Yankees vs. Red Sox Game Highlights (6/28/26) | MLB Highlights

Before this series started, the Red Sox had only won 12 games at Fenway the entire year and now they've won three in a row here. And the Sox looking to do something they have not done in eight full seasons. As tonight, the Boston Red Sox have a chance to complete a four-game sweep over the New York Yankees. This run that the pitchers are on right now, ten consecutive games of quality starts. That's the longest stretch in franchise history. They've got a guy on the mound tonight, Sonny Gray, maybe the best of the bunch right now, the way he's throwing it. Since he came off the I.L. in early May, he's 7-0 with a 2-3-6 ERA. Jazz Chisholm, first time this season batting in the leadoff spot. See if he can get something going. He's three for ten career against Sonny Gray. Jazz making him throw a lot of pitches. This will be pitch number eight coming up. Here's a 3-2 pitch again, Sonny Gray against Jazz Chisholm. Pitch number eight is a swing and a miss. Strike three, that's that cutter he flashes. His first punch out on the first batter. At the last 36 at bats, Sonny Gray hasn't allowed a hit on two strikes. That is ridiculous. Yeah, that's absurd. There's a shot to second caught by Sigler. It's a 1-2-3 inning for Sonny. Carlos Rodon taking the mound for the Yankees, 4-2 with a 3-7-0 ERA in eight starts. And over his last five games, he's got into the sixth inning. And he's been steadily improving coming back after the offseason elbow. Two quick outs for Rodon. All right, here's Abreu. 3-2 is down and in for ball four. That is an awesome plate appearance. Sets the table now with a guy who has leaned in so hard to this rivalry. He's been an igniter this weekend. And that would be Wilson Contreras. Swing and a miss. Struck him out. Boy, good movement on that fastball coming in on his hands. So, first strikeout for Rodon. Here's Durbin, a home run in this series. Got a bunt down. He's done a lot of things. Swing and a miss. That is that changeup from Carlos Rodon. That was wicked. Yeah, he looks free. And that's against a hitter in Caleb Durbin who has been white hot. In the air, left center field toward the alleyway. Bunt run down by Spencer Jones. We promise a hit at some point. Abreu suffered a gruesome ankle injury last year. He was playing at Scranton this year, 82-71 with seven homers and 35 RBIs. Swing and a miss. Strike three. That's that breaking ball. Lefties this year against that sweeper for Sonny Gray have three hits. Well, scuffling big time. A buck 60 batting average. It's in the air for right field. And a hard charge. Abreu slides and makes the catch. A dazzling effort again from Abreu and a tip of the cap from Sonny Gray. Well, he leads major leagues with 17 defensive runs saved. And he made a great play there. He had to go a long, long way for it. Here's Caballero. First pitch swing and a ground ball to third. Caleb Durbin makes it a rapid fire. Nine up, nine down for Sonny Gray. What's the hockey phrase? You guys are hockey guys, right? Boys are skating. Boys are pitching. Boys are pitching tonight. They really are. They're dealing. It's a lot off. Swing and a miss. That was well done. Strikeout number three for Rodon. And that change up of his has become such a weapon. Two pitch. Got him. Outside corner fastball. Have a seat. Strikeout. Look here at strikeout number four for Rodon. Two outs here in the Boston home third. There were times when I was going against Pedro that when I was in the dugout the first couple innings, I would peek out there to see how Pedro was doing to see and get the feel if he was on. And most of the time he was on. And then you know you've got to match somebody. We've got that going on right now between these two. Swing and a miss. Just blew him away. Strikes out the side. He's got five strikeouts for the ballgame. And he struck out four of the last five that he's faced. That's a very quick out. The Yankees have made a lot of quick outs in this series. Sonny's got so much movement on all his pitches. They look like they can do damage on certain pitches. And it is just off the barrel enough to reduce that soft contact. A little hesitation there from Sonny Gray. How about that? I see you out there. Wow. Twelve up. Twelve down. And Sonny Gray has been dominant. No hits. In the ballgame so far. Twelve up. Twelve down for Sonny Gray. Jason are you making a call? Are we going to have a special Sunday night here? Maybe. I mean look at the scoreboard. It's on the monster. Check swing. Did he go? No. Says the third base umpire. It's ball four down and away. That was close. How about these two at bats that William Bray who has thrown on. Yeah. Carlos Rodon. This Red Sox offense. They need to get on base. Pass the baton. Go out there and trade places with another. When they score first. 24 and 13. So they need to do everything they possibly can to get a run across. The runner goes. It swung on and grounded a deep third. Bobbled off the chest. And Cabrera recovers. Fires wide. But he's saved. Cabrera making his first appearance 2026 for the Yankees. Bobbled it. I don't think a perfect throw would have had him anyway. Yeah. Once again we've seen this Yankee defense kind of hurt them. Hopefully the Red Sox go out there and keep the door open. And now with two on and one out. Romy Gonzalez who's just off the injured list with a shoulder issue. Then a bit of a hip thing in the minors. Bouncing ball. Baltimore chop off the plate. Throw over to first in time. And the other runners advance. Nice play by Rodon on the third base side. He had to wait for that thing to come down. Second and third for Boston and Caleb Durbin. It's no secret what he's doing. I mean he's first at bat. He threw them all off speed as well. So Durbin let's see if he just stays disciplined. Try to get a heater here. I mean he's forced himself one in this 3-1 count. Well Durbin's been, I mean, hotter than hot lately. I think he'd rather take his chance with Siegler on deck. I'm going to pass. I'm going to throw a changeup here down. Get some good arm action on it. He'll snap it to center field on a line base hit. Beats a fastball and scores two. First fastball of the sequence. First hit of the night. A two-run single. And the Red Sox lead it two to nothing. A low line drive. And Durbin drives in his 33rd and 34th runs of the season. And the Red Sox score first of the game's first hit. Rodon just cannot extract himself from this inning, Roger. Yeah, the Sox have done a good job of kind of just grinding these at-bats out and starting to realize, hey, he's starting to get his try to fish out of the zone early and wait them out a little bit. It's a fourth walk. Man, it has come apart here. Bases are loaded. The hitter's going to be Sun Chi Chang. And a miss. Got him on a sweeper. The damage done as the Sox get a couple of runs. The Yankees are hitless through four innings in three straight games for the first time in 63 years. The pitch is swung on and missed. A sweeper. He got him. Another punch out for Sonny, his fifth. And they're two down in the top of the fifth. And Ahmed Rosario hit a ball deep to right field. It was caught by Willier his first time. Two down. Here's another 3-2, and it is outside. Ball four. So the Yankees have their first base runner on a fastball that missed down and away. And now the Yankees are one big-time swing away from tying this game up. Grounded toward third. High hopped Urban. Looks to second. Goes the long way to first in time. Five no-hit innings for Sonny Gray. Two-nothing Red Sox. Now here comes Chisholm, who struck out on a 3-2 pitch in the first inning on a breaking ball and then hit a fly ball to center. Check swing, and he went around, no doubt about it. Strike three. He's going to argue with a home plate umpire. Throw to first as the ball is in the dirt, retires the side. Chisholm still out there arguing with Adam Hamari, but that retires the side. And now he's in danger of being run. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was not happy with the check swing strike three call. Adam Hamari, the plate umpire, called it, punched him out, and Jazz Chisholm got in Adam's face on it. He wanted there to be an appeal to third base. Jazz Chisholm Jr. has been ejected from this game, and they're going to rearrange the infield. Sonny Gray is having something of a divine experience so far on this Sunday night. He's allowed one base runner. That was on a walk in the fifth inning. But Sonny Gray, in his last two starts against the Yankees, has done pretty well for himself, but this isn't pretty well. This is a number that hasn't changed all night. Sonny Gray is the headliner tonight. Ninety-one pitches deep into his outing. Swing and a miss. Number 2,000 in the career of Sonny Gray, but there may be more for him and his mantle tonight. Of all the Yankee players, Rosario has seen the full menu from Sonny Gray tonight. Up the middle into center base hit. The first hit for the Yankees with one out in the eighth. The no-hitter comes to a close, and Sonny will get a well-deserved standing ovation. Mastery from Sonny Gray, but not history. Chapman in some trouble right now. Fires it first and second. Ben Rice, easily the worst slump he's had this season, 0 for 3 tonight. Rice skies one. Right field, staying in the yard. The lead runner, Caballero, tags, gets the third. Throw gets away behind home plate. Here comes Cabby. He's going to score. Volpe digging for third. He's there. Sloppy play by the Sox and the Yankees. Take advantage of it. Just a total, total misplay that cannot happen if you're the Boston Red Sox and will your brain. You have to know that is the tying run at first base. And now you have one of the best hitters against left-handed pitchers in all of baseball coming up. Swing, bouncing ball up the middle. Here comes Volpe. He's going to score. He dives in. He's safe. Top goal. He put it in play. And Volpe scores on a contact play. Paul Goldsmith, another big moment for him. Well done, Paul Goldsmith. Put it in play. Top of the 10th. Tied at 2. Yankees and Red Sox. Hit the other way. Right field. And coming on a break. Dropped it. It was in his glove. Here comes Shuman. Coming around. He's going to score. And the Yankees have a 3-2 lead. And digging for second is Rosario as the ball gets behind the batter's circle. And it's been a nightmare for William Abreu, a gold-glover in right field. Almost a total gift, and it turns into an absolute nightmare for the second time. Gold-glove right fielder with his second hair. Beautiful sacrifice by Cabrera. Moves Ahmed Rosario to third. It's out number one, but the Yankees will trade the base for the out. Here's Austin Wells. Wells checks swing. Here comes the runner. Here comes Rosario. He slides. He's in there. Four. Yankees. Wells put it in play, and it went about 15 feet. And scoring on a contact play, Ahmed Rosario. For the last two innings, it has been gentlemen, start your engines for New York. The Red Sox need two to continue here. Three to win. They trail 4-2 as they go to the bottom of the 10th. And Fernando Cruz takes over for the Yankees. Ziegler is 0-2 of the walk. Swing and a ground ball. Into right field. The base hit. Runner hits third. Here comes Durbin to score. And it's 4-3. And the tying run is first. Coaster's not over. Looks like Andrew Monasterio is going to come on and run for Ziegler. That's a big swing to keep him in it. Masataka Yoshida will pinch hit. Chad Tracy emptying the bench. Yoshida rips it to right field. Monasterio on his way to third. Slide from Bellinger to keep it in front play. And set. Breakneck base from Yoshida and Monasterio. Into third with a tying run is Monasterio. The winning run is at second base. Chang with shortstop. He's 0-3. Two strikeouts looking. Swing and a high fly ball. Right field. This will tie the game. Backpedaling is Bellinger. He's there and makes the catch. Yoshida with good base running. Tag and made it to third. And the Red Sox have the winning run at third, which is 1-1. Hardly any offense at all most of this game. And now all of a sudden it's just turned into a heavyweight match, just back and forth. They give Rosario his infield glove. Looks like, yeah, they're going to play two outfielders and five infielders. Here comes Duran now with a chance to win it. He batted once and struck out as a pinch hitter in the eighth. Line to right. Nobody home. Red Sox against the Yankees. The Red Sox have swept the Yankees. The final 5-4. The Red Sox have completed a four-game sweep campaign.