Yankees red sox first pitch series#

In the two years since, the head-to-head series has been decidedly one-sided in New York's favor. The Red Sox eliminated the Yankees in four games in the ALDS en route to their 2018 World Series championship. The head-to-head series has been one-sided Now, here are five things to know about this weekend's Yankees vs. piggybacked with King last time out and could do so again Friday. King is filling in for the injured Corey Kluber and has yet to throw more than 69 pitches in a game this season. The Yankees considered using an opener in front of King on Friday, but decided against it and will start the young righty outright. Select games can be streamed on fuboTV (try for free). Here are the details for this weekend's Yankees vs. Gardner later clarified that he was 'halfway joking,' and added, 'No, listen, we don't like those guys, they don't like us.'

'Having him back in the dugout obviously makes me want to beat them more,' Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner told reporters, including Anthony Rieber of Newsday, when asked about Cora on Thursday. Cora was Boston's manager in 20 before sitting out the 2020 season. This weekend's series also marks Red Sox manager Alex Cora's first trip to Yankee Stadium since serving a one-year suspension for his role in the Astros and Red Sox sign-stealing scandals. Here are the AL East standings going into Friday's series opener: Not counting the 60-game 2020 season, this is the first time the Yankees and Red Sox did not play before June 1 since 1996, when they didn't meet until July. It will be the first meeting of the 2021 season between the two historic AL East rivals, if you can believe that. Friday night, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will open a three-game series at Yankee Stadium.

Yankees red sox first pitch