Red Sox get the better of the Yankees yet again, making it three straight wins at Fenway Park
Welcome to a new — and sudden — high point in the Red Sox’ season.
The Sox beat the Yankees again Saturday afternoon at Fenway Park, 4-1, for a third win in a row, matching their longest winning streak of the season.
Jake Bennett limited New York to one run and three hits in 6⅓ innings, the first time in his professional career, majors or minors, that he lasted into a seventh inning. The rookie lefthander struck out three and walked two.
Red Sox starting pitchers have tossed quality starts — at least six innings, no more than three earned runs — in 10 consecutive games. That is a staff’s longest such streak since 1988, when the starters reeled off 14 in a row.
As is historically the case, the Red Sox scored early and often against Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, torching him for four runs and seven hits in 5⅓ innings. He struck out five and walked one.
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Cole’s first start against the Sox since August 2024 and first game at Fenway since September 2022 began with a bang: Masataka Yoshida’s home run in the first. It was the first leadoff homer of Yoshida’s career.
In the second inning, Anthony Seigler added an opposite-field solo shot, landing in the first row of seats on the Green Monster. It was the first home run of Seigler’s major league life, coincidentally coming against his original organization. The Yankees selected him in the first round of the 2018 draft.
After Yoshida and Ceddanne Rafaela opened the third with consecutive singles, Willson Contreras drove them in with a rocketed double to left-center field. At 114.4 miles per hour, it was the hardest hit ball of the day for either team.
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Cole’s career ERA in 20 starts against the Red Sox: 5.30.
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