The Boston Red Sox suffered a 5-1 loss on Wednesday against the New York Mets at Fenway Park after the bullpen faltered late. Tied 1-1 in the top of the seventh

Boston Red Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks has already survived a battle against cancer, one that threatened to end more than just his baseball career.A 5.56 ERA in 11 games this season isn't good, but you shouldn't need a cancer battle to put that in perspective.

Richard Fitts took the mound for Double-A Portland in his first rehab start on Thursday afternoon. The Red Sox right-hander gave up four hits, zero earned runs and struck out two in three innings of work. Fitts threw 38 pitches, 31 of them for strikes in the Sea Dogs’ 6-3 win over the Reading Fightin Phils.

The Cubs swept the City Series last weekend, keeping the White Sox on par with last year’s team for the worst 50-game start in franchise history at 15-35.

The White Sox leaned on strong pitching to win the first two games of their series against the Reds in Cincinnati. Here are three takeaways.

Red Sox game at Fenway Park on Thursday has been postponed because of rain. The teams will play a doubleheader Friday.

The team's medical and sports sciences staff determined Crochet should have a shorter outing, not a longer one.

Four hours after acquiring Garrett Crochet, the Red Sox obtained young catcher Carlos Narváez from the Yankees. Few would have guessed that addition would have worked out this well early on.