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BOSTON -- Sixty-seven days have passed since that sunny Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park when the Red Sox and Yankees last locked horns.

Rafael Devers belted a homer that just cleared the Green Monster against Yankees ace Max Fried . As Devers trotted around the bases, he had no idea he would be pulled off the team plane a few hours later and traded to the Giants .

That day, the Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of their rivals to pull to one game over .500 at 37-36, but they were still 6 1/2 games behind the 42-28 Yankees in the American League East and a half-game back in the Wild Card standings.

As they at last

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