![]() ![]() Nick Pivetta (4-4), demoted to the bullpen in mid-May, worked three perfect innings of relief with four strikeouts for the victory. Two pitches later, Verdugo hit an RBI double as well. That, to me, is just an excuse right now."Ĭonnor Wong's hit a double off the Green Monster against Michael King (1-3) in the day game to give the Red Sox a 3-2 lead. The reality is: That team we're rolling out there is capable of doing damage offensively. "We're going to get beat over the head with that. "That's the story line," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said between games. They are 8-13 when he's been on the injured list this season. In the day game, Gleyber Torres hit a first-inning, two-run homer for the Yankees, who were without slugger and reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge for the 11th straight game because of a sprained right toe. But it also featured a catcher's interference, a batter's interference, one pickoff for each team and a caught stealing. The night game featured some rare crisp defense by the Red Sox, with Duran making a catch against the bullpen wall in the center field triangle and Pablo Reyes making two plays at shortstop. Luis Severino (0-2) gave up four runs - three earned - and seven hits with three walks while striking out six. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth to earn his 15th save. And I can't wait to see what we can do on this on this road trip."Īlex Verdugo had an RBI double in the day game and then took advantage of some Yankees bloopers in the nightcap, scoring on a catcher's interference to break a fourth-inning tie and then scoring again in the fifth after reaching on a dropped popop.īrayan Bello (4-4) struck out a career-high eight batters in the second game, allowing one run and four hits and three walks in seven innings. "Three games in a row sweeping a really good team like the Yankees - they're going really good - it's always good momentum. "Sweeping any team is pretty good," said Red Sox center fielder Jarren Duran, who made a nice catch against the bullpen wall in the night game. It's the first time the Red Sox have swept the Yankees in a doubleheader since 2006, and the first time they did at Fenway Park since since 1976. In the unbalanced schedule that governed until this year, the division rivals played each other 19 times a season. The Red Sox (37-35) improved to 5-1 against the Yankees (39-33) this season, with nine more games to play. And we want to be where they were last year." They have a good team they'll be there in the hunt. ![]() Regardless of where we are in the standings, it's always fun. They like playing against us," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. Boston won the series opener 15-5, and then took Sunday's day game 6-2 in a makeup of Saturday's rainout. The Red Sox beat their AL East archrivals 4-1 on Sunday night, completing a doubleheader and series sweep that brought them just two games behind their longtime nemeses in the division. BOSTON - It's too bad baseball went away from the unbalanced schedules, because the Boston Red Sox could really use a bunch more games against the New York Yankees.
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