Lucas Giolito gave the Red Sox a chance to win with 5.2 innings of two-run (one earned) ball.

So did Yankees starter Luis Gil, who pitched six of the messiest hitless innings in recent memory: four walks, two wild pitches.

Yet in the absence of clutch hitting – or hitting of any kind – the Red Sox squandered the night. They were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, left seven men on base, and lost 4-1.

At least it wasn’t boring. Games between these rivals seldom are.

Roughly sixty seconds after first pitch, Aaron Judge sent Giolito’s 0-1 four-seamer 468 feet into the Yankees history books. The Yankees captain’s 47th home run of the year pushed him past Joe DiMaggio for sole possession of fourth all-time in his club’s history. Judge’s 362 career home runs are the most by a right-ha

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