BOSTON — The Yankees had a chance to bury the Red Sox in the standings this month, facing their division rival in back-to-back weeks. They had a 9 1/2-game lead on the Red Sox on June 5, the day before their series at Yankee Stadium last week.

The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a deal that could shake up pennant races on both coasts.

Facing the Red Sox (37-36) on back-to-back weekends, the Yankees (42-28) dropped five of six and seemingly gave life to their rival’s season. In The Bronx, it was their pitching that failed them. At Fenway, it was their lifeless bats, plus a costly baserunning miscue in each of the past two games.

Rafael Devers was celebrating with teammates on the field at Fenway after a big win over the Yankees on Sunday. Hours later, he was on his way to San Francisco.

A baseball sportswriter is comparing a recent Red Sox-Yankees trade to the infamous deal that sent Babe Ruth to New York.

Like Dobbins, the Red Sox as a whole are trending in the right direction. Saturday’s win brought them back to .500 and back in the mix in the AL East. Once all of Boston’s pitchers are healthy, having Dobbins in the organization as a reliable extra arm wherever Cora needs him will be handy late in the season.

The New York Yankees ended their loss against the Boston Red Sox in terrible fashion. After heading into extra innings, the team was on the wrong end of two rough calls by the umpire, both of which could have had different outcomes,

Carlos Narváez hit a walk-off RBI single off the wall in the 10th inning after Aaron Judge hit a game-tying solo home run in the ninth and the Boston Red Sox rallied to beat the New York Yankees 2-1.