Home-plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt is leaving the game one batter after taking a Joe Kelly warmup pitch deflected off catcher Christian Vazquez's glove and hit him in the head. Wendelstedt stayed in the game initially. Being replaced by second-base ump Alan Porter to begin the top of the seventh.
After padding their division lead, the Sox are headed to Cleveland for the first time since their promising 2016 season came to halt in the ALDS.
Mitch Moreland passed concussion protocol but scratched from Red Sox lineup with sore neck after collision with Brett Gardner yesterday.
David Price threw off flat ground from 60 feet today in Boston, his first throws since last Tuesday. Assuming no recurrence of stiffness or other issues, he will throw again tomorrow.
Eclipse Watch ... on the full-service video board at Progressive Field.
Boston easily paced the majors in runs scored last year, but this season, the first without David Ortiz, has been a different story. However, there's been a noticeable uptick in offense since the arrival of Eduardo Nunez and Rafael Devers.
Keith Law chats with Alex Speier of The Boston Globe about Rafael Devers' fast start in Boston, the team's recent success and more.
Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run triple and an RBI single in the Red Sox's win Sunday. It was the 10th time in his five major league seasons that Bradley has driven in at least three runs batting ninth. The only other Boston player with as many such games is Butch Hobson, who had 11. No other active player has more than six three-RBI games from the bottom of the lineup. (Elias Sports Bureau)
Josh Macri recaps all of Sunday's MLB action, including a fun time in Williamsport, an important win for the Cubs, a stellar performance by Justin Verlander, Sox-Yanks & more.
You can no longer take the Astros' dominance for granted, with the Indians and Red Sox making cases for AL bragging rights. With so many teams still in the hunt, which clubs made big moves up and down?
Jackie Bradley Jr. tripled in two runs and singled in another, and Rick Porcello pitched six innings of a combined three-hitter to help the AL East-leading Red Sox beat New York 5-1 on Sunday and extend their lead over the Yankees to five games.
Red Sox 5, Yankees 1: Two out of three ain't bad. It's also exactly what the Sox needed. For the second weekend in a row, the Red Sox managed to keep the second-place Yankees at arm's length by winning two of three games. Jackie Bradley Jr. drove in three runs, including a tone-setting two-run triple in the second inning against Yankees starter Sonny Gray. Rick Porcello tossed six solid innings for his fourth consecutive win.
Aaron Judge extends his newly-minted MLB single-season strikeout record to 37 consecutive games with at least one strikeout.
Aroldis Chapman comes in to pitch in the 6th inning for the first time since September 23rd, 2011.
Now that Aaron Hicks is playing every day, it can be said that every AL East team has a superb defensive center fielder. Feel free to rank them: Jackie Bradley Jr. (Red Sox), Hicks (Yankees), Adam Jones (Orioles), Kevin Pillar (Blue Jays) and, when healthy, Kevin Kiermaier (Rays).
Joe Girardi isn't considering moving Aaron Judge out of No. 3 spot in lineup. "He's going to stay there," Girardi said. "He's still dangerous. He's still getting on at a pretty high clip." Judge is 0-for-3 today, 1-for-11 in this series and 9-for-57 this season vs. Red Sox. He hasn't homered in 70 consecutive plate appearances vs. Boston.
Jerry Remy, honored at Fenway for 30 years as Red Sox broadcaster: "I am fully confident I will be back in that booth for Opening Day next year -- when the Red Sox lift another pennant." Remy begins chemotherapy tomorrow to treat relapse of lung cancer.
Drew Pomeranz will throw a bullpen session Monday but is in line to make his scheduled start Wednesday night in Cleveland. Pomeranz left Friday night's game in the fourth inning because of back spasms. He has responded favorably to treatment over the past few days.
With nine K's against the Yankees on Saturday, Chris Sale now has 250 strikeouts in 25 games this season. He's one of three pitchers-- along with Randy Johnson and Pedro MartÃnez -- to reach 250 strikeouts in a season in 25 games or fewer. (Elias Sports Bureau)
Red Sox rookie Rafael Devers homered again against the rival Yankees on Saturday. He's the first player to go deep in three straight games against the Yankees before turning 21 years old since Babe Ruth in 1915.
With Saturday's win, CC Sabathia is now 3-0 with a 0.90 ERA in three starts against Boston this season. Since earned runs became official in the AL in 1913, four other Yankees pitchers have won their first three starts against the Red Sox in a season with a sub-1.00 ERA: Lefty Gomez in 1934 (0.33), Hank Borowy in 1945 (0.35), Whitey Ford in 1956 (0.67) and Scott Sanderson in 1991 (0.43), the Elias Sports Bureau notes.
