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The plan for Red Sox relief pitcher Justin Slaten, who is on a rehab stint with Triple-A Worcester, is to pitch one inning (20-25 pitches) today with the WooSox. It will be a clean inning after Kyle Harrison starts.

The Yankees/Red Sox rivalry has missed some pizzazz in recent years with Boston only making the MLB postseason once since winning it all in 2018. And yet despite Red Sox fans’ understandable frustrations with their team in that time, they’ve still won two championships more recently than the Yankees’ last one in 2009.