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Here are key takeaways and questions for both teams following this series and with five weeks to go in the regular season.
Since signing a six-year, $140 million deal with the Red Sox, Story's career in Boston has been marked by injuries and a marked downturn at the plate. That is until this season, which has seen him post his best offensive numbers since joining the team while playing in 128 games so far, easily the most of any of his seasons for the Red Sox.
Once again, the Boston Red Sox embarrassed the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox won their eighth consecutive game against their rival ( BOS 12, NYY 1 ), the first time they've done that in a single season since 2009. It is only Boston's third eight-game winning streak over the Yankees in its history.
Now, as the ace of the Red Sox pitching staff, Crochet is a strong contender to win the American League Cy Young award. He has a 2.38 ERA (top three in the AL), 14 wins (tied for most in the AL), 207 strikeouts (second-most in MLB) in 166.1 innings pitched (second-most in MLB).
Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a pair of two-run homers, Trent Grisham also went deep twice and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 to prevent a four-game sweep.
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora had a harsh evaluation of his outfielder as concerns about his production resurfaced.
The Red Sox take three of four over the Yankees and lead the AL Wild Card race. The Padres get a series win over the Dodgers and are now tied for the NL West lead. Cal Raleigh breaks a home run record and inches closer to another. Join us for a weekend recap.
Anthony Volpe entered Thursday's game with one hit in his last 11 games, but broke out with two hits against the White Sox in what the team hopes he can build off of.