The hallmark of a great team is blowout wins and close losses, and this series in Boston showed just that for the 1998 Yankees. In their first trip to Fenway Park that season, they dropped a close 5-4 opener to the Red Sox, before rebounding the next day with a blowout. Chuck Knoblauch and Scott Brosius combined to drive in seven runs, but that was only part of the team’s output in the big 12-3 win.
May 23: Yankees 12, Red Sox 3 (box score)
Record: 32-10, .