Stinging Stat Shows How Rarely Yankees Sweep Red Sox In Four-Game Series
It’s not every day the New York Yankees brush aside the Boston Red Sox like this.
Minutes after the Red Sox lost 7-4 to the Yankees on Sunday night, ESPN shared a statistic that will sting most Boston fans. The win completed the Yankees’ four-game sweep of the Red Sox, and such a string of results is exceedingly rare when the rivals face off.
The @Yankees completed a 4-game sweep of the Red Sox.
It's the 3rd time in the last 30 seasons that the Yankees swept the Red Sox in a series of 4+ games. pic.twitter.com/T0j7SvNelx
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 5, 2019
Ouch.
The Los Angeles Angels were the last team to sweep the Red Sox in a four-game set, doing so between July 17 and 20, 2015.
Sunday’s defeat dropped the Red Sox to 14 1/2 games behind the first-place Yankees in the AL East standings and seven behind the Tampa Bay Rays for second place.
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