After 56 games, the Red Sox and Yankees finally meet in 2021. Boston begins a three-game series tonight in New York.
The Red Sox are coming off a four-game set in Houston in which they lost the first three games (batting only .173, being outscored 18-4, and striking out 31.4% of the time) before winning last night behind a fantastic outing from Martin Pérez (7.2-6-0-1-4, 82), who has a 1.98 ERA over his last seven starts. Also, Xander Bogaerts snapped an 0-for-24 skid with a couple of hits late in the game.
Since beating the Yankees in the 2018 ALDS en route to winning their fourth World Series title in 15 years, the Red Sox have gone 1-15 at Yankee Stadium (6-23 overall).