Chris Sale remained winless after five starts but struck out a season-high 10 in five innings as the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 to start their first doubleheader sweep at Fenway Park since August 1965.
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Chris Sale strikes out 10, but Boston drops first game of doubleheader to Tigers
The Tigers score three runs in the eighth inning to beat the Red Sox, 7-4.
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Top pitching prospect Darwinzon Hernandez joins Red Sox
Hernandez, who has been with the Portland Sea Dogs, was added to Boston’s roster for Game 2 of a doubleheader.
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Sox rained out; Eovaldi to have elbow surgery
Procedure to remove loose bodies from Nathan Eovaldi’s elbow is expected to sideline the pitcher for four-to-six weeks.
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Sox complete sweep of Rays
Christan Vazquez’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning lifts Boston past Tampa Bay 4-3 in 11 innings.
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Andrew Benintendi helps Red Sox beat Rays for first series win
The World Series champion Red Sox won a series for the first time this season when Andrew Benintendi hit a grand slam and a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and Christian Vázquez picked off Tommy Pham for the final out in a 6-5 win over Tampa Bay.
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Sea Dogs second baseman Brad Netzer is quietly on the rise
Netzer is a picture of consistency as he makes the most of being in Double-A in just his second full professional season.
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Betts, Moreland homer in eighth, lift Red Sox past division-leading Rays
Mookie Betts and Mitch Moreland hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning and the struggling Boston Red Sox beat the MLB-best Tampa Bay Rays 6-4.
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Red Sox settle for series split with Orioles
Dwight Smith Jr. hooked a two-run homer into the first row of seats down the right-field line and drove in four runs, leading the Orioles past the Red Sox 8-1 in Boston’s annual Patriots’ Day game to salvage a split of the four-game series.
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David Price and Zander Bogaerts carry Red Sox past Orioles
David Price pitched seven stellar innings with seven strikeouts, Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer and drove in every run, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-0.