The Yankees (16–9) are flying high with the best record in the American League after staging a comeback win over the last-place Red Sox (9–16) in Boston on Thursday. Winners of six straight, New York leaves Boston with its first road sweep over the Red Sox since 2021.
Cam Schlittler, who grew up in the suburbs of Boston as a Red Sox fan, improved his ERA to 1.77 while allowing four hits, one walk and two runs (one earned) with five strikeouts. The 25-year-old broke into the national spotlight during the decisive Game 3 of last year's wild-card series between the two historic rivals by shutting out his hometown team through eight innings, but Thursday marked his first career start at Fenway Park. Yankees starters combined to allow just one earned run over 22 1/3 innings over the three-game sweep.
