BOSTON — The Yankees had a chance to bury the Red Sox in the standings this month, facing their division rival in back-to-back weeks. They had a 9 1/2-game lead on the Red Sox on June 5, the day before their series at Yankee Stadium last week.

Hunter Dobbins was an eighth-round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox in 2021, and before the 2025 season, he was ranked as the 27th overall prospect in their system. Clearly, the Boston organization did not have high expectations for the righty from Texas Tech.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora wanted his twin 7-year-old sons to meet the Yankees’ Aaron Judge, the biggest star of his team’s AL East foe. “They

Facing the Red Sox (37-36) on back-to-back weekends, the Yankees (42-28) dropped five of six and seemingly gave life to their rival’s season. In The Bronx, it was their pitching that failed them. At Fenway, it was their lifeless bats, plus a costly baserunning miscue in each of the past two games.

After a 10th-inning walk-off in Friday’s opener and a hard-fought one-run win on Saturday, the Red Sox looked to ride the momentum of the past two days into Sunday’s series finale against the Yankees.

Logan Gilbert, out since late April, will be activated from the injured list and start for the Mariners on Monday against the Boston Red Sox.

The Red Sox are starting to get healthy again. Tanner Houck and Wilyer Abreu are likely to rehab with Triple-A Worcester this week at Polar Park.

Concession workers at Fenway Park announced a strike Sunday ahead of the Boston Red Sox’s home game against the New York Yankees in the final game of a three-game series. After a three-day vote that concluded Sunday morning,