The Red Sox (82-68) scored 6 runs in the 1st Inning and avoided being swept at home by the New York Yankees by taking the series finale- 6-4, at Fenway Park Sunday night.  With Sunday's win, the Red Sox avoided being swept at home for the 2nd time this season and are 1.5 games behind the Yankees for the 1st American League Wild Card. The Red Sox clinched a winning record for the first time since 2021 when the club went 92-70 and lost in the ALCS to the Houston Astros. Aroldis Chapman worked a 1-2-3 9th to slam the door shut on the Yankees.  

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Crochet Day: Garrett Crochet was staked to an early 6-0 lead and improved to 16-5 on the season (3-0 vs. Yankees) in earning the win in Sunday's finale. Crochet gave up 3 earned runs over 6 Innings of work.  He walked 1 and matched a season-high with 12 strikeouts. It's Crochet's 2nd straight game with 10 or more strikeouts and 8th time for 2025.  Crochet gave up Home Runs to Amed Rosario and Aaron Judge.  It's the 4th time this season where Crochet gave up 2 or more Home Runs in a start. The Sox are now 21-9 in his 30 starts. 

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Sox at the DISH: The first 5 hitters reached in the 1st inning for the Red Sox and when all was said in done, they pushed 6 runs across against Will Warren. Jarren Duran led off the game with his 13th Triple of the season and he scored on an RBI Single from Alex Bregman. The Sox had 6 different hitters with a Hit and RBI in the 1st-Inning. Carlos Narvaez made it 6-0 with a 2-out, solo Home Run, his 14th.   

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#'s of the Night:

--Romy Gonzalez delivered an RBI Double in the 1st-Inning to extend his career-high hit streak to 14 in a row.  

--It's the 7th time this season where the Sox scored 4 or more runs in the 1st-Inning this season. 

--The Red Sox went 9-4 vs. the Yankees in the regular season series.   

--The Sox are now 31-2 over their last 33 games when they score 5 or More Runs. Sox have scored 5+ Runs in 36 of the last 80 games. 

--The Red Sox are now 8-28 over their last 36 games in the month of September against the Yankees.

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What's On Tap?: The Red Sox open up a 3-game series against the Athletics Tuesday night at Fenway.  The Sox took 2 of 3 from the Athletics in West Sacramento last week.  Boston has 12 games remaining over the final 14 days of the regular season schedule with 6 at home and 6 on the road.             

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