— Xander Bogaerts hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fifth inning and a two-run double in the sixth, lifting the AL wild-card leading Boston Red Sox over the stumbling New York Mets 6-3 on Tuesday night.
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— Kiké Hernández’s game-tying RBI single caromed off the second-base bag and into shallow center field, sparking a three-run, seventh-inning rally that carried the AL wild-card leading Boston Red Sox to an 8-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Sunday...
— Xander Bogaerts homered and drove in four runs, carrying the AL wild card-leading Boston Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Saturday for their fourth straight win.
— Quarantine wasn’t quite a complete shutdown for Chris Sale.
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Enrique Hernández of the Boston Red Sox honored Roberto Clemente by not only wearing No. 21, but also wearing personalized elbow pads with Clemente's image.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora on Roberto Clemente: "If there's a Hall of Fame above the Hall of Fame, off the field, he's in that Hall of Fame."
— Kyle Schwarber and Christian Vazquez drove in two runs apiece in the 10th inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 9-4 on Wednesday to keep pace in the AL wild-card race.
— Pinch-hitter Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 8-4 on Tuesday night to keep pace in the competitive AL wild-card race.
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— Normally one to remain stoic and keep his emotions in check, Seattle's Mitch Haniger couldn’t stop from pumping his fist and screaming as he rounded first base.
Boston activated reliever Hirokazu Sawamura on Monday, while Chris Sale could return this weekend against Baltimore after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.
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— Leury Garcia hit a game-ending home run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Chicago White Sox over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 Sunday.
— Travis Shaw hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning after belting a three-run homer in the third and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 9-8 on Saturday night.
— When Carlos Rodón needed more, he found it.
Chris Sale, who has gone 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA since rejoining the rotation, became the 10th player for the Red Sox to test positive for COVID-19 since Aug. 27.
MLB has denied Red Sox outfielder Hunter Renfroe's allegation that the league told the team to stop testing for COVID-19 amid an outbreak.
With teams jockeying for a limited number of spots, which squads are rising and falling?
— Hunter Renfroe hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and threw out Joey Wendle trying for a triple from deep center field for the final out of the ninth as the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 Wednesday night.
— Nelson Cruz homered twice and, at 41 years old, became the oldest player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in a season, powering the Tampa Bay Rays past the Boston Red Sox 12-7 Tuesday night.
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