For each of their final two series coming into the All-Star break, the Red Sox took the first game of a three-game set before dropping the next two to lose both series. After taking the opener in New York on Friday, and then dropping a rain-shortened contest on Saturday, they needed a win on Sunday to avoid the same fate for a third straight series. They didn’t get it. The offense remained cold as it had been for most of the series, giving the Yankees just enough time to really break things open against Darwinzon Hernandez and Brandon Workman.
Red Sox 1, Yankees 9: Another series let down
