Red Sox Sweep Yankees in Four Games and Must Keep Winning to Stay in Playoff Hunt

Red Sox Sweep Yankees in Four Games and Must Keep Winning to Stay in Playoff Hunt

The Boston Red Sox completed a four-game sweep of the New York Yankees with a 5-4 victory. The team must now go on a winning run to prove to the front office they are worth investing in before the trade deadline. Analysts discuss the importance of this stretch and the team's potential if they get healthy.

Red Sox must 'go on a run' after sweeping Yankees | Sunday Night Baseball MLB NBC. | Transcript:

5-4 your final score the Red Sox over the Yankees for a four-game sweep for Boston. Jason Benetti, Roger Clemens, Will Middlebrooks. Uh look, seven Cy Youngs. You almost got see a no-hitter tonight. And then everything went haywire. Sonny was great. I mean, no doubt about it. First pitch strikes, uh controlled the game all the way through. I mean, it was beautiful to watch. The Red Sox will The Red Sox are feisty. I don't know if they're going to make the playoffs, but this four-game stretch, it was now or never. That's it. That is now or never is the best way to put it, right? Cuz I mean, you're less than a month coming up

on a month to the trade deadline. That Now is the time. You got to go on a run now where you win 12 of 15 and show this front office that hey, they have something they can invest in and add to and try to go for it. Rocket, Yankees healthy, right? Yeah, they got to get healthy. And when they get healthy, then their defense can line up where it's supposed to be and they'll look good. I expect them to get going here within the next 2 weeks, do their thing. But again, Red Sox got to keep this type of play up right now. Yeah. But we could say this was fitting of Yankees-Red Sox tonight in every way, yeah.

Fun. Is that our word again? And fight from both sides. And a lot of fight. 5-4 your final score. Boston a winner over the Yankees. Hit subscribe for more MLB news, highlights, and analysis. From the MLB on NBC. All right, let's see what you got here, CC. Don't hurt me. Okay, good. Strike two. Strike.

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