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But I can’t say it’s based upon anything I’ve observed because it’s not other than really come to the conclusion that I think that it’s the right thing to do from an organizational perspective. I’ve learned that being a major league manager is...

– Rick Porcello suffered his 15th loss despite allowing three runs (two earned) over seven innings. However, Owens hit a wall in the third inning of last night’s game, as the Cleveland Indians were the hosts at Progressive Field with aspirations for the playoffs or,...

Following a season-long six-game winning streak, the Red Sox nosedive at the end, culminating with another loss Sunday, 3-1 to Cleveland, on the final game of the season. “He had really good command of his breaking ball, even in that weather”, Francona said. “He...

Enberg, 80, announced last week that next season would be his last.

The Yanks could clinch home-field advantage for the AL Wild Card Game with one more win or one Astros loss.

The Astros were at Seattle and Los Angeles home against Oakland later Tuesday night.

Needless to say, once playoffs roll around, all the statistical breakdowns and all the number crunching goes right out the window. “Dry” was not the word to describe their situation, what with bad weather and champagne on the way.

And for good reason. Sadly, the Red Sox have not played a truly meaningful game, at least for them, since July.

Looking at the box score, it would be easy to give the MVP of the game to Betts, who went 2-for-6 with two home runs and three runs batted in. You can check out the rest of the pregame notes here. They fought, the hitters fought today, but I gave up that home run.

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.

The first acquisition might come off the field, albeit not far from it.

Robbie Ross Jr., who has become the Red Sox closer by default for the last month of the season, claimed his fourth save of the season.

Orsillo, 46, has spent almost his entire career in the Red Sox organization.

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...