With their 12-1 victory on Saturday, the Red Sox have won eight straight games against the Yankees, with a chance to pull off a four-game sweep.

Alex Bregman and the Boston Red Sox face Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees on Thursday in the first of a four-game set at Yankee Stadium.

The New York Yankees are reportedly close to having an impactful reliever make his return from the injured list.

The rivalry has seen its share of fights including a 2004 scuffle which pitted New York’s Alex Rodriguez against Red Sox backstop Jason Varitek, and of course who could forget Sox star pitcher Pedro Martinez shoving 72-year-old Yankees coach Don Zimmer to the ground one year earlier?

The Yankees continue to defend shortstop Anthony Volpe despite poor metrics at the plate and in the field, The Athletic insider reports.

This ex-player and MLB Network analyst puts the Yankees and Red Sox on blast after Shane Bieber's spectacular debut for the Blue Jays.

So when Ben Rice crushed a solo home run on Thursday night against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, it tied the game and one run apiece –– but the Yankees wound up losing 6-3. That cut New York's lead over Boston to just a half game for second place in the American League East Standings, as they trail the Toronto Blue Jays by 4.5 games.

José Caballero hit two home runs in 86 games with the Tampa Bay Rays this season. The speedy utilityman matched that total in one night Tuesday as the New York Yankees put on quite a power show. “I think it’s from hanging around with these guys,

Recently, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred noted that the league could realign geographically. FOX Sports outlined a plan that would group four major teams.

A squirrel ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium and caused a brief delay during the game between New York and Boston.