BOSTON – At last, the comforts of home were felt by the Red Sox. And not a second too soon. When Mickey Gasper, Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu scraped the Green Monster on three consecutive pitches for doubles in a furious, fifth-inning sequence, Fenway felt alive in a way that

BOSTON – Urgency was the buzzword as the reeling Red Sox kicked off a six-game homestand on Friday night, looking to shake off a 1-4 road trip to New York and St. Petersburg. The Sox returned to Fenway with a 27-39 record, marking the first time the club has been

BOSTON – Though ace Garrett Crochet believes he is “getting close to throwing” following a shutdown of over two weeks due to an untimely left lat strain, the lefty all but conceded he won’t pitch for the Red Sox until after the All-Star break.

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ST. PETERSBURG -- A late flurry led by an unprecedented power surge -- from Caleb Durbin (first multihomer game of his career) and a three-run jack by Ceddanne Rafaela in the top of the eighth inning that brought a five-run deficit down to one -- only made you wonder how

ST. PETERSBURG -- A late-inning comeback victory is going to happen for the Red Sox at some point. It has to, right? You had the feeling it just might on Tuesday night. In the top of the eighth inning at Tropicana Field, Marcelo Mayer had the fortune of hitting a

ST. PETERSBURG – Towering Red Sox righty reliever Tyron Guerrero’s lengthy absence from the Major Leagues – not his idea, by the way – included struggles with his pitches, his mechanics and his mental health. Standing at 6-foot-8 on the mound at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, Guerrero put an exclamation

ST. PETERSBURG – A game-tying solo homer by the slumping Marcelo Mayer in the third inning offered hope that Monday could be a night for the Red Sox to put some runs on the board and take the opener of a three-game series at Tropicana Field against the Rays. However,

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NEW YORK – A crisp rivalry game on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx was hanging in the balance. And even though the Yankees had their two most dangerous left-handed hitters due up with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Red Sox had the man

NEW YORK -- This weekend’s rivalry series between the Red Sox and Yankees has been shortened to a two-game set, as Saturday night’s game was postponed due to a forecast of sustained rain. The game will be made up at 1:05 p.m. ET on Aug. 29, in what will be

NEW YORK -- Sitting in the visitors’ dugout Friday a couple of hours before his Red Sox took the field at Yankee Stadium for the first time this season, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow was asked how tough it is to proceed heading into the Aug. 3 Trade Deadline with

NEW YORK -- With Brayan Bello’s enigma of a season now continuing with Triple-A Worcester, where he was officially optioned on Friday, the Red Sox hope he can regain his joy for the game, and that it will help him rebound on the mound. “When I first got here, he

NEW YORK -- The Brayan Bello saga, one of the most confounding storylines for the Red Sox this season, took a sharp detour following the righty’s latest mound mishap on Thursday afternoon at Fenway Park. After Bello was charged with eight earned runs (six of them in the first inning)

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BOSTON -- The Red Sox on Thursday added a reliever to their roster with a wealth of Major League experience and a changeup that has long been considered one of the best in the game. That would be righty Tommy Kahnle, who signed a Minor League deal with Boston that

BOSTON -- At last, it felt like summer at Fenway Park again. Not because of the weather, which included 80 degrees at first pitch. More because of the noises made by the home crowd reacting to things the home team did.

BOSTON – Garrett Crochet now has a diagnosis on the minor setback he suffered late last week while playing catch. The ace lefty has a “very low-grade left lat strain,” as Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy termed it following Tuesday night’s game.

BOSTON – The Fenway funk the Red Sox are stuck in has become more than troubling. In fact, it has become historic. A 4-2 defeat to the Orioles in Tuesday night’s opener of a three-game series left the club with a 9-20 record (worst in the Majors) in the supposed

BOSTON – Twelve days after undergoing sports hernia surgery, Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story made his return to Fenway Park, where he walked around during batting practice and enjoyed being back with his teammates again. “Just kind of moving around, a little bit of core stuff, just getting the glutes

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BOSTON -- Amped up to face one of his heroes in Chris Sale, Red Sox rookie lefty Payton Tolle came out firing with a heat-heavy attack, but couldn’t quite sustain it. However, the enticing matchup between the phenom and the legend essentially wound up as a draw.

BOSTON -- Playing in slick and muddy conditions in Sunday’s 6-5 loss to the Twins, Red Sox ace setup man Garrett Whitlock paid the price with a hyperextended left knee. While Boston attempted to treat it as a day-by-day ailment, the club was forced to place Whitlock on the 15-day

BOSTON -- In a cathartic bottom of the fourth inning that didn’t include so much as an extra-base hit, the Red Sox sent 10 batters to the plate, scored six runs and finally had some things to smile about during what had been an agonizing homestand to date.

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