BOSTON — Let’s take a walk down memory lane. Stretch your memory all the way back to July 1.
The Yankees beat the Red Sox that day to complete a winning series and tie Boston atop the AL East.
Since then, the Red Sox essentially have stopped losing, winning 22 of 28 games.
Too far back?
OK, how about the good ole days of three batters into this most recent series. At that point, the Yanks could still believe a big weekend at Fenway would catapult them into an AL East dogfight, especially since it was 3-0 in their favor three batters into this series.