Despite their earlier dominance against their fiercest rivals, the Boston Red Sox have looked utterly lost in their final regular season series against the New York Yankees.
Boston had an 8-2 lead in the season series when New York came to town for the first of three games on September 12. The Red Sox had a polarizing stretch leading into their last bout with the Yankees — after losing Roman Anthony to injury, the Sox lost three straight games, won three, and the Yankees have set them on another three-game skid.
The Red Sox are tied with the Astros and Mariners for the third American League Wild Card spot, and the Rangers are two games behind, closing in fast.