The Red Sox have beaten the Yankees in four of their five matchups so far this season, and Hunter Dobbins has beaten them twice this week.

Red Sox rookie Hunter Dobbins talked the talk, then walked the walk by beating the Yankees twice in a seven-day period this week. Dobbins has been a headline-maker in recent days by first telling The Boston Herald that he’d rather retire than join the Yankees,

The Red Sox have lost just one series since being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers at the end of May. It’s a stretch that features two series wins over the Yankees and with the chance to sweep New York in the second series, it could very well be what ignites this team to push for the top of the division.