Last spring, in a spellbinding game at Yankee Stadium against the Boston Red Sox, third baseman Miguel Andujar turned to Boone, the Yankees’ manager, with the wonder of a rookie who had finally, truly made it. “And Andujar said, ‘This is the big leagues.’”Andujar is injured now, but with the Yankees this season, it hardly matters. His replacement, the indomitable Gio Urshela, singled and doubled off Chris Sale on Friday night as the Yankees won, 4-1, to shove the Red Sox eight and a half games behind them in the American League East. The Yankees were 6-9 and the Red Sox 6-11 when the teams began a two-game series in the Bronx in mid-April. The Red Sox have improved, too, but will fall to .500 if they lose again on Saturday.

Source: New York Times May 31, 2019 23:56 UTC