The Red Sox can make life very difficult for the hated Yankees when they face off tonight in a huge series behind Tanner Houck (7:10 p.m., NESN, MLBN out-of-network) in his first start since April 18.
With the trade deadline approaching, this is a do-or-die series for New York, which enters the extended weekend seven games behind the Sox. The Yankees have finally scraped together a little bit of momentum, having gone 7-3 over their last 10 games, and rather than watch them get any feistier, now would be the time to bury them forever, hence the headline.