Can Red Sox And Yankees Extend Historic Scoring Streak This Weekend?

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees typically have strong offenses, and this year is no different.

Both teams enter this weekend’s series at Fenway Park ranked top five in scoring. The Yankees are third in the Major Leagues at 5.46 runs per game, while the Red Sox are fifth at 4.93.

Not surprisingly, both teams scored a lot of runs when they met at Yankee Stadium last weekend for their first series of the year. The two American League East rivals combined for 50 runs, including at least 15 runs in all three games.

According to OptaSTATS, that’s the second-longest such streak between division rivals to begin a season in MLB history, behind only the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies in the 1993 National League West (four games).

Each of the first three games between the Yankees and Red Sox this season have had at least 15 combined runs scored.

The only divisional matchup to have a longer such streak to begin a season was the NL West's Braves and Rockies in 1993 (four straight). pic.twitter.com/3XDbVkFNOp

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) June 13, 2025

Boston and New York have a chance to tie that record on Friday night, but it won’t be easy. The Red Sox will have their ace, Garrett Crochet, on the mound, while the Yankees will counter with Ryan Yarbrough.

Crochet has been one of the best pitchers in baseball this year, going 6-4 with a 2.35 ERA, a 1.07 WHIP and an AL-best 11.3 K/9 rate. However, he struggled in the Bronx last Saturday, allowing a season-high five earned runs in Boston’s 10-7 win.

Yarbrough is also coming off a rough outing in the same game. He got shelled for eight runs and nine hits (both season-highs) in four innings, taking his first loss of the season as his ERA ballooned from 2.83 to 4.17.

Both southpaws are looking to bounce back on Friday night, although Fenway is notoriously tough on left-handed pitchers. Yarbrough can attest to that, as he has a 7.11 ERA in 38 career innings there.

Both lineups cooled off a bit this week, managing just seven runs apiece over their last two games combined. However, they could be ready to reignite at MLB’s oldest ballpark, where there’s been an average of 9.8 runs per game this year — considerably higher than the league-wide average of 8.6.

If both starters struggle again, this game could feature plenty of fireworks.