both legs during a bizarre sixth-inning sequence. Precautionary X-rays on Urshela were negative.

"Next guy up. You just keep moving along," Judge said. "We've still got a job to do and a lot of season left to play; a lot of baseball to play in October."