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BOSTON — After struggling against teams with worse records throughout the first half of the season, the Red Sox are finally seizing the opportunity to pad their record. After a solid win in Friday night’s series opener, they overpowered the Oakland Athletics again on Saturday to the tune of a…

BOSTON — Since being taken out of the starting rotation in mid-May Nick Pivetta has emerged as a formidable weapon out of the bullpen, and Friday he made his strongest case yet for a potential return to full-time starting duty.

After a frustrating June in which bad weather and befuddling baseball were the only constants, the Red Sox were ready to turn the calendar page.

On that day in 1939, he delivered his famous “Luckiest Man” speech at Yankee Stadium after being diagnosed with the disease that later was named for him.

Coming into Friday, Boston’s bats were as cold as ice. The Red Sox had managed just 11 runs in their last seven games, and they hadn’t managed more than two in a game since last Saturday.

BOSTON — In their first two games at Fenway Park, the Miami Marlins scored 16 runs on 26 hits to clinch their series against the Boston Red Sox.

BOSTON — The Miami Marlins scored five consecutive runs following a nearly 75-minute rain delay to break open a tie game and then held on to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Wednesday at Fenway Park.

As his power production has risen in line with his massive ability, some incremental progress in his rate of chasing pitches out of the zone has led to exponentially more run production.

The victory put off the possibility of the White Sox (33-45) dropping their fifth series in a row until Sunday and kept them from matching a season-high 14 games under .500.