The Yankees offense was overmatched again by Brayan Bello — as well as Aroldis Chapman, who closed out the game in the ninth.

The Red Sox took three of four from the Yankees in New York, sending a message to their rival and other contenders in the American League.

The Red Sox drew first blood in a massive series at Yankee Stadium, grabbing a win behind more clutch offense by Nathaniel Lowe.

The Yankees are back to losing slump with 3 consecutive defeats and will look to avoid getting swept by their rivals Red Sox.

Here are key takeaways and questions for both teams following this series and with five weeks to go in the regular season.

Nathaniel Lowe’s RBI double against Luke Weaver gave the Red Sox a 4-3 lead in the seventh and proved to be the game-winner. Boston tacked on two runs in the ninth when Hamilton reached on a fielding error by Goldschmidt, then scored on a two-run homer by the 21-year-old Anthony in his Yankee Stadium debut.

After hitting just two home runs in their first three losses vs. the Red Sox in this series, the Yankees clubbed four homers in Sunday's 7-2 win.

In a highly anticipated meeting between a pair of AL East rivals, the Yankees got more shoddy work from their bullpen and made four errors.