It’s difficult to point to one specific thing that went wrong in these two series, particularly when you recognize that although the outcome (series loss) was the same, the Yankees fell short in very different ways, facing the Red Sox at home and then in Fenway Park.

The Yankees have now dropped four of five games this season against the Red Sox and are 8-10 overall in the American League East.

The Red Sox have a chance to break out the brooms for just the second time this season, as Boston can sweep the Yankees out of Fenway Park in Sunday’s series finale. The Red Sox last swept an opponent at the start of April, taking all three games from the Cardinals in the third series of the season.