dpBennett’s quality start in Saturday’s 4-1 win was the 10th in a row for Boston, its longest such streak since it reeled off 14 in a row in 1988.
“When you think about that, how difficult that it is to do,” Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said. “To get 10 straight guys go out there and throw six or more (innings) and three or less runs, it’s pretty impressive. They’ve done an amazing job.”
While Boston has won three in a row for the fourth time this season, New York has lost six of its last eight games. To boot, the Yankees have mustered one run on three hits in each of the last two games.
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YANKEES (48-34): Chisholm 2B, Rice 1B, Dominguez RF, Bellinger LF, Jones CF, Rosario DH, Cabrera 3B, Wells C, Caballero SS
Pitching: LHP Carlos Rodón (4-2, 3.70 ERA)
RED SOX (35-46): Eaton LF, Rafaela CF, Abreu RF, Contreras 1B, Gonzalez DH, Durbin 3B, Seigler 2B, Wong C, Cheng SS
Pitching: RHP Sonny Gray (9-1, 2.95 ERA)
Time: 7:20 p.m.
TV, radio: NBC, Peacock, WEEI-FM 93.7
Yankees vs. Gray: Cody Bellinger 3-12, José Caballero 3-7, Oswaldo Cabrera 0-2, Jazz Chisholm Jr. 3-10, Jasson Domínguez 2-3, Paul Goldschmidt 1-26, Spencer Jones 3-3, Ben Rice 3-4, Amed Rosario 6-22, Anthony Volpe 1-8, Austin Wells 0-5
Red Sox vs. Rodón: Willson Contreras 2-10, Jarren Duran 2-16, Nate Eaton 0-2, Mickey Gasper 0-3, Carlos Narváez 3-6, Ceddanne Rafaela 3-14, Connor Wong 4-10, Masataka Yoshida 1-6
Stat of the day: Sonny Gray improved to 7-0 in nine starts since returning from the injured list on May 6.
Notes: New York fell out of first place (by percentage points) for the first time since June 6. … Gray, 36, picked up the win in his last encounter versus the Yankees, permitting three runs in 6 1/3 innings in a 5-3 victory on June 5. He is 3-3 with a 4.17 ERA in nine career appearances (all starts) against New York. … Ben Rice, who belted a homer off Gray on June 5, went 0-for-4 with a strikeout on Saturday. He is mired in a 2-for-23 rut over his last six games overall. … Carlos Rodón, 33, is 5-6 with a 4.28 ERA in 12 career appearances (all starts) versus Boston.
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