BOSTON — The Yankees start almost every Monday with jackhammers pounding their skulls. The last loss was the worst, a 9-2 thrashing by the Red Sox on Sunday that shoved the Yankees into fourth place in the American League East. The first-place Red Sox fit two homers and a whole lot of havoc in between. For the Yankees, it was the fourth weekend in five without a victory. In consecutive weekends they were swept in Detroit, swept at home by Boston and swept (in two games) in Philadelphia.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2021 22:41 UTC