NEW YORK — If the Red Sox and Yankees are tied in the standings after 162 games, Friday’s win — and Boston’s overall dominance over New York this season — will loom large.

The Red Sox clinched the season series against their archrivals in runaway fashion, improving to 7-1 in the first eight of 13 matchups between the teams this year. Brayan Bello, as he often does, dominated New York’s lineup, holding the Yanks to three hits over seven shutout innings. The offensive hero was a more unlikely character, with light-hitting part-time catcher Connor Wong delivering the big hit in a 1-0 win, Boston’s seventh in a row over the Yanks.

Bello and Yankees ace Max Fried dueled through six innings but Boston was finally able to break through in the seventh when Wong, who had just five RBIs all seas

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