Facing the Red Sox (37-36) on back-to-back weekends, the Yankees (42-28) dropped five of six and seemingly gave life to their rival’s season. In The Bronx, it was their pitching that failed them. At Fenway, it was their lifeless bats, plus a costly baserunning miscue in each of the past two games.

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This comes after Yankees manager Aaron Boone had admitted trainers had told him Chisholm was only available “in an emergency” for the series finale. Boone wouldn’t commit to Chisholm starting the opener at Fenway Park after Thursday night's game, seemingly a warning for this.