Boston Red Sox’s Sandy Leon scores behind Kansas City Royals’ Drew Butera on a ground-out by Eduardo Nunez during the 10th inning of a baseball game in Boston, Saturday, July 29, 2017. The Red Sox won 9-8. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) BOSTON (AP) — Sandy Leon slid into home plate and avoided catcher Drew Butera’s tag […]
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Rafael Devers joins Red Sox, expected to start Tuesday
SEATTLE — The Boston Red Sox are giving highly touted prospect Rafael Devers a day to get acclimated to big league life. Then, he’s expected to make his first start in the majors — against Seattle ace Felix Hernandez. Hoping to get more production at third base, the AL East leaders called up the 20-year-old […]
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Olt, Barfield lead the way for Portland Sea Dogs
PORTLAND — Mike Olt homered, tripled and singled, scoring three runs while also driving in three as the Portland Sea Dogs topped the Hartford Yard Goats 13-2 on Sunday. Jeremy Barfield homered and singled with two RBIs for Portland. Hartford cut the deficit to 2-1 in the fourth after Correlle Prime hit an RBI single, […]
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Valbuena’s solo homer lifts Angels to 3-2 win over Red Sox
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels made their five hits count Sunday. Luis Valbuena hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning, Mike Trout and Andrelton Simmons also homered and the Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2. Valbuena hit his ninth shot of the season into short right field to leadoff […]
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Red Sox promoting Rafael Devers
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Boston Red Sox are calling up third base prospect Rafael Devers after failing to find a better solution on the trade market. Devers will join the Red Sox in Seattle on Monday and make his major league debut against the Mariners on Tuesday, Boston president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said […]
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Harrisburg Senators pound Portland Sea Dogs, 11-4
PORTLAND — Drew Ward homered and singled, scoring a pair of runs while also driving home a couple as the Harrisburg Senators defeated the Portland Sea Dogs 11-4 on Sunday. Stephen Perez doubled and singled twice for Harrisburg. Down 2-0 in the second, Portland cut into the lead when Henry Urrutia hit an RBI double, […]
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Angels score 3 after overturned call, beat Red Sox 4-2
BOSTON — The Los Angeles Angels benefited from a fairly-new rule and relied on an old-fashioned type save to beat the Boston Red Sox. Parker Bridwell pitched a solid 6 2/3 innings and Los Angeles scored three runs after its challenge overturned an inning-ending double play in the second, leading the Angels to a 4-2 […]
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Sea Dogs trying to get production to equal promise
Trey Ball delivers a pitch during a game for the Portland Sea Dogs earlier this season. Rafael Devers is the real deal. The top prospect in the Boston Red Sox minor league system and the No. 12 overall prospect in baseball has been as good as advertised for the Portland Sea Dogs this season. In […]
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Merrifield, Hammel help Royals to 4-2 victory over Red Sox
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Whit Merrifield drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer and the Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Monday night for their eighth win in nine games. Jason Hammel (4-6) pitched seven sharp innings before turning it over to Mike […]
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Pedroia’s single wins it in 11th; Red Sox beat Phillies 6-5
BOSTON — Dustin Pedroia singled home the winning run in the 11th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. Pablo Sandoval opened the inning with a single off Casey Fein (0-1). Deven Marrero pinch-ran and moved up on a sacrifice. After Mookie Betts was […]