The New York Yankees experienced their first sweep of the season, suffering a 2-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park, concluding a disappointing three-game series. This marked the second consecutive weekend that the Red Sox have outperformed the Yankees. Manager Aaron Boone acknowledged the difficulty of the losses, stating, "It sucks losing to the Red Sox, we never like that," but expressed continued confidence in his team's overall capabilities.

A primary concern for the Yankees throughout the series was their anemic offense, which managed only five hits on Sunday and a meager total of five runs across their last four games overall. Over the three-game series against Boston, the Yankees were outscored 8-4. Notably, they scored only one run and accumulated nine hits in 21 1/3 innings against Red Sox starting pitchers, with that lone run coming from Aaron Judge's tying home run in the ninth inning on Friday, a game they ultimately lost in extra innings.

Despite a strong outing from Max Fried (9-2, 1.89 ERA), who allowed only two runs on six hits over seven innings, striking out eight and inducing three double plays, the Yankees' bats remained silent. Fried was ultimately outpitched by Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello (3-1, 3.49 ERA), who delivered a season-high eight strikeouts while yielding just three hits in seven largely effortless innings. The Red Sox efficiently capitalized on early opportunities, scoring two-out runs in the first inning of both the Saturday and Sunday games, leads which the Yankees never managed to overcome.

Key offensive moments for the Red Sox included Romy Gonzalez's triple followed by Trevor Story's soft single in the first inning on Sunday, and Rafael Devers' 15th home run, an opposite-field shot just over the Green Monster in the fifth. Yankees players, including Aaron Judge, attributed their offensive struggles to the Red Sox's effective starting pitching, which consistently kept them off-balance and prevented them from stringing together quality at-bats or initiating significant rallies.

Adding to the Yankees' woes were critical base-running mistakes. On Sunday, Ben Rice was picked off second base for the third out in the third inning, abruptly halting a potential rally. This followed a similar mental lapse on Saturday by Jasson Dominguez. Aaron Judge's personal slump continued, as he went 1-for-13 with 10 strikeouts in his last four games, culminating in an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play in the eighth on Sunday, a play that symbolically capped a miserable series for New York.