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That made him the oldest Red Sox pitcher at the time of his first start, edging Scott Atchison, whose debut start with Boston came at the age of 34 years and 75 days in 2010.

Dustin Pedroia singled up the middle to induce a pitching coach mound visit with Pineda.

After batting through the order in the first, the Sox went down 1-2-3 on 12 pitches in the second inning as Pineda adjusted well. It speaks to the all-encompassing nature of Boston’s transformation over the past two months, one culminating Tuesday in their first five-game...

They could not hide from the cold math.

New York Yankees Carlos Beltran, right, greets the Yankees Greg… Ellsbury and Gardner scored two pitchers later when right fielder Carlos Beltran doubled to the wall in center field.

Beltran followed with a two-run double and Ackley’s blast came later in the inning. Clippard felt his back seize up while playing catch Friday afternoon and was unable to pitch in either of the first two games of the Subway Series. Those are the same three pitchers who...

After Yankees starter CC Sabathia had arguably his best start of the season against the Tampa Bay Rays last week, he continued the upward trend on Sunday night. New York, which leads the wild-card standings, moved within 2 1/2 games of first-place Toronto heading into a...

“Not close”, he said.