Sloppy Yankees suffer ugly loss to Red Sox in doubleheader matinee

Asked Saturday morning about how he planned to complete 18 innings of a doubleheader with a pair of starting pitchers who were not fully built up from injuries, manager Aaron Boone raised both arms with upturned palms: a shrug. The concerns around the club then only grew as play began. The Yankees made mistake after mistake, including an error and a passed ball combining to let in a fifth-inning run and cost Carlos Rodón needed length. An ugly ninth inning featured Cody Bellinger slipping to let in another run and the Red Sox teeing off against Ryan Yarbrough. There also was a questionable green light from third base coach Luis Rojas, which resulted in the best offensive chance of the club’s afternoon being neutered. But such concerns with the pitching, defense and decision-making became s