Giancarlo Stanton Is Crushing It at Fenway and the Red Sox Have No Answer

The Yankees rolled into Boston and shut out the Red Sox 4-0 on Tuesday night, and Giancarlo Stanton was absolutely the story. This wasn't some fluke either. It was the first time Boston failed to score against New York since 2022, and the first shutout the Yankees pulled off at Fenway since 2020. With that win, the Yankees now sit five games ahead of the last-place Red Sox in the American League East standings.

Stanton Put On a Show

One guy owned the night: Stanton. He crushed a solo home run, ripped a two-run double, and also scorched a ball to center field so hard that even an incredible defensive play by Boston's Ceddanne Rafaela couldn't keep it from being the loudest out of the night. Yankees manager Aaron Boone made it clear after the game who made the difference. "Some really good at-bats by Stanton tonight," Boone said. "That last one might have been his hardest one where Rafaela made an unbelievable play on a cold night. Just some really good at-bats obviously to get us going with kind of a G-esque moonshot and then a big, long at-bat where he gets to 3-2 and is able to get a big extra-base hit for us. Obviously the difference for us tonight."

The Red Sox Couldn't Get Anything Going

Boston was held to just four hits, with one of them being an infield single in the ninth inning. It was the fifth time this season the Red Sox have managed four hits or fewer in a game. Red Sox skipper Alex Cora wasn't making excuses, but he was frustrated. "Willson (Contreras) in the first inning, Narvy (Carlos Narvaez), the line drive to right-center, but besides that I don't think we hit the ball hard at all," Cora said. "We swung a lot. It was fast in the middle innings for him, for Gil (Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil). That's it. We didn't put pressure on him." Boston is averaging just 3.87 runs per game this season, and Tuesday's shutout is exactly the kind of performance that's killing them early on.

Fenway Is Stanton's House

Here's the scary part for Red Sox fans: Stanton is absolutely mashing at Fenway. For his career, he's hitting .318 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs in 40 games at this park. "I grew up seeing this place on TV, seeing the rivalry on TV as a kid and you kind of want to be a part of that," Stanton said. "It's always a fun rivalry game no matter where each team is in the standings, and so it's just a good experience. Pure baseball place to play and you gotta raise your game in those situations." The Yankees are riding high heading into Wednesday's second game of the series, fresh off four straight wins and five of their last six.

Wednesday features a matchup of left-handers: Ranger Suarez (1-1, 3.22 ERA) for Boston against Max Fried (2-1, 2.97 ERA) for New York. This one's got playoff-caliber baseball written all over it.

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