Another fielding mistake by Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe led to another confusing rationalization from his manager.

The Red Sox beat the Yankees 1-0 in New York on Friday night. Max Fried gave up four hits and zero runs in six innings, but the Yankees offense disappeared as they dropped the second game of the weekend series to their rivals.

Anthony Volpe’s rough season got even worse Friday in a 1-0 loss to the Red Sox. Not only did the shortstop go hitless again to extend his slump to 1-for-25, he got booed after a strikeout in the eighth and made a mental error at shortstop an inning later.

Yankees fans blasted Aaron Boone as Anthony Volpe’s errors and slump continued in Friday's 1-0 loss to Red Sox.

Anthony Volpe has been struggling lately, but one Yankees writer has shut down rumors on the possibility of him being benched due to his poor performances.

In this Yankees mailbag, subscribers asked about benching Volpe, Austin Wells' struggles, moving Aaron Judge to first base and more.

Anthony Volpe makes a nice scoop then throws home to nab Jarren Duran, keeping the Yankees' deficit at 1-0 in the top of the 9th

The Red Sox are 6-1 against the Yankees this year. One more win will clinch the season series, which would be the playoff-seeding tiebreaker if the clubs finish with the same record.