Red Sox hand Yankees 1st sweep of 2025 season
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New York Yankees star Aaron Judge had his worst performance of the season this weekend as the team was swept by the rival Boston Red Sox, going 1-for-12 over the three-game series.
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.
Yankees Make Giancarlo Stanton Decision Ahead of Red Sox Series Finale originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Boston Red Sox got much-needed wins on Friday and Saturday night, defeating the New York Yankees. After Aaron Judge tied the game in the top of the 9th, the Yankees looked to be in a position to win the game.
The Red Sox have a chance to break out the brooms for just the second time this season, as Boston can sweep the Yankees out of Fenway Park in Sunday’s series finale. The Red Sox last swept an opponent at the start of April, taking all three games from the Cardinals in the third series of the season.
Facing the Red Sox (37-36) on back-to-back weekends, the Yankees (42-28) dropped five of six and seemingly gave life to their rival’s season. In The Bronx, it was their pitching that failed them. At Fenway, it was their lifeless bats, plus a costly baserunning miscue in each of the past two games.
The Boston Red Sox are thinking sweep on Sunday afternoon, as they get set for the last of a three-game division series with the New York Yankees at Fenway Park.
The Yankees have now dropped four of five games this season against the Red Sox and are 8-10 overall in the American League East.
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Hunter Dobbins shut out the Yankees for 6 innings, setting the stage for the Red Sox’s third consecutive series victory against an AL East rival.
Starters Lucas Giolito and Walker Buehler have been borderline disasters up until this point, and tonight’s starter, Garrett Crochet (6-4, 2.35 ERA), can only do so much. In a rematch of last week’s matchup, it’s Ryan Yarbrough matching up with Crochet, but there’s a bit of a different wrinkle to the lineup.