BOSTON — The first pitch Carlos Rodon threw on Tuesday night got demolished into one of the light towers above the Green Monster.

The third pitch he threw was drilled for a double, and then Rodon issued a walk before striking out the next three batters in a row to escape the first inning.

It was a fitting way to start strange night on the mound for the Yankees left-hander, who flashed the good and the bad and came away with a perfectly solid result of five innings of one-run ball in a 4-1 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader sweep of the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Eight of the first nine outs Rodon recorded came via the strikeout as he finished with a season-high nine punchouts on a night when his fastball velocity was up and still hitting 98 mph in the fifth inning.

But he also battled some command issues — including two pitches that went to the backstop — and allowed some hard contact.

In what has been a frustrating season for Rodon — Tuesday was just his 11th start as a Yankee because of a pair of stints on the injured list — this represented a step forward after a step back in his last outing (seven runs in 3 ²/₃ innings against the Tigers).

The Yankees are not playing for much over the final month of the season, but Rodon could certainly use any kind of momentum as he heads into the offseason in hopes of getting back on track next year.

While Rodon has largely leaned on just his fastball and slider in most starts this season, he had a better mix of secondary pitches on Tuesday.

Out of his 93 pitches, he threw 50 fastballs (54 percent) and 25 sliders (27 percent) but also added a season-high 13 curveballs (14 percent) and five changeups (5 percent).

Besides four walks, the only blemish on Rodon’s final line was the leadoff home run he gave up to Red Sox rookie Ceddanne Rafaela.

It marked the 13th homer he has allowed in 51 ¹/₃ innings this season — more than the 12 he gave up across 178 innings last season.

The Yankees came back to tie it on Estevan Florial’s RBI single in the fifth inning and then take the lead on Jake Bauers’ fielder’s choice in the sixth.

After Rodon, the Yankees rolled out an unexpected bullpen parade of Zach McAllister, Anthony Misiewicz, Matt Bowman and Nick Ramirez.

McAllister, 35, threw a scoreless sixth inning in his first big-league game since 2018, and Bowman, 32, tossed a scoreless eighth in his first big-league game since 2019.