The Red Sox have the Yankees ’ number this season and New York’s struggles continued Saturday afternoon in an ugly 12-1 loss to Boston at Yankee Stadium.

“It’s not ideal,” Giancarlo Stanton told reporters after the game . “It’s unacceptable. We all know that.”

The Yankees are 1-8 against their rival this season and will try to avoid the four-game sweep Sunday night.

Going into the series, the Yankees won their previous five games and had the opportunity to build on their 1½ game lead over Boston in the American League Wild Card standings.

After three straight losses, New York is now two games behind the Red Sox.

“We’re definitely — I can only speak for myself — definitely angry,” Aaron Judge told reporters . “Especially against your rivals, don’t like the showing we’ve had h

See Full Page