Red Sox 2, Yankees 5: I’m not mad, I’m actually laughing

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty ImagesWell, the worst-case scenario for this series in the Bronx has come true. After finally injecting some positivity into their season for the first time in weeks last weekend with a sweep of the Orioles, the Red Sox just needed to not get swept themselves in three games over a two-day stretch. They did not succeed. The offense was AWOL for all three games, this time around getting shut down by Andrew Heaney, who had allowed at least four runs in each of his first three starts with the Yankees. Boston managed only two hits. Nick Pivetta melted down in the second, and while the bullpen — led by Garrett Richards — was mostly great, it didn’t matter. It was another loss.

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