Hunter Dobbins beats Yankees for second time this week as Red Sox top rival New York, 4-3
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, right, slides out at second as New York Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu, left, throws to first to complete a double play in the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Romy Gonzalez hits a one-run double, allowing Kristian Campbell to score, in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Trevor Story, right, scores near New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells, left, on a sacrifice fly by Marcelo Mayer in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
New York Yankees' Carlos Rodón delivers a pitch to a Boston Red Sox batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Hunter Dobbins delivers a pitch to a New York Yankees batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Hunter Dobbins delivers a pitch to a New York Yankees batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, right, slides out at second as New York Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu, left, throws to first to complete a double play in the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Romy Gonzalez hits a one-run double, allowing Kristian Campbell to score, in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Trevor Story, right, scores near New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells, left, on a sacrifice fly by Marcelo Mayer in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
New York Yankees' Carlos Rodón delivers a pitch to a Boston Red Sox batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Red Sox's Hunter Dobbins delivers a pitch to a New York Yankees batter in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
BOSTON (AP) — Hunter Dobbins pitched six shutout innings to beat the Yankees for the second time in a week, and the Boston Red Sox won their fourth straight game on Saturday night, 4-3 over New York.
A week after saying he'd rather retire than pitch for the Yankees because his father was drafted by New York twice before being traded — and then having to defend his dad's story midweek — Dobbins (4-1) struck out five and gave up two singles.
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Dobbins earned the victory against the Yankees last Sunday, too, when he worked five innings and allowed three runs, two on a first-inning, two-run homer by Aaron Judge.
Judge went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts on Saturday, dropping his major league leading average from .390 to .384.
Greg Weissert got the final three outs for his second save despite giving up a run. Austin Wells flew out to the track in center with two runners on.
Carlos Rodón (8-5), who entered 7-1 with a 1.90 ERA in his previous 10 starts, gave up four runs (three earned) on seven hits in five-plus innings.
Boston grabbed a 1-0 lead on Anthony Volpe's throwing error in the first that allowed Rob Refsnyder to score on Carlos Narváez's infield hit. Trevor Story had an RBI double in the fourth and Romy Gonzalez added one in the fifth.
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Jasson Domínguez and Wells had consecutive RBI singles in the seventh for the Yankees.
Key moment
The Yankees were down by two runs and had two runners on with Judge looming on deck in the seventh when Red Sox catcher Narváez, who had a walk-off hit in the series opener against his former team, picked Domínguez off second to end the inning.
Key stat
Boston has won four of five against the Yankees this season.
Up next
Yankees LHP Max Fried (9-1, 1.84 ERA) is slated to face Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello (2-1, 3.96) in the series finale on Sunday.
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