The Yankees took the 2017 season series 11 games to 8, outscoring the Red Sox 82-59 along the way. They last squared-off for a four-game set to open up September, with the Yankees taking 3 of 4 by a combined score of 20 to 9. Some notes from that series:
- In addition to allowing just 9 runs in the series, the Yankees pitching staff held the Red Sox to just 22 hits in 36 innings, while racking up 43 strikeouts.
- The Yankees hammered Chris Sale in the final game of the series, forcing him to throw 109 pitches to make it through just 4.