After dropping the first 2 games of a 3 - game series to the Texas Rangers , the Yankees salvaged the final game 18 - 7 before losing the first two of a four game series to the Red Sox 7 - 0 and 6 - 4 .
After dropping the first 2 games of a 3 - game series to the Texas Rangers , the Yankees would salvage the final game 18 - 7 . 
 The Yankees would then lose the first two of a four game series to the Red Sox 7 - 0 and 6 - 4 .