Without Paul Goldschmidt, the Yankees wouldn’t have had a chance to come back in the late innings of Saturday’s loss to the Red Sox. Goldschmidt walked to lead off the Yankees’ two-run seventh inning,

BOSTON — When the Red Sox were putting their team together last offseason, filling important holes in the roster and spending as they hadn’t in years, at no point did they say: “With a little luck, maybe we can be a .500 team.”

Fred Lynn became a Red Sox icon 50 years ago this summer. His 1975 season was so spectacular that he became Major League Baseball’s first player to share Rookie of the Year and AL MVP honors in

The narrative that the Boston Red Sox might be trade deadline sellers crystallized a few weeks back, but they could become a thing of the past soon. Thanks to a 6-2 stretch in the last nine days, the Red Sox are one win away from getting back to .

Chapman pitched the final two games in New York over the weekend, saving both games, then went for a third straight day in the 10th inning of Monday’s loss to the Rays. He didn’t pitch Tuesday (Weissert got the save in that one) but closed out Wednesday’s win, then threw 14 pitches Friday. That was likely his limit entering Saturday.

The Boston Red Sox have fallen short of expectations this season, entering MLB games today below the .500 mark and 8.5 games in back in the American League East. However, amid a r