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Yank bats, Sox scribes

After David Price was mauled in the Bronx yet again, there seemed to be only one pertinent question for him: Which does he dislike more these days, pitching to the Yankees or talking to the Boston media?

Of course, no one actually asked Price that question in a rather tense group interview in the Red Sox clubhouse Thursday night, after Gary Sanchez hit two home runs off him in a 9-1 romp over the Red Sox at the Stadium, but he’d probably have to give it some serious thought.

The $217 million lefthander seems to have declared war of sorts on the Boston press corps, announcing Wednesday that he’ll talk only on days that he pitches, and later that night getting into arguments with a reporter.

But Price doesn’t have to talk to the media if he doesn’t want to.

He just wishes he didn’t have to pitch to the guys in the pinstripes.

Indeed, it’s uncanny the way the Yankees continue to pound a pitcher who wins a lot against everybody else. Just not so much in the postseason.

And while Price can’t hide from his October failures, he apparently thinks everyone in Boston reminds him of it way too often.

But we’ll get to that. For the moment, Price’s presence in the Sox rotation is one more reason to believe the Yankees can actually outplay the division favorites all the way to September. So far they’ve owned the Sox, winning four of five games against them this season, and mostly it hasn’t been close, outscoring them 27-7.

If the Sox have an edge, you’d think it would be in the starting rotation, specifically at the top with Chris Sale and Price. But since he signed that mega-deal with the Red Sox after the 2015 season, Price has gone 1-4 against the Yankees with a rather staggering 8.31 ERA, giving up 32 runs in 34 2/3 innings.

And the Baby Bombers are making the matchup especially tough on him. Sanchez has now homered four times off Price in eight at-bats, and Aaron Judge, facing him for the first time on Thursday, walked and hit a screamer up the middle against him.

So now Price has a 4.68 ERA against the Yankees, compared to 3.10 against everybody else in baseball.

When asked why the Yankees have been so tough on him, Price pointed out

GETTY David Price must dread facing Yankee lineup just as much as facing hard-nosed Red Sox writers, since both have hounded the lefty ever since he’s arrived in Boston.