By Tiffany Williams –
Fenway erupted in the first inning, and that was all the Red Sox needed to finally push back against the Yankees. Boston hung six runs on New York before most fans found their seats and held on for a 6-4 win Sunday night, snapping a three-game skid and sealing a season series win over their rivals.
It was a barrage from the jump. The Sox strung together five straight hits to open the game, something they hadn’t done since 2021, and by the time Carlos Narváez launched a solo shot to cap it off, Boston had a 6-0 cushion. Romy Gonzalez kept his bat scorching with a 14-game hitting streak, Alex Bregman punched in a run, and Narváez showed again why he’s been one of the AL’s most productive rookies.
Garrett Crochet did the heavy lifting on the mound, racking up 12 strikeouts in six innings. He bent in the middle frames, giving up homers to Amed Rosario and Aaron Judge, but he never broke. Crochet’s 20th quality start of the year kept Boston in control, and he continues to put up numbers unseen here since Chris Sale’s peak.
The Yankees clawed back with long balls — Rosario’s two-run shot in the fourth, Judge’s blast in the fifth, and José Caballero’s solo homer in the seventh — but the early hole was too much. Will Warren, who entered red-hot, was rocked for all six Boston runs in the first before settling down.
Judge stayed locked in with his fourth homer in as many games, part of a tear that’s seen him crush Fenway pitching over the last year. But it wasn’t enough to offset the Yankees’ ugly start.
For Boston, the win was more than just another tally. It capped a 9-4 mark against the Yankees this season, gave them 82 wins — their most since 2021 — and proved once again that when their bats click early, they’re tough to chase down.