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Gerrit Cole likened this installment of the American League’s most fabled rivalry to “a heavyweight fight,” acknowledging the higher stakes that accompany wearing a Yankees uniform inside Fenway Park. Asked to help his club avoid a lost New England weekend, the ace instead was dealt a knockout.
Cole’s first pitch of the afternoon was tagged over the left-field Green Monster by Kiké Hernández and Rafael Devers crushed a long three-run homer a few batters later, setting the tone for the Yankees’ 9-2 loss to the Red Sox.