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The Boston Red Sox (70-59) and the New York Yankees (69-59) continue their American League East rivalry series on Saturday. Boston has taken the first two games, with a 1-0 win over the Yankees on Friday.

Grisham is typically an on-base threat and he’s having a tremendous season, but against left-handers this year, he’s a .192 hitter with a .634 OPS. Rice has also been worse against lefties compared to his impressive production in right-on-left matchups — he’s batting .205 with a .256 OBP against left-handers.

The Boston Red Sox won the Alex Bregman sweepstakes last offseason, but they'll likely need to win it again in the coming winter.

The swashbuckling squirrel then inspected Fried’s foot hole on the mound before darting toward Ben Rice at first base. Rice, too, was initially statue-esque, but he ultimately jumped away as the squirrel grew near.

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

The Boston Red Sox need to add a first baseman to their roster, and they could target New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso in the offseason.