Boston’s bats aren’t delivering with runners in scoring position, and the pitching staff has hit a few bumps.
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Rafael Devers homers in fifth straight game as Red Sox beat Cardinals, 11-3
Nick Pivetta allows one hit in six innings to help Boston snap a four-game losing streak.
Cardinals score five run in eighth to beat Red Sox, 7-2
Boston wastes another good outing from Kutter Crawford and drops its fourth in a row.
Cardinals drop Red Sox below .500 with 10-6 win
Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn hit two-run homers, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston 10-6 to drop the Red Sox below
Red Sox shut down Garrett Whitlock because of sore elbow
Whitlock dominated his rehab start for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday but experienced pain in his elbow the next day.
Red Sox offense needs work, but help must come from within
For all their planning, the Red Sox probably didn’t expect that they’d struggle so much offensively.
Rays score two in ninth to beat Red Sox, 7-5
Tampa Bay breaks a tie against Kenley Jensen after Boston erases a 5-1 deficit.
Rays forced to change pitchers in 9th after losing track of mound visits, beat Red Sox 7-5
Erasmo Ramírez retired Romy González on a game-ending groundout with two on after the Rays were forced to remove Jason Adam because they lost track of mound visits, and Tampa Bay beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5
Díaz’s 2-run single in 6th sends Rays to 4-3 win over Red Sox at Fenway
Wilyer Abreu and Rafael Devers homers for Boston
Romy Gonzalez hits the bonus when lifting Red Sox to 12-inning win
Romy Gonzalez was just hoping to advance baserunners, but instead got the winning hit in Tuesday’s 5-4 Red Sox victory over the Rays.