Red Sox 11, Yankees 7

 

More than anyone could dare have hoped for - the embattled Boston Red Sox take two of three from the first-place Yankees in New York.

Kristian Campbell homered. Carlos Narvaez homered. Abraham Toro homered. Trevor Story homered. Rafael Devers homered. But all ESPN wanted to talk about for the last half hour of the broadcast was that Aaron Judge homered in the 1st and 9th. 

Fuck ESPN and fuck the Yankees. They couldn't even win a three-game home series against a fourth-place, sub-.500 team.

This is not going to be an all-star year for the Red Sox. This isn't going to be one of those seasons that families talk about over New England winters in the coming years. But moments like these, beating the damn Yankees on their own field, are what makes staying tuned in this sorry-ass season worthwhile.

Next up: three games against Tampa Bay at Fenway, followed by a three-game series in Fenway against these same Yankees.