Yankees crushed by Red Sox in embarrassing eighth straight loss to rival

The Bronx is burning.

Just like the Yankees proved who they were when they won five straight against lowly St. Louis and Tampa Bay, they’re doing it again in this series against Boston.

With Saturday’s 12-1 embarrassment at the Stadium, the Yankees have now dropped eight consecutive games to their rivals, and are on the verge of getting swept at the Stadium on Sunday night.

And it’s not a new development.

They have lost every series they’ve played against an above-.500 team since sweeping the Mariners from July 8-10.

And prior to that series, you have to go back to a sweep of the Royals a month earlier for another series victory against a winning club. 

With “Let’s Go Red Sox” chants coming from the crowd in a trainwreck of a top of the ninth inning that featured misplays all over the field in a seven-run inning, as well as a Paul Blackburn balk that forced in a run, the Yankees have let any momentum they built on the road slip away entirely. 

This one was hardly a surprise, as the Yankees were dominated by Garrett Crochet for the second straight time, as the lefty held them to one run over seven innings — with 11 strikeouts — after he gave up just one run over 8 ⅓ innings against them in a June 13 start at Fenway Park.

And just like in other games in this series, the Yankees were also done in by their own mistakes.

On Saturday, the first one came in the third inning, when Austin Wells misplayed a foul popup by Alex Bregman to extend the inning for Will Warren. 

Bregman walked and two batters later, Trevor Story’s two-run double gave the Red Sox the lead for good.

The Yankees had a chance to get back in the game when ex-Yankee right-hander Greg Weissert, as Aaron Judge doubled and Cody Bellinger singled to bring up Giancarlo Stanton — who’d provided their only offense against Crochet with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the fourth.

But Stanton whiffed and pinch-hitter Jazz Chisholm Jr. struck out against left-hander Justin Wilson.