Garrett Crochet got battered around a bit in his first taste of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, but he still notched nine strikeouts and got credit for the victory.

The Red Sox rookie said pitching against the Yankees "has been always kind of one of those starts that I’ve had circled on my calendar."

NEW YORK — The Yankees figured they’d have their hands full Saturday night facing new Red Sox new ace Garrett Crochet. The left-hander was good last season pitching for the 121-loss White Sox and mostly has been sensational since his winter trade to Beantown.

Trevor Story had five RBIs, Garrett Crochet struck out Aaron Judge three times and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 10-7 to even their weekend series at one game apiece.

For the past several weeks, the Yankees have unexpectedly begun counting the days between Ryan Yarbrough starts, delighting in displays of weak contact against his herky-jerky throwback style. The left-hander keeps opponents off-balance by mixing angles and corners,

The Red Sox, meanwhile, have struggled this season, entering Saturday night with a 30-35 record and losers in three of their last 10 games. On the season, Boston is 17-16 at Fenway Park and 13-19 away from home. The Red Sox are fifth in the AL East, only ahead of the 25-37 Baltimore Orioles.

The Boston Red Sox had a pretty great day on Saturday. Boston not only got a good win over the New York Yankees, but No. 1 prospect Roman Anthony turned heads after blasting the longest home run in baseball this year.

Alex Bregman can't help his Red Sox on the field right now, but he tried a bizarre grooming ritual Friday night against the Yankees to try to spark an offensive rally.