The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1 in the series opener on Friday night at Fenway Park.
Here are some takeaways…
– Aaron Judge got the Yankees' offense started early, and he made some history in the process. The captain crushed a solo homer over the Green Monster in the top of the first, giving him 362 for his career to pass Joe DiMaggio for fourth on the Yanks all-time HR list.
– Judge started a two-out rally and scored the second run of the game two innings later. After he drew a seven-pitch walk, Ben Rice reached on catcher's interference and Cody Bellinger lined an RBI single right back up the middle to make it a 2-0 ballgame.
– Lucas Giolito settled in nicely, allowing just the two runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk over 5.2 innings.
– Luis Gil threw extremely well after being handed the early lead, as he held the Red Sox to just two baserunners (a walk and a Jose Caballero error) over the first four innings. The righty was hurt by some questionable calls in the fifth, which resulted in a pair of walks, but retired the next three to keep the shutout and no-hitter going.
A Jazz Chisholm throwing error put Trevor Story at second with one out in the sixth, but Gil got a strikeout and groundout to again escape the inning with no damage. The reigning Rookie of the Year finished his night allowing just six baserunners (two errors, four walks) while striking out four across six hitless innings.
– Fernando Cruz took things over in the bottom of the seventh and struck out the first two hitters he faced before Nick Eaton crushed just the second homer of his big-league career over the Green Monster, breaking up both the shutout and no-hitter.
Cruz is now up to an ugly 16.20 ERA across five appearances this month.
– Devin Williams was helped out by a great backhanded play from Ryan McMahon to strand a man on second in a scoreless bottom of the eighth following Cruz, then David Bednar put the finishing touches on the victory, securing his sixth save since joining the club.
– Caballero received the start at short over Anthony Volpe for the second straight night, and while he committed an error, he made up for it with his offense and speed. He ripped a ground-rule double leading off the seventh before stealing third and then hustling down the line to beat the throw on a grounder with the infield in.
Caballero is now up to a league-best 46 stolen bases on the season.
– Chisholm picked up his 30th stolen base of the year in the top of the eighth — he is now just two home runs away from joining Bobby Bonds and Alfonso Soriano as the only three players in franchise history with a 30/30 season.
Game MVP: Luis Gil
The young right-hander was masterful, holding the Sox hitless across his six innings of work.
Highlights
AARON JUDGE HOMERS TO OPEN THE SCORING!
With that home run, he passes Joe DiMaggio for the fourth-most home runs in Yankees history 👏 pic.twitter.com/nnAVhmnZq3
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) September 12, 2025
Jose Caballero comes home to score after stealing third 🏃♂️ pic.twitter.com/zxDyaTNIqM
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) September 13, 2025
What's next
Max Fried (16-5, 3.02 ERA) faces off with Bryan Bello (11-6, 3.12 ERA) as the Yanks and Sox continue this weekend set on Saturday at 4:10 p.m.
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