win. New York dominated from the mound that day, with starter J. A. Happ limiting the Sox to a single homer over five innings and closer Aroldis Chapman striking out two of three men to earn his 16th save of the season. On the next day, with the score tied at 3 in the bottom fifth, Gary Sánchez hit a two-run homer to get the lead, which was locked down by six Yankees relief pitchers throwing a combined scoreless innings. With the 5–3 victory over the Red Sox, the pinstripes went 4–0 against their rivals for the first time since 2012 and claimed their ninth series in a row for the first time since 1998. The Yankees could not complete the sweep in the last game, mostly because of a couple mistakes by Clint Frazier and strong pitching by David Price. A late rally by New York fell short and they got their first defeat of the season against the Sox, 8–5. Yankees won the series 2–1 (14–12 runs) June June 4–6, at Toronto Blue Jays The Yankees crossed the border to face the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, and lost their first series since early May. Yankees lost the series 1–2 (16–17 runs) June 7–9, at Cleveland Indians The Yankees could not hold on in a three-game series against the Indians at Cleveland. Yankees lost the series 1–2 (13–19 runs) June 10–11, vs. New York Mets The Yankees and the Mets split the first Subway Series of the season, which consisted of a doubleheader on June 11 because of the first game being postponed. Yankes tied the series 1–1 (16–15 runs) June 13–16, at Chicago White Sox The pinstripes took on the four-game series against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, coming back from an 0–2 deficit to split the series. Yankees tied the series 2–2 (24–22 runs) June 17–19, vs. Tampa Bay Rays The Yankees went back to winning ways by sweeping the Rays, cementing a -game lead at the top of AL East. In the series opener, a dominant Masahiro Tanaka pitched his seventh complete game in the Major League, allowing only two hits and striking 10 batters in a 3–0 shutout. Recently acquired DH Edwin Encarnación made his debut for the Yankees in the first game of the series, in which he went 0 for 4. On the next day, the Yankees won 6–3 in