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

The New York Yankees cruised to a 9-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on August 29, 2026, a game that began as a competitive affair before New York pulled away decisively. The DiamondIQ model entered the night giving the Yankees a 56% home win probability, but that figure climbed steadily and ultimately reached 100% by the final out. New York plated three runs in the third inning and added one more in the sixth before delivering the knockout blow in the eighth, finishing with 13 hits and committing no errors against Boston's 6-hit, one-error performance.

The game's pivotal sequence came in the bottom of the eighth inning, when Willson Contreras delivered a triple off Brent Headrick that shifted win probability by plus-13.7 points, the single largest swing of the night. Contreras had already been building his case as the offensive catalyst, drawing a walk off Michael Fulmer in the sixth that added another 7.6 points of win probability. On the Boston side, Nick Sogard provided the lone bright spot in the third, launching a home run off Max Fried for a plus-10.5% swing, while Ben Rice's single in the same frame off Brayan Bello generated plus-10.0% for the Red Sox. Caleb Durbin's strikeout against Headrick in the eighth cost Boston 8.7 points of win probability, effectively closing the door on any comeback hope.

Contreras finished as the game's top performer by a wide margin, posting a combined WPA of plus-24.5% to go with a RE24 of plus-2.0, matching Ben Rice's RE24 mark despite the lopsided final. Luis García Jr. contributed a plus-9.9% WPA to supplement New York's lineup depth. On the mound, Paul Blackburn was the standout, generating plus-19.3% WPA for the Yankees, with Yerry De los Santos and Tim Hill adding plus-5.6% and plus-5.0% respectively in relief to secure the comfortable win.