The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.

New York has now won four in a row. 

Here are some takeaways...

- Giancarlo Stanton came into the night with a career .904 OPS at Fenway and it didn't take long for him to build on that, crushing a homer over the Green Monster to open the scoring leading in the second. It was Stanton's third of the season, and his second in his last four games. 

Boston starter Connelly Early held the Yanks there for the next three innings, but Stanton struck again in the sixth, making him pay for a pair of walks with a two-run double off the monster. The slugger enjoyed himself a much-needed big night at the plate after coming in hitless in his last nine at-bats.  

- Luis Gil led the way on the other side of things for New York, delivering his best outing of the season to this point. The young right-hander had to work around traffic in each of the first three innings, stranding a man on second in the first and second, before brushing off a one-out walk in the third. 

Gil's first clean inning of the night was a six-pitch fourth. He then hit a man leading off the fifth, but went right back to cruising with some help from a double-play ball just three pitches later. Gil enjoyed another five-pitch shutdown inning after the Yanks extended the lead in the sixth.  

The 27-year-old ran out of steam in the seventh, leaving after issuing back-to-back walks. Brent Headrick entered and retired the next two batters to close Gil's line with no runs allowed on two hits and three walks while striking out just two batters over 6.1 innings of work. 

Gil now has a stellar 0.80 ERA in six career outings against the Red Sox. 

- Randal Grichuk gave the Yanks an insurance run in the eighth, lining a one out RBI double into the left-center gap. Grichuk has gotten off to a bit of a slow start offensively this season, but he put together his first multi-hit game and has how driven in runs in two straight. 

- David Bednar worked around a two-out single to close out the victory in the ninth. 

- Jazz Chisholm Jr has struggled to find his groove at the plate, but he also enjoyed his first multi-hit game of the season. The lefty-hitting infielder laced a single up the middle against Early in the top of the second and reached on a bunt hit to keep the inning going in the sixth. 

- Aaron Judge didn't do much damage but he was able to reach safely three times on the night, lining a two-out single in the top of the seventh and drawing a pair of walks. The big man is still hitting just .235 on the season, but he's also racked up a strong .337 OBP and .931 OPS.

- Ben Rice's four-game homer streak came to an end, as he went hitless across four at-bats. 

Game MVP: Giancarlo Stanton

The big man paced the offense with a much-needed big night at the plate. 

Highlights

Stanton smashes a homer out to left field! pic.twitter.com/oFmxALCJUb

— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) April 21, 2026

There G goes again 👊 pic.twitter.com/4anvJV04Eh

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) April 22, 2026

What's next

Max Fried takes the ball against Ranger Suarez in a battle of southpaws on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m.

Dodgers and Giants on Tuesday night will break their 1,288-1,288 series tie that dates back to 1890.

Tonight's #Dodgers lineup at Giants: pic.twitter.com/fd1wuTAqHS

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 21, 2026

Tuesday game info

• Teams: Dodgers at Giants
• Ballpark: Oracle Park, San Francisco
• Time: 6:45 p.m. PT
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570 (English), KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)

Game two of three in Anaheim. And it is another late one for you guys out east (tho I guess I’m further east than any of you). Though, if everything goes to plan, I should be flying home today. I say if all goes to plan, because we’ve had a couple times when our flight home was cancelled and we had to stay an extra day or two. It always worked out really well, we enjoyed our extra days.

But then, this will be a month away and I’m sure we’ll be ready to get home. The great part it is a direct flight, 10 hours. I’m sure there will be a few days of jet lag. Jet lag never used to get to me, but the last few years, especially coming home, it’s kicked my butt.

It will be good to be back and into a normal routine. Likely, I’ll be ten pounds heavier and be wanting to take off that weight in a hurry.

The San Francisco Giants welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series.

Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters tonight’s game with a 2.38 ERA, 2.20 FIP, with 24 strikeouts to seven walks in 22.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 3-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, in which he allowed just one hit with six strikeouts and two walks in six innings.

He’ll have his work cut out for him, facing off against Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who enters tonight’s game with a 2.10 ERA, 3.48 FIP, with 21 strikeouts to three walks in 25.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Dodgers’ 2-1 win over the New York Mets last Tuesday, in which he allowed one run on four hits with seven strikeouts and a walk in seven and two thirds innings.

Game #23

Who: San Francisco Giants (9-13) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (16-6)

Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California

When: 6:45 p.m. PT

Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area

National broadcast: n/a

Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM

Who’s your closer, Dave Roberts?

The Dodgers’ manager paused and thought about it before offering an answer. Edwin Díaz, the closer the Dodgers signed for $69 million, is scheduled to undergo elbow surgery Wednesday and is not expected to return until after the All-Star break.

“I would say, probably, Tanner Scott,” Roberts said.

The Dodgers signed Scott for $72 million before last season, but he lost the closer’s role during the season and did not pitch in the postseason.

In his first 10 appearances this season, Scott has given up one run in 8⅔ innings, with no walks and eight strikeouts.

Roberts, asked why he offered Scott as his answer, paused again.

“Don’t have an answer,” Roberts said. “I honestly don’t know. Tanner could pitch in the seventh tonight, and Blake [Treinen] could get the save. It’s kind of day to day.”

Alex Vesia has not given up a run in 8⅔ innings, with three walks and 10 strikeouts. Of the Dodgers’ six saves this season, Diaz has four and Vesia has two.

Why the hesitation?

“For me, I think the closer should stand out among the other guys as far as performance, a clear-cut guy at the back end,” Roberts said. “That’s my hesitation. If we don’t have a clear-cut guy that I feel should get the lion’s share, or should be the dedicated closer, then I feel that — I know people don’t like to hear — but the closer by committee.”

Girl dad

Freddie Freeman rejoined the team Tuesday, two days after the birth of his daughter. He and his wife Chelsea welcomed London Rosemary Joy Freeman, with London a nod to Chelsea’s English family and Rosemary Joy Freeman as the full name of his late mother.

“I got to hold her one last time before I got on the plane this afternoon,” Freeman said. “She’s perfect.”

After three sons, he said, the Freeman family is complete.

“You will not be seeing another baby announcement from the Freemans,” he said. “This is it. We are happily done with four. She is the perfect addition.”

In order to clear a roster spot for Freeman, the Dodgers returned first baseman-outfielder Ryan Ward to triple-A Oklahoma City. Ward made his major league debut Sunday, collecting two hits and driving in a run.

“I’ve gotten to know Ryan over the last few years," Freeman said. "He’s an incredibly hard worker. He’s worked so hard for that moment …

“We all know he can do it. I’m sure there will be another opportunity at some point for him to get back here.”

Etc.

Roberts said Shohei Ohtani, who did not bat when he last pitched, would be in the lineup as hitter and pitcher Wednesday. … Blake Snell is scheduled to start a minor league rehabilitation assignment Wednesday in Ontario. Roberts said Snell would need “most likely” four minor league appearances before rejoining the Dodgers. … The Dodgers gave center fielder Andy Pages his first day off Tuesday. Pages leads the major leagues with a .370 batting average. … Dalton Rushing started at catcher Tuesday, and Roberts said he would do so again Thursday. Will Smith started three of the four games in Colorado.

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Fresh off a victory last night in Seattle, the first place A’s take on the Seattle Mariners tonight at T-Mobile Park. The A’s have not sat atop the American League West Division since June 19, 2021. It’s early and hardly an opportunity for a parade since they are just one game over .500, but it is worth noting.

Tonight, Jacob Lopez takes the mound for the A’s. The 28-year-old lefty is 1-1 in four starts this season with a 6.38 ERA. He’ll go up against Luis Castillo for the Mariners. Castillo is 0-1 after four starts, with a 5.40 ERA in eighteen innings.

Castillo will go up against this lineup for the visiting Athletics:

Let's run it back 🔄 pic.twitter.com/S94KP8vzff

— Athletics (@Athletics) April 21, 2026

Lopez will face this lineup for the Mariners:

Game 2️⃣ is on deck 👊 pic.twitter.com/lXFdHPDjsL

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 21, 2026

Follow the Game:

Watch:
Athletics – NBCSCA

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Athletics – Talk 650 KSTE, A’s Cast

After coughing up a three-run lead in a loss last night, the Mariners hope to even the series against the Athletics Tuesday night.

Luis Castillo gets the ball for the M’s, still in search of his first win of 2026 in his fifth start. With a 5.40 ERA this season, the results haven’t been on La Piedra’s side to this point, though his 3.30 FIP suggests some bad luck.

Last time out in San Diego, Castillo allowed quite a bit of hard contact for one earned run over 5.1 innings — though that line is a tad deceiving. He gave up four runs in total, all of which came during an ill-fated second inning in which he made an error on a throw to Josh Naylor at first that maybe should’ve been picked, making three of the runs unearned. All in all, no one is accusing the Mariners infield of putting on a defensive clinic lately, but Castillo didn’t exactly look sharp either. He’ll look to bounce back in the friendly confines of T-Mobile Park.

The Athletics will counter with Jacob Lopez (1-1, 6.38 ERA), who is also making his fifth start of the season. For more on the pitching matchup, you can check out the series preview written by Jake Mailhot.

In other news this afternoon, the Mariners designated RHP Casey Legumina for assignment in the aftermath of his losing decision last night. As a corresponding move, RHP Alex Hoppe was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma and will join the Mariners bullpen. His first appearance will be his major league debut. John Trupin wrote about the roster move here.

Lineups

The Mariners are rolling out their righty platoon to face the lefty Lopez. Cal Raleigh will get a DH day while Mitch Garver is behind the dish. With Rob Refsnyder in the lineup batting leadoff, J.P. Crawford slots down to sixth.

Game Information

First Pitch: 6:40 p.m. PDT

TV: Mariners.TV, with Aaron Goldsmith, Ryon Healy and Ryan Rowland-Smith

Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports, with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr.

Fun fact: if you discount James McCann’s single inning of work, the Arizona bullpen now has an ERA of 3.81, better than the rotation’s figure of 4.03. Admittedly, I guess you could discount Ryne Nelson’s last start and reduce similarly – by an even larger amount, actually – the rotation ERA, getting it down to 3.40. We probably need to take the good with the bad. But Brandon Pfaadt’s outing certainly saved the bullpen after Nelson’s blow-up. It’s only the third time a D-backs reliever has thrown over six innings. One came in 2001, when Randy Johnson threw seven after Curt Schilling started, when a power outage in San Diego pushed the game to the next day. His 16 K’s is still the MLB record for reliever strikeouts, breaking a mark set in 1913.

However, the “legitimate” record is the 20 outs recorded by Vidal Nuño in 2015. Josh Collmenter got clobbered by the Nationals and left with one out in the second. Nuño took over and allowed two runs through the end of the eight. It was still an 11-1 loss, but again it helped save the bullpen. Vidal threw 105 pitches, eleven more than the Washington starter… Who was none other than Max Scherzer, the starter for Toronto in the game before Sunday’s blow-out. History not repeating itself, but certainly rhyming. In his six year career, Nuño had only a handful of starts where he threw more pitches. But in addition to RJ’s game (109 pitches), Braden Shipley threw more, tossing 108 in relief during a 2017 game in Minnesota.

Some health updates. You’ll note that Corbin Carroll is back, and should have no limitations, Torey Lovullo calling him “good to go.” Gabriel Moreno is eligible to come off the IL today, but it appears that won’t happen before the weekend series in Mexico City. He still needs to take full-blooded swings to confirm everything is good there. Finally, tidying up something from earlier in the week. Jack discovered that the unexpected return of Tommy Henry to the mound last week is because he did indeed only need the internal brace procedure, not full Tommy John, allowing for a quicker rehab. A.J. Puk had something similar, but it is his second operation. He said today he expects to go on a rehab assignment at the end of May.