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Alex Verdugo has a clear vision of what he wants to do when he steps up to the plate

After tinkering with a more closed stance, Verdugo realized his usual open stance allowed him to see the pitcher, and the ball, better.
red sox 8, guardians 3

Red Sox complete sweep, rack up 15 hits against Guardians en route to seventh win in a row

Rich Hill turned in another quality performance despite walking four, going six innings and yielding just one run on five hits while striking out five.
PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

As Red Sox climb the standings, their chemistry is becoming stronger by the day

Yes, the Sox trail the Yankees by 11 games in the American League East, but with the third-best record in the AL, they're clearly coalescing into something notable as the schedule returns to the division the next month.
BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Tempers boil over between Angels, Mariners as eight ejected in massive brawl

Both managers and six players were ejected after the brouhaha, which stopped and started twice before Angels closer Raisel Iglesias came back out to the empty field to restoke the anger.

RED SOX AT GUARDIANS | 1:40 P.M. (NESN)
Game 73: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes
The Sox can wrap up a second consecutive sweep and extend their winning streak to a season-best-equaling seven games in Cleveland.

red sox 4, guardians 2
Jarren Duran brings the speed, Alex Verdugo the power as Red Sox rally past Guardians to win sixth straight
Boston trailed by two when Verdugo hit a three-run homer in the sixth, while Duran went 4 for 5 with an RBI single and two stolen bases.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

The Red Sox bullpen, a muddled mess early this season, has come together beautifully

The Sox came out of spring training believing they had the ingredients of a good bullpen, but didn’t know how to blend them together. Now that they do, the corps — and the team — is soaring.
PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Rob Refsnyder has given Red Sox all they could want in a sneaky-tough role

Having a good at-bat coming off the bench is a skill not every player has, but the 31-year-old Refsnyder — in his 11th season in pro ball — takes comfort from a simple mantra: "Just be a baseball player."
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Connor Seabold joins Red Sox, could start Monday’s series opener in Toronto

The righthander is 5-1 with a 2.26 ERA in 11 starts for Triple A Worcester, striking out 51 batters in 51⅔ innings.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

How a Wilmington-based company developed a chemical coating for baseballs that improves grip and can be applied uniformly

The process was tested in the Arizona Fall League last year and Double A this season. The company also brought in Dan Duquette as a liaison with MLB.
BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Astros’ Cristian Javier, pair of relievers combine to no-hit red-hot Yankees

Javier, a 25-year-old righthander, set career highs for strikeouts (13) and pitches (115) before giving way to Héctor Neris to begin the eighth, with Ryan Pressly — who blew a save on Thursday — closing it out.
RED SOX AT GUARDIANS | 6:10 P.M. (NESN)

Game 72: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes

The Red Sox are a season-high nine games above .500 entering the weekend.
Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Christian Arroyo, who hadn’t played in weeks, does a little bit of everything as Red Sox defeat Guardians

Arroyo was 3 for 4 with three RBIs and made a stellar play in the field.
red sox 6, guardians 3

Fresh off COVID-19 list, Christian Arroyo hits tiebreaking homer to help Red Sox beat Guardians

Activated earlier in the day, Arroyo drove in a run with a first-inning hit by pitch before going deep with a two-run shot in the seventh.
red sox notebook

Red Sox scrap plans to activate Garrett Whitlock (hip soreness) for series in Toronto

The club hoped Whitlock could pitch the series opener against the Blue Jays on Monday, but the righthander was unable to throw in the bullpen on Friday.
BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Agreement, for now: Aaron Judge, Yankees settle on $19 million deal for 2022

The slugging outfielder is in the midst of perhaps his best season, batting .304 with a major league-leading 27 homers and 53 RBIs in 68 games entering Friday, with New York off to a historic 52-18 start.
Red Sox at Guardians | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 71: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound as the Red Sox open a three-game series at Cleveland.
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This Red Sox-Guardians series has a great managerial angle to it, and other thoughts

You can make a good case that Terry Francona and Alex Cora are the two best managers in Red Sox history.

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Alex Verdugo has a clear vision of what he wants to do when he steps up to the plate

After tinkering with a more closed stance, Verdugo realized his usual open stance allowed him to see the pitcher, and the ball, better.

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Red Sox complete sweep, rack up 15 hits against Guardians en route to seventh win in a row

Rich Hill turned in another quality performance despite walking four, going six innings and yielding just one run on five hits while striking out five.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

As Red Sox climb the standings, their chemistry is becoming stronger by the day

Yes, the Sox trail the Yankees by 11 games in the American League East, but with the third-best record in the AL, they're clearly coalescing into something notable as the schedule returns to the division the next month.