Kyle Schwarber Ready To Play Outfield For Red Sox; First Base Could Follow
The Red Sox' major deadline acquisition is ready to play the field.
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The Red Sox' major deadline acquisition is ready to play the field.
That was ugly. And painful. And damaging.
The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 on Wednesday night to match a season best with their sixth straight victory.
The Red Sox have pulled off some impressive disappearing acts over the last few weeks. Since the trade deadline, Boston's lead of first place in the AL East has completely disappeared, and now, so has their lead in the AL Wild Card race.
The New York Yankees beat Boston 2-0 Tuesday night to sweep a doubleheader and move ahead of the Red Sox for an AL wild-card spot.
The Red Sox and Yankees will be fitting three games into two days, with some critical ground in the wild-card race set to be fought for between the two divisional rivals.
Boston has won four of five games after losing 10 of 12 and falling out of first place in the AL East.
Infielder Travis Shaw is coming back to Boston to rejoin the Red Sox. He was claimed off waivers Sunday from the Milwaukee Brewers.
In his first time on a Major League mound in over two years, Chris Sale looked a lot like the Chris Sale of old.
Kyle Schwarber scored twice in his debut for Boston and his new teammates delivered three home runs to lift the Red Sox over the slumping Baltimore Orioles 8-1 Friday night.
Kyle Schwarber is making his long-awaited Red Sox debut Friday night, DHing and batting sixth against the Baltimore Orioles.
Alex Cora said that Kyle Schwarber's Boston debut may come "sooner rather than later" with the big deadline pickup set to begin his rehab assignment Thursday night.
An excited Xander Bogaerts can't wait to welcome Chris Sale and Kyle Schwarber into the everyday mix.
Bobby Dalbec drove in a career-high five runs and the Boston Red Sox routed the Tampa Bay Rays 20-8 Wednesday night.
It was less than two weeks ago when the Red Sox acquired Kyle Schwarber. A lot has changed since then, and the deadline acquisition has yet to even step on the field for Boston.
