Henry Owens, Red Sox ripped by Yankees in series finale

“Immediate feedback,” as interim manager Torey Lovullo termed it.

Rookie lefthander Henry Owens was among those taught a lesson. He allowed seven runs on six hits before coming out in the second inning. The bullpen only made it worse from there, three relievers in a row giving up at least one run.

Every Yankees starter scored at least one run and had one hit. They had 15 hits in all, five of them home runs.

The Yankees took two of three games in the series. It was the first series loss for the Red Sox since Lovullo took over on Aug. 14. They had been 4-0-1.

Owens allowed two earned runs over 13 innings in his previous two starts, the 23-year-old demonstrating the skills that made him a supplemental first-round draft pick in 2011.

Owens retired the first four batters he faced Wednesday, two by strikeout. That’s where the good times ended as eight Yankees in a row reached base.

“It wasn’t his best day. We all know that,” Lovullo said.

Chase Headley walked before Greg Bird homered to right field. John Ryan Murphy followed with a home run to left field.

Didi Gregorius singled and took third when Stephen Drew doubled. After Brett Gardner drew a walk, Chris Young singled in a run. The Yankees ran into an out on the bases but Alex Rodriguez kept the pressure on with a two-run single.

That ended the game for Owens. Carlos Beltran launched the first pitch from Ryan Cook to left field for a two-run homer. That made it 8-1.

The three homers by the Yankees were the most allowed in an inning by the Red Sox since Oct. 1, 2012, when the Yankees had four in the second inning of a game in the Bronx.

“I fell behind in some counts. I left some fastballs over the plate and they put very good swings on them,” Owens said.

Owens creates deception with his delivery and has advanced secondary pitches. But when he loses command of his fastball, major league hitters pounce.

“He got a little erratic with his fastball, started spraying it around in counts. It happened pretty quick where they jumped on him,” Lovullo said.

Owens looked shocked after the game. But he has allowed seven runs in two of his six starts.

“I learned not to let anything speed up or get out of hand too early,” he said. “Just recognize situations where I need to know how to get back on track quicker. I’ve done it in the past. Today it was a mental lapse.”

The poor performance snapped a streak of 30 starts with at least five innings by the Red Sox. It was the longest such streak in the American League this season.

Cook allowed a three-run homer by Drew in the third inning. Gregorius added a solo homer in the fifth inning off Heath Hembree.

Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (11-6) went 6⅓ innings, allowing four runs on six hits.

The Sox actually had a 1-0 lead on doubles by Mookie Betts and David Ortiz in the first inning. The Yankees scored the next 12 runs.

The Red Sox, down 13-5, scored twice in the eighth inning against Bryan Mitchell, forcing Yankees manager Joe Girardi to bring Dellin Betances into the game.

With the bases loaded and the crowd reenergized, Betances struck out Pablo Sandoval looking at a curveball. Xander Bogaerts then grounded into a force at second.

Doubles by Sandy Leon and Travis Shaw against Caleb Cotham in the ninth inning put New York closer Andrew Miller into the game.

He got the final three outs, striking out Jackie Bradley Jr. to end the game.

“We stuck around,” Shaw said. “All of us were having good at-bats.”

Bogaerts was 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs. Blake Swihart was 2 for 3 with two walks, an RBI, and two runs scored.

That the Yankees led by 11 runs and still had to use Betances and Miller was something Lovullo took solace in.

“We didn’t quit,” he said. “We kept coming. Despite that moment where the game got away from us, everybody did their job to pick up Henry. I was proud of that.”

Peter Abraham can be reached at pabraham@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @peteabe.