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.

According to YES Network, it’s been 103 years since the Yankees were held to four runs or fewer across a three-game series against Boston. Not since 1922 had they looked this flat in a full series against the Sox. The Yankees' four runs matched their fewest in a three-game series at Fenway Park, from June 20-22, 1916, and from Sept. 28-30, 1922.

Yankees captain Aaron Judge had a miserable series against the Red Sox this weekend at Fenway Park. He is ready to move on.

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A baseball sportswriter is comparing a recent Red Sox-Yankees trade to the infamous deal that sent Babe Ruth to New York.

This comes after Yankees manager Aaron Boone had admitted trainers had told him Chisholm was only available “in an emergency” for the series finale. Boone wouldn’t commit to Chisholm starting the opener at Fenway Park after Thursday night's game, seemingly a warning for this.