Yankees 3, Red Sox 7: It’s not what you want

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images It’s getting tough to find new ways to describe how lackluster the Yankees have been playing of late. They let the Red Sox hang around all night after getting an early lead, and imploded late to hand their rivals another win and a series victory in the first matchup between the two foes this season. This time the loss came in a 7-3 final score, which is marginally worse than yesterday’s 5-2 result, but it felt like they had a greater chance of coming away with a win in this one.

Gleyber Torres got the Yankees off to a good start in the fourth inning, launching a two-run home run to left-center:

Torres’ shot came off of Eduardo Rodriguez, a pitcher who Torres…