Look at that, an extended, consequential late-summer series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. This weekend’s drop is unusual in that four games are separated across four different out-of-market TV hosts. Blackout headaches to come, of course. Here’s what fans need to know as the rivals rip up:

How to watch Red Sox at YankeesViewing guide
Time (ET)TVStreamProbables

7:15 p.m., Thurs.

Fox

Lucas Giolito
Luis Gil

7:05 p.m., Fri.

Prime Video, MLBN (national)
NESN (local)

Brayan Bello
Max Fried

1:05 p.m., Sat.

MLBN (national)
NESN, YES (local)

Garrett Crochet
Will Warren

7:10 p.m., Sun.

ESPN

Dustin May
Carlos Rodón

Fox is available for free over the air. “Sunday Night Baseball” is also available on ESPN+ and ESPN’s new DTC service.

Boston comes in with three straight losses marring otherwise agreeable vibes. It has gone 26-15 since July 1, and it still holds a plus-22 run differential in August. The Rafael Devers discord is in the wind now, and the young Red Sox are right in the mix for an American League wild-card spot. Four Sox have notched at least seven RBIs in the past 15 days (Wilyer Abreu, Alex Bregman and Trevor Story, while Masataka Yoshida had nine). Newcomer Nathaniel Lowe will get looks at first base down the stretch:

NATHANIEL LOWE, MEET THE WALLY HEAD. pic.twitter.com/ERCHJ9tgTr

— Red Sox (@RedSox) August 20, 2025

The Yankees are also in an AL wild-card spot, as both sides of the matchup trail the rolling Toronto Blue Jays. New York’s season has also had its many jolts and flips. Here’s to those halcyon days of the torpedo bat.

After that hot start, the Yanks finished one game below .500 in both June and July. They were on their way to a miserable August, too. Then, revelation, by way of Denzel Washington or George Costanza or a thousand moonshots:

In dominating their last three series (Minnesota, St. Louis and Tampa Bay), the Yankees settle back in on 161st St. with some momentum and purpose. Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger, Giancarlo Stanton, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice are all amid power flashes right now. This makes for an awesome matchup against Boston’s better starters (Lucas Giolito is 8-2, Brayan Bello has a 3.25 ERA) and its radiant ace (Garrett Crochet is a few scoreless frames from an AL Triple Crown hold).

All-time fusion rotation (starters to pitch for both teams):

Roger Clemens (275 wins)
Red Ruffing (270 wins)
Herb Pennock (224 wins)
Waite Hoyt (167 wins)
Luis Tiant (143 wins)

Most homers for Boston vs. New York

Ted Williams, 62 (327 games)
David Ortiz, 52 (225 games)
Carl Yastrzemski, 52 (329 games)
Manny Ramirez, 36 (123 games)
Jim Rice, 36 (170 games)

Most homers for New York vs. Boston

Babe Ruth, 90 (293 games)
Lou Gehrig, 70 (312 games)
Mickey Mantle, 69 (299 games)
Joe DiMaggio, 46 (253 games)
Alex Rodriguez, 39 (180 games)
Updated MLB odds

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