Mookie Betts and the Boston Red Sox just keep winning. Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Ian Kinsler won Gold Gloves for the World Series champion Red Sox on Sunday night, and the Atlanta Braves also were recognized for their fielding excellence this season. The 26-year-old Betts won for the third straight year. He also is […]
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Red Sox parade through Boston to start 11 a.m. Wednesday
BOSTON (AP) — In what has become a championship tradition in the city, the Boston Red Sox will climb aboard duck boats for a parade to celebrate the team’s fourth World Series title in 15 years, city officials announced Monday. The parade Wednesday will begin at 11 a.m. at Fenway Park. The team is expected […]
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Red Sox vs. Dodgers: A viewer’s guide to the World Series
Just after 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Red Sox will welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers to Fenway Park for the first game of the 144th edition of the World Series. And history will be made, one way or the other, for either a Red Sox team that won 108 regular season games or a Dodgers team […]
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Red Sox-Dodgers: Rich histories, but little crossover
Sandy Koufax, Jackie Robinson and the Boys of Summer. Ted Williams to Yaz and the Impossible Dream. Manny Ramirez. Pedro Martinez. Bill Buckner. Fenway Franks and Dodger Dogs. Ebbets Field, the Green Monster. “Sweet Caroline” or “I Love L.A.” Yet for all their rich history — dating back to Babe Ruth on the mound — […]
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Yanks’ Judge blares ‘New York, New York,’ as Red Sox head to Bronx
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge walked past Boston’s Fenway Park clubhouse early Sunday morning, Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “New York, New York” blaring from a boom box atop the wheelie bag he was pulling with his left hand. “It’s a good song. And Aaron, he’s one of our resident deejays, so he’s got a […]
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Yankees power past Red Sox to even ALDS
BOSTON (AP) — Gary Sanchez homered twice, Aaron Judge also hit a tape-measure shot and Masahiro Tanaka pitched the New York Yankees past the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Saturday night to tie their AL Division Series at one game apiece. Home runs by Judge and Sanchez helped chase David Price after only five outs. […]
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Red Sox replace Wright with Hembree on roster vs. Yankees
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright has been replaced on the AL Division Series roster with reliever Heath Hembree. Wright has inflammation in his left knee and a loose body. He is ineligible for the rest of the best-of-five series and also cannot play in the AL Championship Series. He could be active […]
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Indians beat Red Sox 4-3 in 11 innings
CLEVELAND (AP) — Greg Allen singled with one out and the bases loaded in the 11th inning and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday night to deny Boston’s bid for a club-record 106th victory for the second straight game. Allen singled through the left side on a 3-2 pitch from Robby […]
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Brantley single in 11th lifts Indians over Red Sox
CLEVELAND — Michael Brantley singled in the winning run in the 11th inning, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Red Sox 5-4 on Saturday night to delay Boston’s bid for a club-record 106th victory and home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Yan Gomes started the 11th with an infield hit off Drew Pomeranz (2-6), sliding to […]
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Red Sox beat Yanks, clinch AL East title, but ‘haven’t won what we want to win yet’
NEW YORK — Sitting on Alex Cora’s desk in the visiting manager’s office at Yankee Stadium were two bottles of chilled champagne and a handwritten note congratulating him. After waiting a few days, the Boston Red Sox finally got to break out the bubbly in the Bronx. Mookie Betts and the Red Sox won their […]