Nine times the Yankees and Red Sox have met this season, and the Yankees have won just once.
Sunday was the latest indignity, the most recent example of this one-sided rivalry.
Nine times the Yankees and Red Sox have met this season, and the Yankees have won just once.
One out of nine. One measly victory.
On Sunday, Boston found a way despite blowing four different leads. Despite closer Kenley Jansen putting the first two men on base in the ninth inning with a one-run lead.
Nothing seems to matter this year when it comes to the Yankees and the Red Sox.
Boston will find a way to prevail.
The Red Sox dominance head-to-head is a major reason they are only three games behind the Mariners for the third AL wild card and the Yankees need a miracle just to get back into the race.
“They’ve kicked our ass,” manager Aaron Boone said after the Yankees fell to the Red Sox, 6-5, losing their eighth straight game to cap off this three-game sweep.
