Boy, does it feel good to beat Boston.<\/p>\n
The Yankees got their heads right over the weekend in their home sweep of Kansas City and carried that momentum to Fenway Park, handling the scuffling Red Sox in the first rivalry meeting of 2026. Luis Gil had little trouble shutting down a brittle Boston offense, and the previously-slumping Giancarlo Stanton smashed two extra-base hits to lead New York\u2019s offensive attack. The Bomber bullpen took care of the rest of the paperwork in a 4-0 final as the Yanks collected their league-leading fifth shutout win.<\/p>\n
In Gil\u2019s previous outing, the Angels feasted on his fastball, taking him yard off the pitch three times in five innings. Tonight, though, a struggling Red Sox lineup simply couldn\u2019t square him up. Gil allowed a pair of knocks in the first two innings, but from that point he did not allow a hit for the rest of the night. The fastball wasn\u2019t the overpowering offering we saw in his rookie year\u2014in the New England chill, he only averaged 93.6 mph on it\u2014but the Red Sox just couldn\u2019t make hard contact.<\/p>\n
In the bottom of the sixth, the Yankees had just extended the lead to 3-0, giving him some extra cushion. He responded by retiring the top of the order in four pitches. He finally lost his command with two walks in the seventh, but some excellent relief work from Brent Headrick preserved his scoreless outing. He finished with 6.1 innings pitched, two hits, three walks, and two strikeouts, only permitting two Boston hitters to even reach scoring position.<\/p>\n
The first of Stanton\u2019s two salvos came in the second inning when he put one out of sight\u2014at least, from the vantage point of the YES booth. Stanton\u2019s 111.5 mph blast left the yard at such a high arc that neither Joe Girardi and Michael Kay really saw it go. The launch angle was an absolutely comical 41 degrees\u2014usually a pop-up, unless you have freakish power like Stanton does. That swing busted him out of a 1-for-21 skid.<\/p>\n
Big G\u2019s second big hit came following a pair of walks issued by Early to Amed Rosario and Aaron Judge. By this point in the game, Early was losing his edge, nibbling around the strike zone and playing with his food after getting to two strikes. Rosario walked on four pitches, but Judge worked his way back from 0-2 down. So did Stanton. Once he\u2019d gotten the count full, Early was forced to re-enter the strike zone\u2014and he was punished. Giancarlo pounded a changeup off the Monster, scoring both Rosario and Judge to supplement the Yankee lead.<\/p>\n
After surrendering lhis third free pass of the inning, Early was finally lifted. The Yankees went on to leave the bases loaded against reliever Jack Anderson\u2014and Jos\u00e9 Caballero burned their final ABS challenge\u2014but the damage was done.<\/p>\n