Luis Robert Jr. breaks up a scoreless deadlock with a homer just inside the Pesky Pole, spoiling a strong outing from Nick Pivetta.

Boston scores twice in the eighth and Chris Sale pitches five shutout innings in a win over Chicago.

Alex Cora appears set to return in 2024, the final year of his contract, but has no firm plans after that.

Red Sox starter Brayan Bello allows a career-high eight runs as Boston falls to three games under .500 for the first time since April.

Texas is chasing a wild card and scores twice in the seventh inning to pull ahead, while Boston (75-77) fails to get back to .500 with a 6-4 loss.

Rob Refsnyder hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over playoff-chasing Texas

Rafael Devers tied it for Boston with a home run in the top of the inning, but Toronto wins on Matt Chapman’s double.

Chris Sale allows one run in six-plus innings, but Boston loses for the ninth time in 11 games, 4-3.