MLB Threatens Pitchers With 10-Game Bans For Altering Balls
Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21.
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Pitchers will be ejected and suspended for 10 games for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs in a crackdown by Major League Baseball that will start June 21.
The Red Sox traded for a righty to help the bullpen on Monday, acquiring reliever Yacksel Rios from the Seattle Mariners.
The Blue Jays pounded the Boston Red Sox 18-4 on Sunday.
Toronto hit three homers in the fifth inning on Saturday against the Red Sox.
Thursday night's comeback win by the Red Sox had a little bit of everything -- and most of it was pretty strange.
Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman homered to help Jake Odorizzi pick up his first win since 2019, and the Houston Astros rolled past the Boston Red Sox 8-3 on Wednesday night.
The Red Sox' offense is potent. Except for when they are facing Framber Valdez.
Chris Sale was back in the bullpen at Fenway Park on Tuesday for the first time since 2019. He remains a ways away from rejoining the Red Sox rotation, but he's inching closer and closer to a return.
Tuesday will be a special day in Boston, as the Red Sox are set to honor the family of Pete Frates as part of Lou Gerhig Day at Fenway Park.
Entering the weekend, the Red Sox had lost 11 straight in Yankee Stadium. By Sunday night, demons were exorcised and Boston had sent a message.
It's the Red Sox first three-game sweep in the Bronx since June 2011.
The Sox have now won their first two meetings against the Yankees in 2021.
Dustin Pedroia Day is coming to Fenway Park.
The Red Sox and the Yankees square off for the first time this season with a three-game set in New York this weekend.
Alex Cora was not happy with Lance Barrett's strike zone, and had seen enough of it by the sixth inning Thursday afternoon against the Astros.
Brandon Workman is heading back to the Boston bullpen.
Major League Baseball will hold its first-ever Lou Gehrig Day Wednesday and Pete Frates will be part of the tribute.
The Red Sox have two days to make a decision on Brandon Workman, after the reliever opted out of his minor league deal with the franchise on Tuesday.
May was not a good month for Red Sox ace Eduardo Rodriguez.
Kyle Tucker had a season-best three hits and tied a career high with four RBIs as the Houston Astros beat former bench coach Alex Cora and the Boston Red Sox 11-2 on Monday.
Alex Cora said his return to Houston this week will be a little different, since it will be his first trip back since serving a one-year suspension for the 2017 Astros sign-stealing scandal.
The stands were about half full and the crowd broke in a chant of '"Let's go, Red Sox!" that echoed around in the first inning from the announced paid attendance of 25,089.
Franchy Cordero has made some big swings for the Boston Red Sox, but the majority of them have not turned into big hits. Now the team will see what he can do in Worcester.
A picture of optimism was painted for the potential of Chris Sale joining the rotation at some point this summer.
The game was delayed for nearly three hours by rain after the sixth inning.
Adley Rutschman hit his first homer as a member of the Red Sox and Boston beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Tuesday night.
Boston Police are searching for a 17-year-old who is wanted for murder in connection with a deadly stabbing in South Station last week.
A boy was critically hurt Tuesday morning when a large branch fell on him at YMCA Camp Chickami in Wayland, Massachusetts.
A convicted sex offender is now accused of recording video of children at the Boston Common Frog Pond using sunglasses with a camera.
Police are looking for Karen Solomon as they investigate the death of her husband, a Worcester, Massachusetts, police officer.
Police are looking for Karen Solomon as they investigate the death of Worcester police officer Kurt Solomon.
A psychologist who met with Lindsay Clancy in the hospital after her children's deaths testified Tuesday.
A boy was critically hurt Tuesday morning when a large branch fell on him at YMCA Camp Chickami in Wayland, Massachusetts.
A convicted sex offender is now accused of recording video of children at the Boston Common Frog Pond using sunglasses with a camera.
Boston Police are searching for a 17-year-old who is wanted for murder in connection with a deadly stabbing in South Station last week.
Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare form of cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, died Wednesday in Bethesda, Maryland.
Massachusetts has seen more than 100 cyclospora cases this summer, with some linked to lettuce.
Several people in New Hampshire have cyclospora infections linked to Taylor Farms lettuce.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Apartment rental scams are rising in the Boston area, according to the FBI. They said there have been nearly 500 victims.
An I-Team investigation into a brazen case of alleged land theft in Concord, Massachusetts has led to criminal charges nearly two years later.
With the Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses strike looming, some parents of newborns in the NICU are sounding the alarm.
A Malden, Massachusetts woman said National Grid took more than $28,000 out of her bank account for a gas bill that she didn't owe.
A Massachusetts family thought their Vrbo stay would be protected after they had to cancel their trip to Hawaii due to severe weather. Now they're out $12,000.
Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died. He was 86 years old.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Panera Bread is moving its headquarters from St. Louis to Weston, Massachusetts.
Breaking Grounds Cafe, a Peabody, Massachusetts coffee shop known for employing people with disabilities, is closing.
The buildings that house the Somerville Theatre and the Capitol Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts are for sale.
Golden Temple and Party Favors in Brookline are closing after a combined 100 years in business.
There are no more Hooters restaurants left in Massachusetts.
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House has become one of New England's most imaginative seaside estates.
Blending clean modern lines with the warmth of a classic seaside retreat, this stunning North Shore coastal home was designed to feel both elevated and inviting.
Set across thirty acres of rolling lawns, wooded trails, and contemporary outdoor art, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum invites visitors to experience art in the landscape.
James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Karen Akunowicz has become known for her bold, Italian-inspired cooking and unmistakable culinary voice.
Just a short drive from Newport, the Norman Bird Sanctuary spans 300 acres of fields, forests, and coastal trails with sweeping views and more than six miles of hiking paths.
Adley Rutschman hit his first homer as a member of the Red Sox and Boston beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Tuesday night.
Willson Contreras and Mickey Gasper homered, and the Red Sox dismantled the Diamondbacks 11-1 on Monday night.
Bryan Reynolds, Brandon Lowe, and Nick Yorke each had two RBIs to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Red Sox 8-3 after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay.
Dorchester, Massachusetts native Joshua Báez made history on Saturday in his Major League Baseball debut.
Sonny Gray worked seven innings for his career-best 15th win of the season, Wilyer Abreu hit a home run, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Saturday night.
Natick says it is installing a new floating boardwalk across Pickerel Pond.
Rising ocean temperatures are drawing more hammerhead sharks to New England waters, researchers say.
Some of the oldest military veterans in Massachusetts were honored with special flights on Friday in a World War II-era aircraft.
After marrying Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Adam Sandler went to Nantucket in search of a basketball court.
An injured hiker had to be carried off a New Hampshire mountain on a stretcher, but that didn't stop her from getting engaged.