Red Sox’s Rafael Devers makes Yankees pay again with two homers

Luis Gil was pitching well for the first time in a while, but Rafael Devers came to bat with one out in the top of the seventh inning. Aaron Boone and the Yankees opted to use Gill instead of Luke Weaver, who was warming up in the bullpen, to face the Red Sox sluggers. Devers […]

Luis Gil’s dominant outing was silver lining for Yankees

The 27-time world champion Yankees are not usually a team that scores moral victories, and they usually shouldn’t be judged based on averages. But these are not normal times in the Bronx. Sure, the Yankees lost 3-0 to the rival Red Sox on Sunday night, again in front of a nearly sold-out Yankee Stadium and […]

Ben Rice’s unexpected magic can’t fix all of the Yankees’ glaring issues

Young Ben Rice is a wonderful story, whether it was a one-night stand or continuing unexpected magic. That the Yankees even discovered the Boston native and Dartmouth College graduate was the first miracle. How many more miracles are to come? Yankees scouts worked overtime, staffing pickup games and practices in Northborough, Duxbury, Needham, Scituate and […]