Yankees Begin Roadtrip with 4-0 Win in Boston
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Gil's Gem and Stanton's Bat Lead Yankees Past Red Sox
Game Summary Game #23 - April 21, 2026
By John Nielsen, SSTN Contributing Writer
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In the opener of a three-game set at Fenway Park, the New York Yankees continued their strong start, defeating the Boston Red Sox 4–0 Tuesday night to improve to 14–9, the best record in the American League. Boston fell to 9–14, five games behind New York.
The Yankees leaned on a crisp, efficient outing from Luis Gil (1–1), who limited the Red Sox to just two hits over 6.1 innings. Gil needed only 84 pitches, mixing his offerings and leaning on a consistently effective changeup. He walked one and struck out two through six before running into brief trouble in the seventh.
After issuing back-to-back walks to Trevor Story and Ceddanne Rafaela, Gil exited with one out. Brent Headrick, continuing to build on the trust of manager Aaron Boone, entered and extinguished the threat by retiring pinch-hitter Andruw Monasterio and Caleb Durbin in succession. Durbin briefly extended his at-bat via an ABS challenge, but was ultimately retired on an ABS confirmed strike three on the following pitch.
Headrick, Tim Hill (three more consecutive ground ball outs), and David Bednar combined for 2.2 scoreless innings to complete the Yankees’ fifth shutout of the season.
Giancarlo Stanton provided all the offense the Yankees would need. In the second inning, Stanton crushed a 369-foot home run over the Green Monster off Boston starter Connelly Early (1–1), a towering drive launched at a 41-degree angle and sent onto Lansdowne Street. It was Stanton’s third homer of the season and second in four games.
Early settled in after the blast, matching Gil’s efficiency into the middle innings before unraveling in the sixth. Amed Rosario and Aaron Judge each worked back from 0–2 counts to draw walks, setting the table. After a strikeout from Ben Rice (who finished the night 0-for-4, all strikeouts), Stanton again capitalized, turning another 0–2 count into damage by drilling a two-run double off the left-center field wall, scoring Rosario and Judge to extend the lead to 3–0. It marked Stanton’s first three-RBI game of the season.
Cody Bellinger followed by drawing yet another walk after falling behind 0–2, ending Early’s night. The left-hander was charged with three earned runs on five hits, with three walks and four strikeouts.
New York added an insurance run in the eighth when Bellinger singled and Randal Grichuk lined an RBI double into the gap to make it 4–0.
Game Notes
The Yankees have hit 18 home runs over the past week; Boston has just 13 on the season, fewest in MLB.
Ceddanne Rafaela made a highlight-reel catch, robbing Stanton of extra bases (and a third hit) with a full-speed running grab just as Rafaela crashed into the left-center field wall.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. collected two hits, including a well-placed drag bunt single, and showed bunt or bluff in all four plate appearances as he works through a season-long slump.
Randal Grichuk also added two hits; Yankees hitters 6–9 combined to go 6-for-16.
Gil improved to 3–0 with a 1.80 ERA in his career against Boston.
Anthony Volpe, recently promoted to Triple-A, went 2-for-4 with a home run in his first game.
The series continues tonight (6:45 p.m., Amazon) with Max Fried (2–1, 2.97 ERA) set to face Ranger Suárez (1–1, 3.22 ERA).
