PITTSBURGH -- While Aroldis Chapman pitched in a non-save situation on Saturday night, closing out a 4-0 win over the Pirates with a scoreless ninth inning, it was one of his most significant outings of the season for another reason. That frame took Chapman beyond the 40-inning mark this year,

PITTSBURGH -- Just hours after Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy had his most positive injury update in weeks, revealing that three key players (Roman Anthony, Trevor Story and Isiah Kiner-Falefa) will all open Minor League rehab assignments within days, designated hitter Masataka Yoshida went down with a left hamstring

PITTSBURGH -- As a stat, pitching wins aren’t as indicative as they once were in baseball. But there are exceptions. And Sonny Gray is proof of that in this, his first season with the Red Sox.

PITTSBURGH -- The Red Sox figure to have a much sturdier lineup for the final stretch of the regular season, as three key players -- Roman Anthony the most notable among them -- will open Minor League rehab assignments in the coming days. First out of the chute will be

PITTSBURGH -- The Red Sox, baseball’s hottest team in July by a lot, are now trying to emerge from the dreaded dog days of August. It seemed like interim manager Chad Tracy’s squad might have created some momentum to do so by salvaging the finale of a four-game series in

PITTSBURGH – Red Sox outfielder/designated hitter Roman Anthony is making significant enough progress with his hitting program in Fort Myers, Fla., that he appears to be closing in on a Minor Leaguer rehab assignment.

TORONTO -- Adley Rutschman's weekend in Worcester, where he played two Minor League rehab games with Boston's Triple-A affiliate, was apparently enough. The Red Sox’s prized acquisition at the Trade Deadline will be activated on Tuesday, interim manager Chad Tracy said after Boston's 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays on

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BOSTON -- A 10th straight series win in their grasp, the Red Sox let it slip away when their two most dominant relievers faltered in the late innings in a 4-3 loss to the Athletics on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. Instead, the Sox have lost a series for the

BOSTON – Notching a second double-digit winning streak in less than three weeks was very much in sight for the Red Sox on Saturday afternoon at Fenway Park.

BOSTON – Adley Rutschman’s debut in the Red Sox organization took place on Saturday, as he kicked off a Minor League rehab assignment for Triple-A Worcester five days after the three-time All-Star catcher was acquired in a blockbuster trade with the Orioles.

BOSTON – Newly acquired catcher Adley Rutschman could debut for the Red Sox at some point during the upcoming seven-game road trip to Toronto and Pittsburgh that starts on Monday.

BOSTON – This magical run for the Red Sox just doesn’t seem to want to end.

BOSTON – Coming off the exhaustion and the euphoria of the night before – an unforgettable 12-11 win over the White Sox in 13 innings that tapped out their bullpen – what the Red Sox needed more than anything on Friday night was a strong start from Payton Tolle. What

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BOSTON – As the Red Sox electrified Fenway Park again on Wednesday night with a 4-0 series-clinching victory over the White Sox, they increased their latest winning streak to seven games and improved to 25-3 since July 3 and 30-5 since June 25.

BOSTON – Sonny Gray’s magical season tapered off just a bit the previous two times he took the mound, as his streak of nine consecutive quality starts came to an end.

BOSTON – Amid an eventful Trade Deadline for the Red Sox that landed a three-time All-Star catcher in Adley Rutschman while also adding a power lefty reliever (Erik Miller) and an athletic backup outfielder (Eli White), chief baseball officer Craig Breslow wound up not finding a match for a shortstop.

BOSTON – Not only do the Red Sox have the wins, piles of them of late, but they also have the power. The big question going into the season was this: Who would hit the ball out of the yard on this team after chief baseball officer Craig Breslow’s well-chronicled

BOSTON – Life can come at you fast when you play baseball for a living. One minute, Adley Rutschman was walking into a movie theater to see “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” with teammates Gunnar Henderson, Colton Cowser and Ryan Mountcastle. The next minute, those three Orioles weren’t his teammates anymore.

BOSTON – Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet is in the infancy stages of a throwing program that creates at least a possibility he can return at some point this season.

BOSTON -- After making a big splash by trading for All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman earlier on Monday, the Red Sox made two additional moves in the final hour leading up to the 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline that could also aid the club’s pursuit of a postseason spot. Shortstop Marcelo

BOSTON -- The surging Red Sox filled their need for more production at catcher a few hours in advance of Monday’s 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline by acquiring Adley Rutschman, one of the most recognizable names at the position, in a trade with the Orioles. The five-player return haul to

BOSTON – For five weeks, the Red Sox have made a statement with one of the most prolonged and out-of-nowhere hot stretches in their history. This weekend, they added an exclamation point to their exploits.

WEST SACRAMENTO – There is one series left for the rolling Red Sox before Monday’s Trade Deadline, and it should be a doozy: Three games at Dodger Stadium, starting Friday night. While the players on the current roster – who are 20-3 since July 5 – will try to keep