Abreu’s clutch hitting has been evident since the season began. On Opening Day in Texas, he tied the game 2-2 with a solo homer in the top of the fifth and then gave Boston a 5-2 lead in the ninth inning with a three-run homer.

With the MLB trade deadline looming, struggling Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara emerges as a potential trade target for the Red Sox, who could gamble on his upside despite a league-worst ERA.

If the Red Sox truly have ambitions of playing baseball in October, they need more reliability to protect their increasingly overworked bullpen.

Brooks Lee hit a two-run single off Jordan Hicks in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox after a 90-minute rain delay

Jordan Hicks was ready to pitch the ninth, but had to wait out wind and rain. When the game resumed 90 minutes later, he, predictably, wasn't sharp.

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So far, they’re hanging in, despite the Rafael Devers trade, the Kristian Campbell demotion, the early Trevor Story struggles or similar scuffling from Walker Buehler.

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Keirsey broke open a scoreless game in the third inning with his second home run of the season, after which he noted he felt Paddack’s absence as he came back to the dugout and noticed the starting pitcher wasn’t waiting on the top step as usual to place the team’s celebratory helmet on his head.

MINNEAPOLIS — With the Red Sox just three outs away from a potential 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins, the threat of heavy rain and the potential for lightning forced a delay in the game in the middle of the ninth.