Red Sox manager John Farrell has lymphoma

The Red Sox hit three of them in their 15-1 victory over the Mariners on Friday night, the rout coming just hours after the team found out that its manager had been diagnosed with lymphoma and was taking a leave of absence. He will begin chemotherapy next week.

Red Sox assistant coach Torey Lovullo will serve as manager while Farrell receives treatment.

Lester received treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital while dealing with his own cancer scare, which cut short his 2006 season after an anaplastic large-cell lymphoma diagnosis that August.

In talking to the team before the game, Farrell said he did not want his illness to become a distraction. He went on to say that it was “localized and highly curable”.

“The good thing about lymphoma is that if it’s caught early it’s very treatable”, said WBZ-TV’s Dr. Mallika Marshall.

Asked if the Red Sox would dedicate the remainder of the 2015 campaign to Farrell, Lovullo responded affirmatively.

“We as group have been walking around with a heavy heart today”, Lovullo said.

The Red Sox have teamed up with Airbnb to give fans the chance to stay the night at Fenway Park.

“We all love John”, he said. Farrell was the pitching coach under Francona when the Red Sox won the 2007 World Series. His overriding message was he will take care of his business and the team should take care of theirs on the field. Xander Bogaerts drew a two out walk, David Ortiz doubled him home, and Rusney Castillo went opposite field off Mike Montgomery, dropping a fly ball into the bullpen to make it 3-1 for Boston.

Cleveland manager Terry Francona is one of Farrell’s closest friends. In our situation, you’ve got 25 men in the room, and he’s got to put up with each one of us, every situation. Here’s for the speediest of the recoveries. “He sounded really good”.

“It’s terrible. We heard the prognosis is very good, that’s encouraging”, he said before a game in Kansas City.

The Mariners are 17-8 in their last 25 during game 2 of a series and 34-16 in Hernandezs last 50 starts. The family is no stranger to cancer, as John and Sue sat by their youngest son Luke as he underwent surgery to remove a tumor while John was coaching in Toronto.

Farrell was touched by his players’ support. Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon on starting Logan Morrison in left for the first time this year in the hard spot in front of the Green Monster: “Just play right up against it. If it’s over your head, it’s out”.