Injured Red Sox slugger tries to rally team with bizarre mustache sacrifice vs. Yankees

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Alex Bregman may not be available to play for the Boston Red Sox right now, but that didn’t stop him from trying to inspire an offensive rally Friday night. 

It was with his mustache, not his bat.

Baseball players are some of the most superstitious athletes in the world, and Bregman illustrated that during a game against the New York Yankees on the road.

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Boston Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman participates in media day at JetBlue Park at Fenway South Feb. 18, 2025.  (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images)

The Red Sox entered the game having lost six of their previous nine games, and they found themselves in a hole after Walker Buehler gave up seven runs in the first two innings of the game. 

Bregman tried to rally his teammates by heading into the clubhouse and returning to the dugout with a clean shave. He shaved off his mustache in the middle of the game in hopes it would be a spark for his squad. 

Bregman, who is dealing with a quad injury that has him on the 10-day IL, seemed to help in some respect. The Red Sox got on the board with a home run from rookie Marcelo Mayer, who was recently called up from Triple-A, and they scored three more runs in the sixth inning to make it 8-4. 

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In the top of the seventh inning, Rafael Devers, labeled a Yankees killer in his Red Sox career, launched a two-run homer to cut the lead to 9-6 in favor of the home team. 

Bregman’s quick action to shave off his ‘stache wasn’t the magic potion needed for an all-time comeback. Yankees closer Devin Williams shut the door on Boston’s comeback hopes in the top of