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The Tampa Bay Rays are miles away from any kind of postseason contention as the season runs down, but that doesn't mean Kevin Cash's young team can't continue to have some fun. The Rays have won six straight games to get to a season-high seven games above .500. 1 and 6 came over the sizzling Boston Red Sox. Continue to Article

August 25, 2018 12:37:am EST

The Boston Red Sox had a lot of hits again. Willy Adames homered, Michael Perez drove in four runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Red Sox 10-3 Friday night for their sixth straight win. Boston finished with 13 hits, reaching double digits for the fourth time in five games. Continue to Article

August 24, 2018 11:54:pm EST

BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox didn't let a three-game skid dampen things. After all, nobody has been able to keep the AL East leaders down for longer than that this season. Xander Bogaerts hit two solo homers, Andrew Benintendi had a three-run double Continue to Article

August 22, 2018 11:43:pm EST

The latest top prospect has arrived. On Tuesday night in Chicago, righthander Michael Kopech will take to the mound for the White Sox in his major league debut against the Twins. Ranked in the top 20 of all three prospect lists this offseason and No. 15 on Baseball Prospectus’ midseason top 50, Kopech is the latest big name to float up from the minors. Continue to Article

August 21, 2018 1:34:pm EST

Matt Olson homered off left-hander Tony Sipp leading off the bottom of the 10th inning Friday night, completing a comeback that delivered the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros in the opener of a three-game series between the top two teams in the American League West in Oakland, Calif. Nick Martini lashed a game-tying RBI double in the ninth to force extra innings for the A's (73-49), who moved within one game of the first-place Astros (74-48). Olson belted Sipp's sixth pitch well over the fence in right field for his 23rd home run of the season and Oakland's eighth walk-off win of the year. Continue to Article

August 18, 2018 2:49:am EST