Red Sox rookie Hunter Dobbins talked the talk, then walked the walk by beating the Yankees twice in a seven-day period this week. Dobbins has been a headline-maker in recent days by first telling The Boston Herald that he’d rather retire than join the Yankees,

Like Dobbins, the Red Sox as a whole are trending in the right direction. Saturday’s win brought them back to .500 and back in the mix in the AL East. Once all of Boston’s pitchers are healthy, having Dobbins in the organization as a reliable extra arm wherever Cora needs him will be handy late in the season.

Red Sox rookie Hunter Dobbins, whose week included having to defend claims his dad played for the Yankees, beat the Yankees again on Saturday in Boston's 4-3 win.

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.

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Romy González delivered an RBI double, scoring Kristian Campbell as the Boston Red Sox took a 3-0 lead over the New York Yankees

Jarren Duran has led off for the Red Sox against both righties and lefties all season. That's about to change, Alex Cora said Saturday.

Alex Bregman popped out of the dugout at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, long before the Red Sox played the Yankees. He was accompanied by strength and conditioning coach Kiyoshi Momose and they went right to work on the outfield grass behind second base.