The Red Sox, winners of all six games against the Yankees this year, kick off the second half eight games ahead of their arch rivals—and as invited guests in their home, where the Sox will no longer debut prized prospect Jarren Duran tonight as the team looks to get back on the right foot following All-Star weekend and a COVID-related postponement in the sweltering New York heat (7:05 p.m., NESN).
If there’s one thing that’s not hot in the Tri-State area, it’s the Yankees, who don’t even throw Gerrit Cole in their first game out of the break, owing likely more to his 129-pitch outing last time out than the run of bad starts before that.