You didn’t hear the Yankees chirp much about it, but at the game’s fringes, the chatter had sure started. The Yankees had won four games in a row, and the Red Sox had lost three in a row, and for the first time in many weeks the Yankees had actually taken a substantial bite out of the Sox’s lead in the AL East, shaved it from 10 ½ to 8 in the course of four days.
And there was a moment Wednesday night when it seemed the engine was hitting another gear: The Red Sox had fallen behind the Indians 2-0, while the Yankees nudged ahead of the Marlins 2-0.