Yankees' Fenway funk the worst in over 100 years
Yankees' Fenway funk the worst in over 100 years originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The New York Yankees rolled into Fenway Park this weekend with the swagger of a team coming off a sweep. They leave Boston Sunday night wondering where the offense went.
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The Yankees dropped all three games to the Red Sox without holding a lead at any point. Sunday's 2–0 loss closed the book on a series that felt less like a rivalry and more like a shutdown.
According to YES Network, it's been 103 years since the Yankees were held to four runs or fewer across a three-game series against Boston. Not since 1922 had they looked this flat in a full series against the Sox. The Yankees' four runs matched their fewest in a three-game series at Fenway Park, from June 20-22, 1916, and from Sept. 28-30, 1922.
They scored one on Friday, Aaron Judge's ninth-inning home run that sent the game into extra innings. They scored thre eon Saturday and after Trent Grisham's leadoff double, the Yankees managed one more runner in scoring position on the day.
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone.© David Butler II-Imagn Images
Judge's solo homer in the ninth on Friday was the closest they came to shifting momentum.
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Saturday offered a brief flicker. Jasson Domínguez drove in a run. Austin Wells followed with an RBI knock. But Domínguez ran into an out at third and the inning fizzled.
The Yankees came into the weekend averaging 4.6 runs per game. They left Fenway looking like a different team. A team that is quietly questioning it's offense.
Judge went 1-for-12 on the weekend.
The Red Sox didn't just outscore the Yankees.
They outpitched them. They out-executed them. They looked looser, quicker, and younger. And they held the Yankees to 4-for-22 with runners in scoring position in the series.
This was New York's first sweep of the season, and it comes at a time when the AL East is tightening. Maybe it's a blip. Or maybe it's a sign this team still has holes, especially in games where the big bats go quiet.
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Either way, the Yankees leave Boston looking for a reset back in the Bronx against the Angels. Maybe that boost will be Giancarlo Stanton returning to the lineup.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
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