There are 16 games left between the Red Sox and its rival Yankees this season, but expect a reversal of the wild finish in the 1978 American League East 44 years later. There is little reason to do it.
By July 19, it was Don Zimmer's Red Sox who made the cushion for the 14 games that defended the World Series champions. An alternative Bob Lemon — and a division title one-game playoff (Bucky “Free King” Dent!) — Before the Yankees complete a repeat with the Dodgers' second consecutive expulsion in the Fall Classic.
The Yankees are the ones who have 14 game cushions on the eastern Red Sox (and the Rays and Blue Jays even half game back) on their first trip to Fenway Park. Thursday night since it was booted in the AL Wild Card Game last October.
That6-2 defeat at the end of the seasonGerrit Cole, who had only two innings, became a yank mound against new right-handed Josh Winkowski (former Mets). The farmer who posted 3.12 ERA at the first 5 starts.
