Duran lifts Red Sox past Yankees in 10th for four-game sweep
Duran’s 10th-inning single sealed Boston’s 5-4 comeback and a four-game sweep, after Gray lost a no-hit bid and New York again unraveled late.
Jarren Duran singled home the winning run in the 10th inning Sunday night, lifting the Red Sox past the Yankees 5-4 and completing Boston’s four-game sweep at Fenway Park. The Red Sox had already given away a two-run lead in the ninth, then watched New York briefly move ahead again in the 10th before Boston answered for a sweep that carried more weight than one rivalry victory.
Sonny Gray spent most of the night threatening history against his former club, carrying a no-hit bid into the eighth inning before Amed Rosario ended it with one out in the frame. Gray still struck out nine and became the seventh active pitcher to reach 2,000 career strikeouts, but the outing unraveled as Boston finally broke through and the Yankees could not finish the job. Gray entered 9-1 with a 2.95 ERA, while Carlos Rodón came in at 4-2 with a 3.70 ERA in a matchup that had shape and pressure before the first pitch.
New York tied the game with two runs in the ninth, helped by a throwing error from Wilyer Abreu, then scored twice more in the 10th to take the lead again. Boston answered immediately, with Anthony Seigler driving in a run, Masataka Yoshida adding a double, Tsung-Che Cheng lifting a sacrifice fly and Duran finishing the rally with a walk-off line drive. The Yankees’ bullpen could not close the door, and the late mistakes handed Boston a comeback built on patience, contact and one clean swing when the game was hanging in the balance.
The sweep was Boston’s first four-game sweep of New York since 2018 and its first four-game winning streak of the 2026 season. It was also only Boston’s second walk-off win of the year. The game lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes before 34,573 fans, a crowd that watched one of baseball’s most volatile rivalries turn into a statement about momentum and pressure. New York arrived with the best record in the American League, but left one game behind Tampa Bay in the AL East after four straight losses at Fenway exposed how quickly a strong season can wobble in one weekend.
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