NEW YORK — Rookie Marcelo Mayer is not in Boston’s lineup Saturday against a left-handed starting pitcher. The Red Sox and Yankees will play the second game of their three-game series at 7:35 p.m. here at Yankee Stadium. It will be aired nationally on FOX.

The Red Sox rookie smacked a 410-foot solo homer to right-center field in front of 46,783 fans in the Bronx. The post Watch: Marcelo Mayer hits first career home run in 9-6 Red Sox loss appeared first on Boston.

After being hammered 7-0 to start off their rivalry game vs. the Yankees, the Red Sox's pitching woes hit a brutal low for the 2025 MLB season

Although the grounds crew rolled the tarp out to cover the infield, early afternoon showers turned to sprinkles and then no rain by 3:30 p.m. While another storm is scheduled to occur later in the afternoon, it’s expected to last less than an hour and no rain is in the forecast for Saturday night.

The Yankees took down the Red Sox 9-6 Friday night, cashing as -184 home favorites with the Over (9) easily hitting. 3B Jazz Chisholm Jr. went 3-for-5 with a home run and 4 RBIs. 1B Paul Goldschmidt and SS Anthony Volpe also homered as New York notched its fourth win in the last 5 games.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-out, three-run homer in a five-run first inning off Walker Buehler Friday night for the host New York Yankees, who raced out to a big lead and earned a 9-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the first meeting of the season between the rivals.

Yankees closer Luke Weaver, who is out four to six weeks with an injured left hamstring, received a platelet rich plasma injection, while Giancarlo Stanton's minor league rehabilitation assignment is on track to begin next week.

Yankees closer Luke Weaver had a platelet rich plasma injection in his injured left hamstring, and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton is on track to start a minor league rehabilitation assignment nex

Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton has been out for the duration of the 2025 season due to injuries in both of his elbows. These last few weeks, he's been steadily making progress and on Thursday, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Stanton is taking live batting practice the rest of the week and "potentially" could start a minor-league rehab assignment next week (via Newsday).