Yankees top Red Sox 4-2 behind Schlittler, Bednar closes it out
Cam Schlittler silenced Boston for eight innings as the Yankees swept the Red Sox and stretched their winning streak to six.
The Yankees left Fenway Park with more than another April win over the Red Sox; they left with a sweep, a six-game winning streak and a sharper read on where both clubs stand right now. New York beat Boston 4-2 on Thursday, finishing the series with the kind of steady, low-drama control that has been missing from too many Yankees-Red Sox meetings over the years, and the final score reflected the current gap as much as the rivalry’s history.
Cam Schlittler supplied the defining performance. In his first professional start at Fenway Park, the Massachusetts native worked eight innings, allowed one earned run on four hits, struck out five and walked one to improve to 3-1. The Boston crowd had its shots, but Schlittler said the heckling was “not too bad,” and he carried himself like a pitcher who understood the setting without being rattled by it. Danny Coulombe took the loss and fell to 0-1, while David Bednar finished the ninth for his seventh save.
The game turned on timely offense more than a flurry of scoring. Jazz Chisholm Jr. tied it 1-1 with his first home run of the season in the fifth inning, and New York later did enough to create separation before Bednar shut the door. The Yankees finished with 10 hits and one error, leaving eight runners on base, while Boston managed only four hits and one error. Even with missed chances of its own, New York handled the decisive innings better than a Red Sox club that could not generate enough traffic to force a late swing.
The result pushed the Yankees to 16-9 and left the Red Sox at 9-16, seven games back in the division after just one month of play. That is the real temperature check in this rivalry: the brand still draws 36,565 to Fenway Park and still carries the emotional charge of a classic matchup, but the baseball on the field told a more lopsided story. At 2 hours, 28 minutes, the game moved quickly, and so did the message. New York has the deeper footing, the cleaner late-inning plan and the better record; Boston was left with another reminder that history alone does not close the gap.
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