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Game 8: Red Sox vs Yankees at Fenway Park | East Coast Tour 2025
Game 8: Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts — East Coast Tour 2025
Finale NightScore: Yankees 5–3 Red SoxAttendance: Packed house
Photo: Home Run Travel
Ten days, five cities, eight games — and it all came down to this: Red Sox vs Yankees at Fenway Park. Under the lights, with the chants echoing down Lansdowne Street, our East Coast adventure found the perfect finale.
Getting to Boston: Scenery and Speed
We were up early for the 4½-hour ride from New York’s Moynihan Train Hall to Boston South Station. The route carves along the New England coastline — flashes of Connecticut harbours, neat Rhode Island towns, and long ribbons of water you could mistake for inlets to the Atlantic. It flew by.
After a quick check-in at our Downtown base (YOTEL Boston), bags dropped and spirits high, we made a beeline for the only place a baseball fan should be on a day like this: Fenway Park.
Approaching Fenway — the hum that says it’s a big one.
Pre-Game: Wander, Eat, Soak It In
We gave ourselves time to enjoy the old yard properly — wandering the concourses, comparing vantage points, scoping out the food stands and team shop. One of the group had a minor tech wobble with the Ballpark app at the ticket office; he left smiling with a proper paper ticket stub… a small win for the memorabilia drawer.
Keeping with tradition, I grabbed a Fenway Frank and a Sam Adams before we settled in to let the night breathe. That’s part of the magic here — even the quiet minutes feel like baseball history on pause.
A Fenway Frank and something cold — the simple, perfect combo.
The Game: Early Punches and Late Drama
The Yankees struck early against Brayan Bello, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. went 3-for-3 with a solo shot to help build a 4–0 cushion. Fenway simmered — not silent, never silent — just waiting for a spark. It finally came in the sixth when Alex Bregmanclanged one off the iconic Pesky’s Pole right in front of us. The place shifted a gear.
In the eighth, Jarren Duran launched a solo blast that tightened everything again. You could feel it in the stands — the duelling chants (“Let’s go, Yankees” vs “Yankees suck”) getting louder, both sides feeling the stakes, and more than a few of the Yankees fans in our group getting a touch edgy as the noise rolled in waves.
The visitors had the final say in the ninth, cashing in to seal a 5–3 win. Not the fairy-tale home finish, but as a spectacle — from first pitch to last out — it was everything you want from one of sport’s great rivalries.
Pesky’s Pole — where history and happenstance meet.
Atmosphere: Chants, Needles, and a Packed House
Fenway was buzzing. Shoulder-to-shoulder, night air a touch cooler, everyone tuned into every pitch. The gentle needle between fanbases never tipped over; it stayed where it should — passionate, noisy, and good-natured. It’s a rare thing to feel so much history and so much energy in the same breath.
Under the lights — the way Fenway was meant to be experienced.
Post-Game: One Last Huddle
We closed the book on the tour at Yard House — poetic really, since it’s where we started in DC. Food, drinks, highlights on the big screens and that glow you only get after ten unforgettable days spent chasing baseball across great cities with a brilliant group of people.
Fenway Park under the lights. Red Sox vs Yankees. The perfect finale.
Match-upRed Sox vs Yankees
VenueFenway Park, Boston
FinalYankees 5–3 Red Sox
Our SeatsRight-field vantage (Pesky’s Pole in view)
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