Thursday’s 6–3 series-opening loss to the Red Sox underscored exactly why the Yankees continue to live dangerously close to collapse. Four errors in a single game is the type of sloppy baseball that simply cannot happen in August. Against a rival like ...

Stanton and the Yankees will draw Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet, who is pitching like a Cy Young candidate this season but has looked vulnerable of late. Over Crochet’s last four starts, he’s allowed four long balls.

The Yankees survived a sloppy second inning in which they committed three errors, limiting the damage to one run. They wriggled out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the fifth, surrendering just a sacrifice fly.

Brayan Bello pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees that clinched the season series between the longtime rivals.

Bednar has been mostly solid since arriving from Pittsburgh, but Doval has gotten off to a brutal start in The Bronx after coming over from San Francisco, while Bird was so bad he was quickly jettisoned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The New York Yankees made a big move to acquire Cody Bellinger last offseason. Now, they will likely need to sign him to a new deal in free agency.

The Red Sox did outhit the Yankees, 10-8, but they were brutal with runners in scoring position early in the game before scoring five of their six runs in the final five innings (including two in the ninth on a Roman Anthony home run).