New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 14-3

The stands were rain-soaked and sparsely populated by the time No. 44 jogged in from the bullpen.

There was nothing more on the line, with the exception of their rapidly ebbing pride, as a spare outfielder took the mound to finish the game for the Red Sox.

Jonathan Van Every did just about as well as anyone else, allowing two runs on two hits (with a called third strike on Brett Gardner) as the Sox fell, 14-3, to the Yankees yesterday in a game that was as dispiriting a...

I don’t want to panic or overreact, but is it possible the Red Sox season is already over? Is it time for Danny Ainge to toss a white towel onto the Fenway lawn?

Was run prevention a giant sack of fool’s gold?

Did Theo Epstein know this might be coming when he talked about the bridge year?

I’m being silly, right? The Sox (ghoulish 14-3 losers to the Yankees yesterday) have played only 31 games, 20 percent of the schedule. In past years we have seen 14-game deficit...

Mark Teixeira was watching from the on-deck circle when Yankees teammate Brett Gardner struck out facing Red Sox outfielder Jonathan Van Every in the ninth inning yesterday.

“He’s never going to live that down. I’m going to see him at Old-Timers’ Day in 40 years and we’re going to be talking about that at-bat,’’ Teixeira said.

But after the initial chuckle, Teixeira told himself to go to the plate in his normal frame of mind. To do otherwise would be to risk the same...

The Tampa Bay Rays entered their weekend series in Oakland at 21-7, with a 12-1 road record that marked the best start away from home since the 1984 Tigers opened the season with 17 consecutive wins outside of Detroit. Thanks to that, and because the Yankees aren't leading the world in scoring or putting on a power show to match last year's 244-homer tally, there has been relative quiet about the defending world champions being the only other team with a .700 winning perce...