Red Sox manager Alex Cora offers curious explanation for not sending pinch-runner Nate Eaton home on an 11th-inning fly ball

BOSTON — Over the course of a long season, there are often multiple candidates for worst loss of the year. Only a few days ago, the Red Sox squandered a two-run lead with six outs to go. And the fact that they’ve been walked off 11 times on the road is a reminder that there’s plenty of competition for the title.

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Rafaela has struggled at the plate for about a month, a steep falloff coinciding with when he started bouncing between second base and center field.

The Red Sox suffered one of their worst losses of 2025, falling in 11 innings Tuesday despite Nathaniel Lowe's heroics in the ninth.

The Boston Red Sox could use the services of future Hall of Fame closer Kenley Jansen to help out their postseason push.

"There were at least 65 usages of either “best” or “GOAT” for this booth, far more than we saw for any other announcing team,” Awful Announcing noted of Orsillo and Grant. The post Former Red Sox TV voice Don Orsillo ranked first among top MLB broadcast teams appeared first on Boston.

Walker Buehler acknowledged that he understood why he had a short leash with his Tuesday start. Could the Red Sox re-assess his rotation spot down the stretch?