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Brayan Bello was brilliant on the mound for the Red Sox on Sunday, tossing seven scoreless innings to help Boston sweep the Yankees.
BOSTON — The Yankees had a chance to bury the Red Sox in the standings this month, facing their division rival in back-to-back weeks. They had a 9 1/2-game lead on the Red Sox on June 5, the day before their series at Yankee Stadium last week.
Yankees captain Aaron Judge had a miserable series against the Red Sox this weekend at Fenway Park. He is ready to move on.
Faced with the prospect of helping his team sweep their archrivals Sunday at Fenway, Red Sox starter Brayan Bello threw out his usual plan of attack and was rewarded with his best start of the season.
For the first time since last July, the New York Yankees have been swept in a regular-season series. And it came against their most bitter rival. The Boston Red Sox had the Yankees’ number over the weekend, winning all three games of their rivalry at ...
The Yankees were swept by the Red Sox this weekend and manager Aaron Boone pulled no punches when blaming the offense.
That proved to be Judge’s lone hit of the series, as he went 0-for-4 with another three strikeouts in Sunday’s 2-0 loss at Fenway Park, with the Red Sox completing the sweep. His last chance to make another impact came in the eighth, when the Yankees had runners on first and second and one out and Garrett Whitlock entered.
A baseball sportswriter is comparing a recent Red Sox-Yankees trade to the infamous deal that sent Babe Ruth to New York.