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The Yankees suffered their first regular-season series sweep since last July as the Red Sox dominated at Fenway Park, with New York batters hitting just .160 against Boston pitching.

BOSTON — The Yankees pulled into Fenway Park as one of baseball’s hottest teams at 42-25, coming off a sweep of the Royals in Kansas City. They left Boston not in tatters but certainly having taken a flesh wound or two. Three takeaways from what manager Aaron Boone characterized as a “tough weekend”:

The Yankees and Red Sox meet for the second series in a week, just this time in New York. Boston won the series 2-1 after New York took Game 1, but the bats were flying with score