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The biggest rivals in baseball are back on the diamond on Saturday, June 7 as the Boston Red Sox battle the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, N.Y. The game is scheduled to start at 7:35 p.m.

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox rekindle their rivalry Friday night in the Bronx with the opener of a three-game division series.

Once again, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge will skip the Home Run Derby this year, he told reporters Thursday. Judge won the Home Run Derby in 2017, his rookie year, and has not participated in it since. "Nope. Same answer," Judge told Newsday when asked about the Home Run Derby on Thursday. "Only if I'm talking about it here [in New York]."

As it turns out, maybe New York Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr. is better off at third base after all—and that could pose a slight change of plan for Aaron Judge's latest title chase. Chisholm opened the season as the Yankees' second baseman and hit the IL in early May batting .

His answer again was a hard "no," just as it has been every year since 2018, the year after Aaron Judge won the event his rookie year in 2017 in Miami. "Nope," Judge told Newsday with a smile. "Same answer.

After falling flat his last time out, New York Yankees ace Max Fried blanked the Cleveland Guardians and led the New York Yankees to victory on Thursday.

Max Fried allowed one hit in six sharp innings to become the fourth eight-game winner in the major leagues as the New York Yankees recorded a 4-0 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Thursday.