3 takeaways as Sox win 7th straight game, 9th straight series
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.
'Vintage Sonny' earns AL-leading 14th win as Sox's latest streak reaches 7
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.
As Story nears rehab stint, Sox veteran happy club didn't trade for shortstop
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.
14 runs, 4 HRs, 6 straight Ws: Red Sox stay hot to move 10 games over .500
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
Rutschman excited to join red-hot Red Sox after Deadline blockbuster
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.
Crochet begins throwing, Anthony starts BP as Sox stars take key steps in rehab
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.
Red Sox acquire Giants lefty Miller for Mayer, add OF help in White
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
Red Sox swing blockbuster trade with O's for 2019 No. 1 pick Rutschman
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
Red Sox are on a tear -- will Deadline day bring last-minute moves?
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.
With 1 series left until Deadline, here's where red-hot Red Sox sit
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
Gray finds 'quiet and calm' in later innings of quality start in comeback win
WEST SACRAMENTO – A familiar pattern emerged for the Red Sox in this four-game series at Sutter Health Park. The bats would go cold in the early innings, only to come to life later. It was a formula that mostly worked. Boston rode back-to-back homers by Wilyer Abreu and Willson
Abreu, Contreras homers show Boston's unbreakable resolve once again
WEST SACRAMENTO – What a frenetic scene it was for the Red Sox when two slumping cornerstones turned a potential loss into a satisfying, 5-4 victory over the Athletics on back-to-back swings. Wilyer Abreu had just opened the eighth inning with an equalizing solo shot to center against Luis Medina.
'Nothing personal': Willson unbothered after Duran gets heated
WEST SACRAMENTO – In the midst of his most frustrating season in years, Red Sox left fielder Jarren Duran had it boil over on him during Thursday’s 5-4 win over the Athletics. In a tie game with runners at the corners and one out in the top of the sixth,
Anthony resumes swinging progression in key recovery step
WEST SACRAMENTO – For the first time in two months, the Red Sox were able to report some substantive progress for outfielder Roman Anthony, who has resumed a swing progression. The outfielder suffered a partial tear of a tendon connected to his ring finger on May 4 at Comerica Park.
Mead avoiding surgery, '26 return still on the table
WEST SACRAMENTO – The Red Sox were able to offer more specifics on the injury to trade acquisition Curtis Mead, who was plunked on the left wrist in just his second at-bat with his new team on Monday night. “The doctors read the scan; it’s a non-displaced fracture, so he’s
Late-round Draft picks Shelar, LaFavor are perfect fits for Boston
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Chapman gets nasty after near-walk-off to set up Monasterio's go-ahead HR
WEST SACRAMENTO – For a moment, it looked like Aroldis Chapman, Boston’s All-Star closer, was going to get walked off at Sutter Health Field for the second straight season. Lawrence Butler certainly thought so, when he drove one to deep left and posed and watched, thinking he had a game-ending
Monasterio blasts go-ahead HR in 10th and ... can't stop apologizing?
WEST SACRAMENTO – After all the madness of a wild, 4-2, 10-inning win by the Red Sox over the Athletics on Wednesday night, all Andruw Monasterio wanted to say (yet again) was that he was sorry. What was the home run hero sorry for? Monasterio had just powered his red-hot
Red Sox rally falls just short as Bennett deals another quality start
WEST SACRAMENTO – As the baseball took flight off Anthony Seigler’s bat with two outs in the top of the ninth, it looked like the Red Sox were in the process of yet another magical moment that could lead them to an 11th straight road victory. But Seigler’s Statcast-projected 397-foot
Red Sox trade prize Mead to IL after fracturing wrist in debut
WEST SACRAMENTO – Less than 24 hours after Curtis Mead made his debut with the Red Sox, the dangerous right-handed hitter was shut down indefinitely on Tuesday with a fractured left wrist sustained in his second at-bat with his new team. For Mead, the misfortune was hard to put into
Tolle grinds, Mead exits, Rafaela hits grand slam in Red Sox win
WEST SACRAMENTO – Away from the electrified air of Fenway Park, where the Red Sox just finished their best homestand of the season, interim manager Chad Tracy’s squad took a little while to get going on West Coast time in Monday night’s opener of a four-game series against the Athletics.
'Go ball, please': Rafaela’s 1st career slam lifts Red Sox to 10th straight road win
WEST SACRAMENTO -- For Ceddanne Rafaela’s first career grand slam, there was no bat flip. In fact, there was a bit of a bat slam to the ground. But playing in the friendly hitting confines of Sutter Health Park, even what feels like a pop fly can be a game-breaking
Though debut shortened by injury, Mead already feeling at home with Red Sox
WEST SACRAMENTO – Curtis Mead’s joy of playing his first game for the Red Sox turned into pain when he was drilled on the left hand with a 94.9 mph fastball from Athletics righty Jack Perkins in the top of the fourth inning of Monday’s 4-2 victory at Sutter Health
Dissecting Sox's trade for Mead: What does he add? Breslow's next move?
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Suarez (left groin strain) to return to Red Sox for start on Sunday
BOSTON -- All-Star lefty Ranger Suarez is back in the Red Sox's rotation for Sunday’s finale of this three-game series against the Blue Jays. Interim manager Chad Tracy made the announcement prior to Saturday’s game. To make room on the roster, left-hander Alec Gamboa was optioned to Triple-A Worcester. Suarez