New York Yankees star Aaron Judge had his worst performance of the season this weekend as the team was swept by the rival Boston Red Sox, going 1-for-12 over the three-game series.

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.

A week after the Yankees managed five runs off Garrett Crochet in the Bronx, Aaron Boone wasn’t going to underestimate the Red Sox ace. “Big stuff, big and physical, deception on

Crochet had struck out Judge in six straight at-bats dating back to his last start entering the pair’s ninth-inning matchup Friday. The post Garrett Crochet carries shutout into ninth inning, comes up short courtesy of Aaron Judge game-tying HR appeared first on Boston.

After Judge extended the game with a dramatic game-tying home run in the top of the ninth inning, ex-Yankee Carlos Narváez won it for the Red Sox.