Final: Yankees 6, Red Sox 5

Not even peak Rafael Devers was enough to beat the Yankees.

Devers belted two homers off starter Gerrit Cole and drove in all five Red Sox runs, but the Sox fell short, 6-5, to New York.

Josh Winckowski allowed a grand slam to Josh Donaldson and a solo homer to Aaron Hicks in a five-run third.

The deciding run, which came in the fifth, resulted from Franchy Cordero's inability to catch a routine two-out, pop-up by Alex Trevino, as Hicks, on third, crossed the plate.

WHO: Red Sox (45-37) vs. New York Yankees (59-23)
WHEN: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Fenway Park
SEASON SERIES TO DATE: NY 2-1
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Josh Winckowski (3-2, 3.12) vs. RHP Gerrit Cole (7-2, 2.99)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI-FM 93.7

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Duran CF
Devers 3B
Martinez DH
Bogaerts SS
Verdugo LF
Story 2B
Cordero 1B
Bradley Jr. RF
Plawecki C

YANKEES

LeMahieu 1B
Torres 2B
Carpenter DH
Stanton LF
Donaldson 3B
Hicks CF
Trevino C
Kiner-Falefa SS
Gallo RF

WHAT'S UP: The Red Sox have lost each of their last 2 games and are 2-4 in their last 6 games...They are 10-8 in their last 18 games, beginning 6/19. The Sox have lost each of their last 3 series (at TOR, at CHC, vs. TB) after going 11-1-2 in their previous 14 series. The Sox rank 3rd in the AL in run differential (+53) and T-4th in winning percentage (.549). ...The Red Sox are closing the season’s 1st half with a stretch of 17 consecutive days with a game (2-4 so far), matching their longest streak of the season...They will also open the 2nd half with a stretch of 17 consecutive days with a game from 7/22-8/7. ...The Red Sox are 9-4 in their last 13 games at Fenway Park (began the season 12-14 at home). The Sox are in a stretch during which 28 of their 29 home games from 7/4-8/28 are against teams that entered today with a winning record (all except 8/11 vs. BAL). ....The Red Sox are in a stretch during which each of their 27 games from 7/4-8/3 will be against a team that entered today with at least a .500 record (1-2 so far): NYY (7), TB (7), HOU (3), MIL (3), and TOR (3). The Sox are 10-7 in their last 17 games against teams that currently have at least a .500 record: ATL (1-1), HOU (2-1), STL (2-1), CLE (3-0), TOR (1-2), and TB (1-2). Overall, their 16-18 (.471) record vs. teams with at least a .500 record ranks 4th in the AL. ...The Red Sox are in a stretch during which each of their 17 games from 7/4-24 will be against AL East teams (3 vs. TB, 4 vs. NYY, 4 at TB, 3 at NYY, 3 vs. TOR). The Sox are 0-8-0 in series against AL East opponents, compared to 12-3-3 against all other teams. ...Tonight begins the Red Sox and Yankees’ 2nd series of the season, their 1st at Fenway Park...NYY took 2 of 3 games in the Bronx during the season-opening series. 7 of the Red Sox’ 11 games prior to the All-Star Game will be against the Yankees...In addition to this 4-game series, they will face off in the Bronx next weekend for a 3-game series (7/15-17) before the break. 16 of the Red Sox’ final 80 games this season are against the Yankees (20.0%). A Red Sox rookie pitchers have posted a 2.79 ERA in their last 4 outings (see table below). Rookie Josh Winckowski, tonight’s Sox starter, is 3-2 with a 3.12 ERA (9 ER/26.0 IP) through 5 MLB starts. Franchy Cordero, Jarren Duran, and John Schreiber each began 2022 with Worcester...Schreiber ranks 3rd in MLB with an 0.66 ERA this season (min. 25.0 IP)... Duran is batting .319 with a .900 OPS in 19 games for Boston this season...Cordero has hit .339 with an .868 OPS in his last 17 games, beginning 6/14....Brayan Bello and Ceddanne Rafaela were selected to the AL roster for the 2022 SiriusXM AllStar Futures Game...The contest will be played at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, 7/16 at 7:00 p.m. ET. Bello made his MLB debut yesterday (see page 2)...He pitched in the 2021 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. Rafaela is ranked by Baseball America (No. 22) and MLB.com (No. 27) as one of the Sox’ top prospects... He is 1 of only 2 minor leaguers with 40+ XBH and 15+ stolen bases this season. Former Sox 3rd baseman Adrián Beltre will serve as the AL team’s hitting coach. ...The Red Sox have won 14 of their last 15 games in which their starting pitcher has thrown at least 6.0 innings (19-2 in their last 21). Since 5/31, Sox starters rank 3rd in the AL and 4th in the majors in ERA (3.19, 64 ER/180.1 IP). .... The Sox have not lost more than 2 consecutive games since dropping 5 straight from 5/4-8. Since 5/10, the Sox have lost back-to-back games only 4 times (5/30-31, 6/27-28, 7/1-2, 7/5-6)...In that time, they have had 3 winning streaks of 6+ games. ..Sixteen of the Red Sox’ last 28 games have been decided by 1 or 2 runs, including 5 of their last 6...They are 11-5 in those 16 games, after beginning the season 8-15. The Red Sox lead the AL in AVG (.261) and doubles (191)...They rank 2nd in XBH (274), 3rd in OBP (.324), 4th in runs (740), and 5th in SLG (.414) and OPS (.738). The Red Sox have scored 5+ runs in a game 40 times, tied for most in the AL...They are 28-4 in such games since 5/10, after starting the season 4-4... The Red Sox rank T-9th in MLB in defensive runs saved (26), after ranking 18th in 2021 (4). Trevor Story (8) and Jackie Bradley Jr. (5) lead the Sox in DRS...Story leads AL 2nd basemen in DRS, trailing only STL’s Tommy Edman (11) for the MLB lead at the position.

NOTES: 

* Michael Wacha, who was penciled in to start Friday after missing his last scheduled start Monday, will not pitch Friday after all. The Red Sox are undetermined about who will start Friday, though Connor Seabold is a possibility. Wacha has been battling a dead ar though an MRI revealed no structural damage to the area.

* The Sox officially are TBD for Saturday's start, though Alex Cora said one way or another, RHP Kutter Crawford will be used -- either as a starter or a bulk reliever in tandem with an opener, as happened Monday.

* The Red Sox placed RHP Tyler Danish on the IL with a right forearm strain. To replace him, the Sox called up RHP Michael Feliz from Worcester.

* The Sox plan to have RHP Brayan Bello start again Monday, facing Tampa Bay for a second time.

* RHP Garrett Whitlock will throw an inning or two for Worcester in a rehab appearance Friday, while Nathan Eovaldi will throw three innings Sunday for Worcester.

* OF Kike Hernandez will begin a rehab assignment Friday at Worcester.