BOSTON — Of all the pitchers with at least 10 starts against the Yankees in the last 25 years, no one had a better ERA against the Bombers than Brayan Bello.

The Red Sox righty entered Saturday’s game with a 1.95 mark over 10 outings and 60 innings. Bello had been especially dominant this season, holding the Yankees scoreless and striking out 13 over 14 innings and two starts.

“Hopefully that regresses to the mean a little bit,” Aaron Boone said Saturday afternoon as the Yankees prepared for another showdown with Bello.

The manager’s hopes became reality, as Bello allowed the Yankees’ first three batters to reach base when he hit Trent Grisham, surrendered a ground-rule double to Ben Rice and walked Aaron Judge. Cody Bellinger proceeded with a sac fly, while a dribbler off the bat of Ja

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