The Red Sox woke up Tuesday two games ahead of the Yankees in the American League East standings, and they will go to bed trailing their division opponents by a percentage point after falling 5-3 and 2-0 in back-to-back outings.
Here are the takeaways.
The Big Picture (Game 1)
After a scoreless frame in the opener, the Yankees struck first in the bottom of the second with a two-run single by Andrew Velazquez. The Red Sox evened the score in the third when Xander Bogaerts drove in two with a single and took the lead in the fourth on Christian Vazquez’s solo homer.