Campbell connected on a cutter from Yankees starter Ryan Yarbrough in the second inning and hit a ground-ball RBI single to right field to make it 1-0 Boston. He connected on a changeup (outside bottom corner of the strike zone) from Yarbrough in the third inning and hit it to the opposite field again, putting the Red Sox ahead 6-3.

About two hours before his team opened its series against the Yankees on Friday, Red Sox manager Alex Cora was asked to describe the state of the team. “Not great,” he said. Garrett Crochet, who will be on the mound Saturday night when the American League East rivals continue their three-game series in New York,