Weaver had the most pressure-packed outs, relieving Max Fried in the sixth inning of a 4-2 game with the tying runs on base. He struck out Ceddanne Rafaela and Romy Gonzalez to escape the jam with Alex Bregman and Trevor Story looming.

Boston came into the series with an 8-2 record against the Yankees, but New York already won the series before the finale is played on Sunday Night Baseball.

Now, the Red Sox turn to Brayan Bello for a Saturday afternoon tilt. He's a big reason why Boston found success against New York this season. Bello logged 14 scoreless innings with just six hits and 13 strikeouts in his first two outings against the Bronx Bombers this season.

As the Yankees led 4-0 in the bottom of the seventh, second baseman David Hamilton was up to bat with one out. During the at-bat, the Apple TV+ broadcast camera caught a Boston fan sitting on the Green Monster, presumably having his way with Hamilton or one of Boston’s other players.

The Red Sox had just two hits in the game against a mid-rotation starter for New York. It’s one thing to knock the A’s around Sacramento like they did last week, but it’ll be harder in the playoffs. This was only one game. The Red Sox might bounce back and score 8 runs on Saturday.

BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 362nd career homer to pass Joe DiMaggio on the Yankees’ all-time list, and Luis Gil pitched six no-hit innings to beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Friday night and help New York expand its edge in the race for home-field advantage in the American League playoffs.

BOSTON — A pitching legend was back at Fenway Park on Friday night with Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez throwing the ceremonial first pitch wearing a Red Sox No. 45 game jersey. And then in the opener of a weekend series between two AL East contenders, a Yankees modern-day Dominican pitching star put on a show.