BOSTON, MA APRIL 20: Roman Anthony 19 of the Boston Red Sox leaves the field prior to the game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Monday, April 20, 202in Boston, by Joe SullivanMLB Photos via MLB Photos via Jeremy Nielsen is a New Jerseybased contributor to Pinstripe joined the staff in July past two weeks have been adventurous for the Yankees since their 82 start to the season.A lengthy losing skid obliterated their fledgling division lead, then a perplexing fourgame set with the Angels showed their greatest strengths and greatest flaws in equal , it was a relief to watch the Bombers dispose of the Royals in convincing fashion over the weekend to complete the gives them a good dose of momentum ahead of the first Rivalry Series of Red Sox are, to the pity of nobody on this pages https://www.newyorkfanoutlet.com/Marwin_Gonzalez_Jersey, sit tied for last place in the AL East with an 913 record, unable to rely on either a slumping lineup or a scuffling pitching game saw their ace Garrett Crochet get hammered around for the second consecutive outing over the weekend, and hitters they're relying on to have big seasons have not answered the Anthony is off to a slow Story and Caleb Durbin have been Mayer still hasn't found his footing in the , as John Sterling would say, the Red Sox are still a very talented team the Yankees cannot afford to take struggling Crochet will not appear in the series, but three strong startersincluding one who always seems to elevate his game against New Yorkwill take the home hill at Fenway : Luis Gil Early 6:45 pm ETThis is a bit of a rough draw for the Gil has not looked great through his first two startshe at least made it through five innings last time, but has allowed seven runs across nine has issued five walks and surrendered four homers, including three against the Angels in an eventual comefrombehind remains to be seen if Gil can reattain his Rookie of the Year vintage, but if he can handle a sleepy Red Sox offense, maybe that can spark a Early opposed Cam Schlittler in his unforgettable Wild Card Game 3 performance Baron Stuart Jersey, and was matching Schlittler's dominance until losing his footing in the fourth hey, it's still early, but the 24year old lefty is looking four starts he has a 2.29 ERA with 20 strikeouts counterbalancing 10 what it's worth https://www.newyorkfanoutlet.com/Ryan_Yarbrough_Jersey, the Yankees feasted on Royals southpaws over the weekend, dispatching both Noah Cameron and Cole Ragans with Early be another victim of a suddenly hot New York lineup?Wednesday: Max Fried Surez 6:45 pm ETSpeaking of lefthanded pitching, we have a doozy in the middle game airing on Prime Video between two very good lefty Fried had a substandard performance against the Angels last time, with Oswald Peraza of all people beating him he still has a 2.97 ERA through his first five starts and has been particularly strong on the pitched great against Boston last year, including a strong Wild Card performance and six scoreless innings in a game at the Stadium in which he had an interesting encounter with a Surez was the Red Sox' big signing to make up for Alex Bregman's departure to the first four turns through the rotation have been the definition of a mixed bagtwo clunkers against Houston and San Diego followed by a pair of scoreless outings against the Cardinals and last game was an eightinning twohit masterpieceBoston ultimately won that game 10 in 10 rez is at his best when he keeps opposing lineups on the ground; he grabbed 10 of them in that : Cam Schlittler Bello 6:10 pm ETSchlittler is due to receive a positively venomous reception from the Boston crowd thanks to that aforementioned utter domination of the Sox to eliminate them in the Wild Card 's hard to believe the Walpole native will be pitching at Fenway Park for the first timeSchlittler's meteoric rise has come that and fellow Massachusetts native Ben Rice are quickly turning New England against them, and that suits Schlittler just Bello, of course, is a 's never really been an exceptional starting pitcher, but he routinely elevates his game against the his through four starts, he's certainly hoping that trendline can threw over 30 pitches in a rocky first inning and exited after four innings with four runs allowedso the key to the Yankees will be to get after him early.