The Boston Red Sox cruised to a 12-1 blowout victory over the Yankees in The Bronx on Saturday afternoon, marking their eighth win in a row in the season series between the two teams, tying for their longest-such streak in a single campaign since the Wild Card Era began in 1994, per MLB's official X account.

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to continue a three-game win streak with a victory over the New York Yankees. New York has a 69-60 record overall and a 37-28 record at home. Yankees pitchers have a collective 4.04 ERA, which ranks ninth in the AL.

Answers continued to elude the Yankees on Saturday, as they humiliated themselves in a 12-1 loss to the Red Sox. The Yanks are now 1-8 against their oldest rival and a combined 4-15 against the Red Sox and first-place Blue Jays this season.