Red Sox Make Surprising Marcelo Mayer Announcement Before Yankees Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Yankees took the first game of a three-game set on Friday against the Boston Red Sox in what was the first of 13 games against their fierce rivals.

With an ugly month of May in the books, the Red Sox can open June with a series win in Sunday’s finale in Atlanta. Garrett Crochet will be tasked with closing out the series for Boston. The big lefthander has been a rare bright spot for the Sox rotation, with Crochet’s 2.04 ERA ranking sixth in the American League.

Trevor Story ended a 15-game homer-less streak and the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Friday in the opener of their three-game series to stop their season-long five-game skid.