Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees: Final Score & Recap

The Boston Red Sox overcame a 68 percent pre-game home win probability assigned by the DiamondIQ model to defeat the New York Yankees 5-3 at Yankee Stadium on June 5, 2026, handing New York a loss the model ultimately placed at zero percent chance of a home victory by game's end. Boston scored in four of the first five innings, building their lead steadily before the bullpen locked down the final four frames without allowing a run.

The decisive blow came in the top of the fifth, when Willson Contreras launched a home run off Ryan Weathers that added 21.1 percentage points of win probability for Boston, the single largest swing of the game. Contreras had already done significant damage in the third inning, when his single off Weathers moved the needle another 9.6 points, and he added a fourth-inning contribution through Andruw Monasterio's home run off Weathers that swung another 10.9 points in Boston's favor. Contreras finished as the game's top performer by a wide margin, accumulating a combined WPA of plus-28.3 and an RE24 of plus-2.4. New York's most notable offensive moment came in the bottom of the fifth, when Trent Grisham hit a home run off Sonny Gray worth 9.8 points of win probability for the Yankees, though Grisham also appeared among Boston's top WPA contributors at plus-9.3, reflecting the mixed context of his night.

On the pitching side, Justin Slaten led all pitchers with a WPA of plus-13.3, followed by Danny Coulombe at plus-9.5 and Sonny Gray at plus-9.0, with Aroldis Chapman closing out the ninth despite a José Caballero flyout that represented the final threat, costing the Yankees 9.5 points of win probability before Chapman retired him to seal the result. Spencer Jones contributed plus-11.6 WPA among Boston's position players to round out a well-distributed offensive effort for the visitors.