Giancarlo Stanton breaks out to support Luis Gil’s gem in Yankees’ shutout win over Red Sox

BOSTON — Giancarlo Stanton came into Tuesday in the midst of a skid and struggling against left-handers through the first month of the season.

So of course on a chilly night at Fenway Park, Stanton became the hottest hitter in town.

The veteran DH drove in three of the Yankees’ four runs, providing all the offense that Luis Gil needed in his best start of the season on the way to their fourth straight win, 4-0 over the Red Sox.

Stanton was robbed of another extra-base hit in his final at-bat, but settled for going 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a two-run double, both off Red Sox lefty Connelly Early.

Entering Tuesday, he had been 1-for-21 and 0-for-17 overall against left-handers, with Aaron Boone giving him a breather on Sunday for a double day off combined with Monday’s team off day.

The result was Stanton looking like the hitter he was to start the season and continuing to mash at Fenway Park like he has for most of his career.

That provided the support for Gil, who tossed 6 ¹/₃ scoreless innings even without his best stuff. The right-hander, who could be on the outside looking in of the rotation crunch once Carlos Rodón and Gerrit Cole return from the injured list next month, allowed just two hits while walking three, hitting a batter and striking out a pair.

Despite his velocity being down in the frigid conditions, Gil found a way to be effective with some quick innings against a rough-looking Red Sox lineup. In doing so, he continued his strong track record against the Red Sox (9-14), now having allowed just three earned runs in 33 ²/₃ career innings against them.

Brent Headrick, Tim Hill and David Bednar followed Gil to combine for the shutout, the Yankees’ fifth of the season.

Early retired the side in the top of the first inning before leaving a slider over the plate to Stanton, who crushed it to the light tower above the Green Monster for his third home run of the season and the 1-0 lead.

The Yankees (14-9) wasted a chance for more as they had two men on with one out when José Caballero grounded into an inning-ending double play.

From there, Early only faced one batter over the minimum across the next three innings before Amed Rosario drew a leadoff walk in the sixth inning, sparking a rally. Aaron Judge came up next and — after an unsuccessful automated ball-strike system challenge left him in an 0-2 count — drew a walk.

One out later, Stanton roped a double off the Green Monster that scored both runners, with Judge chugging around from first and scoring on an aggressive send from third-base coach Luis Rojas for the 3-0 lead.

The Yankees went on to load the bases before Caballero — who worked a full count in part because he drew two balls by waiting until the last second to look at reliever Jack Anderson, who by then had already come set, leading to pitch clock violations — struck out looking.

Randal Grichuk added an insurance run in the eighth inning, belting an RBI double to the gap to make it 4-0 and cap off a solid 2-for-4 night after entering the day 2-for-20 on the season.