BOSTON -- When Adley Rutschman wasn’t in the lineup for Tuesday night’s eventual 9-6 loss to the Mariners after missing the series opener, it marked the second time in less than a week that interim manager Chad Tracy gave him a multi-day break due to a hyperextended right elbow. While

BOSTON – While the Red Sox took advantage of rosters expanding to 28 by welcoming veteran infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa back from 60-day injured list and promoting righty Jedixson Paez from Triple-A Worcester to start against the Mariners on Tuesday night, they also had to put key setup reliever Tyron Guerrero

BOSTON -- Slightly envious but also happy for their thriving teammates, Roman Anthony and Trevor Story have watched one magical summer develop at Fenway Park, in which the Red Sox went from afterthoughts to top postseason contenders. They saw wild wins that didn’t seem possible when the team was 14

BOSTON -- If Mariners DH Dominic Canzone didn’t already know it, he knows it now: Red Sox lefty Payton Tolle is a hugger. While Tolle’s hugs are usually reserved for his teammates -- particularly Garrett Whitlock -- when he returns to the dugout between innings, he decided to show some

BOSTON – For years, it has been said that the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry ratchets up intensity, be it in the dugout or certainly in the stands. As it turns out, even team broadcasters can get caught up in it. Red Sox radio play-by-play man Will Flemming apologized on Monday for

BOSTON -- As the Red Sox made sure to manage the workload of two rookie lefties (Payton Tolle and Jake Bennett) who have surpassed their career highs in innings and a third southpaw coming back from Tommy John surgery, the one constant in the rotation has been righty Sonny Gray,

BOSTON -- Willson Contreras was the most productive Red Sox hitter the first four months of the season, but a nagging left hamstring prevented him from hitting like himself for most of August. On Monday’s final day of the month, the Red Sox placed their ailing cleanup man on the

NEW YORK -- As Ceddanne Rafaela went swooping into the right-center-field gap in the bottom of the fifth inning of a scoreless game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday afternoon, it looked like he was about to make his latest sensational catch. As Rafaela dove, and the ground forced his glove

NEW YORK -- One swing. His first for the Red Sox since May 4. And that is all it took for Roman Anthony to remind everyone who he is and what he is capable of for the final month of the regular season. Activated along with teammate Trevor Story, the

NEW YORK -- For the rival Red Sox and Yankees, a rubber match is now set for Sunday afternoon in the Bronx. Not for the finale of this four-game set, but for the season series. And that could have implications.

NEW YORK -- The much-anticipated return of Roman Anthony from a right hand/wrist injury that has kept the 22-year-old out of action since May 4 will take place Sunday -- in the final Red Sox-Yankees rivalry game of the regular season. And veteran shortstop Trevor Story, who had sports hernia

NEW YORK -- Prior to Saturday’s day-night doubleheader against the Yankees, the Red Sox added back a major arm to the bullpen by activating Garrett Whitlock (right elbow inflammation) from the 15-day injured list. Fortunately, Whitlock’s stint on the IL was just 19 days.

NEW YORK – Jake Bennett bought the Red Sox more time to snap out of their recent offensive rut by unleashing a masterful performance in Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. The rookie lefty regained the groove he had during a sparkling nine-start run from

NEW YORK -- How important is it for the Red Sox to host a potential American League Wild Card Series against their rivals after losing last October’s match at Yankee Stadium in a winner-take-all Game 3? “That’s important,” said Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy. “I won't shy away from

NEW YORK -- While the activations of Roman Anthony and Trevor Story appear to be imminent, the earliest it will happen is Sunday afternoon’s finale of the four-game series at Yankee Stadium, Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy announced on Friday. When Anthony and Story were both out of the

NEW YORK – The last time that the Red Sox and Yankees met, baseball’s oldest rivalry seemed to be drained of its electricity, suggesting that history might be all they had to squabble about this year. Boston opened that June series at Fenway Park trailing the first-place Yankees by 15

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BOSTON -- Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony continues to inch toward his much-anticipated return to action. The key left-handed hitter completed a four-game stint with Double-A Portland on Sunday by going 0-for-3.

BOSTON -- The Red Sox were staggering a little as they got home last week, coming off a 2-5 road trip, not to mention seven losses over a nine-game stretch that immediately followed a franchise-record run of 27-3. As they got ready to board a plane to Miami on Sunday

BOSTON -- Chalk up Saturday night as the most satisfying 0-for-5 in Wilyer Abreu's career. Not even the golden sombrero could wipe the smile off his face by the time this one was over. With the Red Sox in the middle of a frenzied three-run rally in the bottom of

BOSTON -- The return of erstwhile Red Sox star Rafael Devers led to plenty of conflicting emotions around Fenway Park. But when Willson Contreras, the team’s current slugger, got all of one, the revved-up Friday night crowd of 37,007 erupted with a universal feeling of joy.

BOSTON -- There was one piece of good news for the Red Sox following a 7-6 loss in 10 innings to the D-backs on Wednesday afternoon at Fenway Park. They don’t play baseball on Thursday.

BOSTON -- Mickey Gasper arrived at Fenway Park on Monday with two homers in 92 career games. But his story is deeper than that. For eight years, Gasper has produced in the Minor Leagues (.869 OPS, 67 homers in 508 games and 2,050 plate appearances) but it has never been

BOSTON -- With the latest edition of Players’ Weekend on tap for MLB from Friday through Sunday, one of the three main themes is appreciation. Red Sox rookie lefty Payton Tolle has that one nailed, and he won’t need the weekend to reflect on it more than he already does

BOSTON -- During their summer surge of 27 wins in 30 games, it became a way of life for the Red Sox to win every series they played. They won nine sets in a row during that span, which included winning streaks of 15 games and nine games. But once