Yankees Went Hitless Through Four Innings at Fenway and It’s Worse Than You Think

The New York Yankees have a long history at Fenway Park. Mostly good history, actually. But Thursday night wasn’t one of those nights.

For the first time since 1963, the Yankees went hitless through the first four innings against the Boston Red Sox. That’s 61 years of baseball without a stretch this grim. And it came against a Red Sox team that’s not exactly the ’27 Yankees.

Cody Bellinger didn’t sugarcoat his own struggles after the game, but he’s far from the only guy in that lineup who can’t buy a hit right now. Aaron Judge was inactive due to injury, same with Giancarlo Stanton. But even accounting for that, the numbers are brutal.

Gary Sheffield Jr., who hosts a Yankees podcast, went off on social media. He pointed out that Yankees hitters were six for their last 71 at-bats. Six hits in 71 tries. That’s not just a slump. That’s a crisis.

“Yankees hitters are six for their last SEVENTY ONE. Injuries or not this staff/roster should feel utter shame when they go to bed tonight,” Sheffield posted on X.

One Yankees fan account tried to find a silver lining. They noted that the 1963 season came during a World Series run for the franchise. Sure, the Los Angeles Dodgers swept them that year. But still. It’s something.

Sonny Gray Made the Yankees Look Silly

On the other side of things, Sonny Gray looked like an ace. He carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and had the home crowd on their feet. He struck out Jazz Chisolm Jr., Spencer Jones, Oswaldo Cabrera and Jasson Dominguez. Then he fanned Jones and Chisolm again to close out the sixth.

Gray went at Chisolm with everything — curve, sinker, sweeper, another sinker. Chisolm didn’t love the call on strike three and let the umpire know about it. That got him ejected.

So the Yankees are left with a 61-year-old ignominy, a frustrated fanbase and a lineup missing its two biggest bats. How they bounce back from this says a lot about where the rest of the season is headed.