It wasn’t as easy as the previous three but the New York Yankees won again, beating the Boston Red Sox in extra innings last night, 6-5. The Yanks will seek their tenth straight win tonight when the archrivals play the second game of a 3-game set at Fenway. The Yankees’ bats have exploded, scoring a ridiculous 49 runs over their last 4 games, and expect more of the same tonight when they face Chris Mazza who is slated to start for the Red Sox. Mazza (1-1, 5.57 ERA, 1.67 WHIP) was lit up in his last turn against the Yankees, yielding 4 runs on 8 hits in just 3 innings of work. The Yankees are expected to turn to lefty J.A. Happ to throw strikes. Happ (1-2, 3.96 ERA, 1.18 WHIP) has been delivering over his last 5 turns with a 2.54 ERA. He has been a Red Sox killer in his career, with a record of 12-4 and an ERA of only 2.95. New York has won 11 straight meetings with Boston, 22 of the last 27, and are 4-0 in their last 4 trips to Fenway.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES