Brad Penner/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
For one night at least, the Yankees found a remedy to their early woes. No, they couldn’t stop the relentless expansion of their injured list, which grew to 12 on Tuesday with the addition of first baseman Greg Bird and his ailing left foot.
But there was an antidote to the baffling failures — stranded base runners, pitching hiccups, fielding mishaps — that had produced five losses in their previous six games. It was, of all things, a visit from the Boston Red Sox — the reigning World Series champions and the team that bounced the Yankees from the playoffs last season.