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It’s Opening Day at Fenway Park

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BOSTON – Wouldn’t it be nice if Opening Day were somewhat close to Opening Day? Wouldn’t it be better if the Boston Red Sox were performing in front of their fans and some bunting with a 0-0 record, instead of 1-5? Wouldn’t it be nice to have that feeling of a new year, a new season and the hope that goes along with it every spring? It’s a great feeling inside, especially at such a wonderful ballpark as Fenway.

Opening Day usually brings with it knowledge that Spring is in the air. It’s been such a long, cold, nasty winter in New England. Baseball fans deserve a 60-degree day with some sunshine. That’s what we’ll have, dodging a 37-degree bitter cold, raw Thursday when it felt like it was 29 degrees.

We want baseball gloves, not real gloves.

We want to hear the crack of the bat, and not be cooped-up huddling behind the bleachers, warming our hands and standing in line for hot chocolate.

“Give me a Sam Adams or give me death,” said a member of the Henry family who was not Patrick.

In a fade-to-black flashback to the “real” Opening Day which came one day after the “really, real” Opening Night on Prime, the Red Sox and Garrett Crochet dealt the hometown Cincinnati Reds a 3-0 shutout, sending the parade groggy Reds fans home with an 0-1 mark. Two days later, the records were even at 1-1 when the Reds defeated the Sox, 6-5, in 11 innings. On March 29, the skid was real as the Red Sox dropped the rubber game of the set to Cincinnati, 3-2, when Eugenio Suarez reminded young Connelly Early of the cruelties of Major League Baseball when the Sox’ left-hander departed the game with a 2-0 lead only to have reliever Greg Weissert blow the game by serving up a 93 mph four seam fastball across the middle. Suarez knew best.

The slide went south from there, to Houston, Texas, where the Red Sox were swept in a three-game series by the Astros.

Spare you there details?

Okay, but suffice to know a homer-hittin’ bat-flippin’ Carlos Correa took Crochet downtown for the pivotal game win.

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That brings us to Opening Day at Fenway.

The Red Sox organization is honoring the ’86 American League champion Sox, but let’s hope Boston doesn’t get 86’d by the visiting San Diego Padres, a club who went 2-4 on their season opening home stand (vs. the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants).

Nearly 25 team members of that ’86 team are set to return for the anniversary celebration, including, Tony Armas, Marty Barrett, Wade Boggs, Oil Can Boyd, Mike Brown, Steve Crawford, Pat Dodson, Dwight Evans, Rich Gedman, Bruce Hurst, Rene Lachemann, Tim Lollar, Spike Owen, Jim Rice, Ed Romero, Joe Sambito, Dave Sax, Calvin Schiraldi, Jeff Sellers, Bob Stanley, Mike Stenhouse, Marc Sullivan, Mike Trujillo, and Rob Woodward.

It’ll also be welcome “home” Xander Bogaerts, too, although it seems as though the 10-year Red Sox shortstop played in ’86 rather than 2013-2022.

It’ll be Michael King on the mound for San Diego, facing Boston’s newly acquired Sonny Gray.

Gray went four innings and let up four runs (three earned) while walking one batter and striking out five.

The Fenway Faithful will say “No King” to King, who went five innings, striking out six against Detroit, but did not figure in his club’s 5-2 loss.

Besides the normal Opening Day jitters, Boston will be under the pressure of a sold-out crowd expecting much more than a 1-5 team. Rightfully so, as Spring Training and its early indicators made the Northerners think AL East title, rather than being four games behind divisional leader, New York.

When you put it all together, Friday will mark the 126th home season, the 115th at Fenway Park for the Red Sox.

First pitch at 2:10pm, but the fans will be in their seats by 1:30pm for the festivities.

Panthers, Bobrovsky Set Bruins Back

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SUNRISE – (Wire Service Report) – Florida goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves to lead the host Panthers to a 2-1 win over the Bruins on Thursday night in South Florida. Mackie Samoskevich and Sam Bennett scored for Florida (37-35-3, 77 points). Samoskevich has a career-high three-game goal streak.

The Panthers, the two-time reigning Stanley Cup champions, started the day next-to-last in the Eastern Conference, although they have not yet been officially eliminated from playoff contention.

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Boston (43-25-8, 94 points) is the top wild-card team in the East. The Bruins had a four-game win streak snapped and fell to 15-15-7 on the road.

Fraser Minten scored for Boston, while Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves.

The Panthers are missing 11 injured players. That includes defensemen Aaron Ekblad and Dmitry Kulikov, who went down this week.

Of the six defensemen used by Florida, only two — Seth Jones and Gustav Forsling — started the season with the Panthers. The other four are all 24 and relatively inexperienced: Michael Benning, Donovan Sebrango, Tobias Bjornfot and Mikulas Hovorka.

For the second straight game, Florida got off to a fast start, leading 2-1 after the first period.

The Panthers opened the scoring with 4:20 gone. A.J. Greer, who entered the game with a team-high 183 hits, got in on the forecheck, forcing a turnover. Samoskevich intercepted the bad pass by Henri Jokiharju. To make matters worse for Boston, Jokiharju inadvertently screened Swayman, and Samoskevich’s shot from the left circle bounced in off the left post.

Bennett’s goal with 7:39 elapsed in the first gave Florida a 2-0 lead. Greer was involved again, getting a primary assist due to his shot from the point. Bennett scored on a rebound from the slot, lifting the puck over Swayman’s blocker.

Boston got on the board with just 27 seconds left in the first. On the play, two Panthers – Sebrango and Matthew Tkachuk — lost their stick in puck battles. Minten took advantage, picking up a loose puck and lifting it over Bobrovsky’s left pad from point-blank range.

With 3:21 left in the third, Greer was penalized for tripping, but Florida killed that penalty. Boston pulled Swayman for an extra attacker, and the Panthers also withstood that for the win.

–Field Level Media

Mickelson to Miss Masters

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AUGUSTA – (Wire Service Report) – Phil Mickelson announced Thursday on social media that he will not compete in the upcoming Masters.

“Unfortunately I will not play in the Masters Tournament next week and will be out for an extended period of time as my family continues to navigate a personal health matter,” Mickelson wrote on Instagram. “I have great respect for Augusta National Golf Club and it is definitely the most special week of the year. I wish everyone the best of luck and will be watching.”

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Mickelson, 55, joins Tiger Woods as high-profile golfers who will miss this year’s tournament at Augusta National. Woods announced Tuesday that he would be “stepping away” while he seeks treatment following a rollover crash last week in Florida that resulted in a DUI charge.

A three-time Masters champion (2004, 2006, 2010), Mickelson made his first appearance in the event back in 1991. This will mark just the fourth time that the six-time major champion will not be in attendance for the event at Augusta National.

Mickelson missed the first four events of the LIV Golf season in 2026 while tending to a family health matter. He returned for LIV South Africa, finishing 7-under-par to end up T48 in a 54-man field.

Ten LIV golfers will compete in the Masters on April 9-12: Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson, Tom McKibbin, Carlos Ortiz, Jon Rahm, Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith and Bubba Watson.

–Field Level Media

Bruins Begin Four Game Trip

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SUNRISE – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – Last season, the Boston Bruins missed the playoffs for the first time since 2015-2016. They also traded away long-time star Brad Marchand to Florida and watched him win a Stanley Cup title with the Panthers.

That was rough.

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This season, however, the Bruins (43-24-8, 94 points) are currently the top wild-card team in the Eastern Conference, and they are closing in on a return to the playoffs.

On Thursday night, the Bruins will visit — ironically — the Panthers in South Florida and it’s amazing how the proverbial tables have turned.

The Panthers, the two-time reigning Stanley Cup champions, are 36-35-3 (75 points), which puts them in next-to-last place in the East. In fact, they are on the verge of being officially eliminated from playoff contention, possibly this week.

Marchand, meanwhile, hasn’t played since March 6 due to a lower-body injury, and his Panthers have lost six of their past nine games.

Even so, the Panthers won’t go down without a fight, and they proved that on Tuesday with a 6-3 home win over Ottawa. The Panthers led that game,  5-0, after the first period.

“We got a couple of goals, and, all of a sudden, we had juice and energy,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. “We haven’t had a lot of fun nights in the past month so this ignited our bench. We’re playing for that good feeling.”

But the problem for the Panthers all season has been injuries, and that issue came up again on Tuesday as defensemen Aaron Ekblad and Dmitry Kulikov went down. Ekblad took a puck to the hand, and Kulikov was hit by a puck in the face.

Counting those two, there are now a dozen players on Florida’s injured list as compared to just one for Boston.

Maurice, with gallows humor, joked that there was “a line at the X-ray machine” in order to check for broken bones.

Ironically, Ekblad on Thursday would’ve broken Aleksander Barkov’s record for most games played in a Panthers uniform with 805. But Maurice admitted on Tuesday when asked about Ekblad’s injury, “I don’t think it looks great.”

As for the Bruins, they won their fourth straight game on Tuesday, defeating visiting Dallas 6-3.

Boston’s Viktor Arvidsson recorded his fifth NHL hat trick and his first since March 4, 2022.

“It was three easy ones,” Arvidsson said. “One was two inches from the goal, and the other two were empty-netters.”

David Pastrnak leads Boston in assists (66) and points (95). His previous career high for assists was 63, and he is closing in on what would be his fourth straight 100-point season.

Morgan Geekie leads Boston with 34 goals and ranks second in points (63). And Pavel Zacha ranks third on the Bruins with a career-high 60 points.

“We put a lot of emphasis on being hard on each other and pushing each other,” said Arvidsson, who is fifth on the Bruins with 50 points. “We’re happy where we are, but we have a job to finish to get ready for the playoffs.”

One issue for Boston is its 15-14-7 road record. The Panthers are 20-15-3 at home.

The trip to Sunrise marks the start of a four-game Bruins road trip.

“We have to get the job done,” Arvidsson said. “We have to improve our game on the road.”

–Field Level Media

High Scoring Celtics Win at Miami

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MIAMI – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – Boston’s high-scoring forward tandem of Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum ran up the score as Brown tossed in a game-high 43 points and Tatum had an impressive triple-double of 25 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists as the visiting Celtics beat the Miami Heat 147-129 on Wednesday night.

It marked the seventh time Brown has scored at least 40 points this season. Sam Hauser made 5 of 7 3-point attempts and added 23 points for Boston (51-25), which made 21 of 44 3-point attempts (47.7%) and shot 58.3% from the floor.

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Bam Adebayo led Miami (40-37) with 29 points and 10 rebounds. The Heat, who shot 46.3% from the floor and 51.1% from 3-point range, received 21 points from Davion Mitchell, who made 5-of-10 shots from beyond the arc.

Miami has lost eight of its last 10 and given up at least 121 points in each of the eight losses.

Norman Powell, Miami’s leading scorer (22.1 ppg), missed his third straight  game with an upper respiratory illness.

The game remained tight in the first until Boston used a 13-0 run to take a 42-30 lead with 2:10 left in the quarter. The Celtics shot 20 of 28 from the field (71.4%) in the first 12 minutes and led 53-33 entering the second.

Hauser made each of his five 3-point attempts in the opening quarter, when Boston shot 11 of 15 from 3-point territory. Boston’s 53 points set a franchise record for most points scored in a first quarter.

The Celtics, who have won eight of their last 10, extended their lead to 25 in the second and had an 80-57 halftime lead. Brown led all scorers in the first half with 24 points. Tatum had 13 points and 12 rebounds.

An 8-0 Miami run cut Boston’s lead to 95-77 with 6:56 remaining in the third, but Boston eclipsed the 100-point mark when a Brown jumper put the Celtics up 101-77 with 4:55 left in the quarter. The Heat scored the final 12 points in the third, which left Boston with a 112-102 advantage entering the fourth.

Miami cut its deficit to 114-105 early in the fourth, but Boston scored the next seven points to take a 16-point lead.

–Field Level Media

Bad Streakers to Return Home

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HOUSTON – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – Astros’ legend Carlos Correa’s two-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning changed the game, helping Houston complete a three-game sweep against the visiting Boston Red Sox with a 6-4 win on Wednesday afternoon. Correa and Christian Vazquez both went deep, Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored, and Mike Burrows (1-1) pitched five innings of two-run ball with six strikeouts for Houston, which has won five straight since an 0-2 start.

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Correa’s long ball off Boston ace Garrett Crochet (1-1) broke a 2-2 tie.

Wilyer Abreu (2-for-4) and Roman Anthony homered in the eighth and ninth, respectively, as the Red Sox attempted to stage a late comeback, but a 1-for-7 showing with runners in scoring position and seven men left on base did them in. Connor Wong also had two hits.

Crochet struck out seven but allowed five runs (four earned) through five innings.

Jarren Duran’s move into the leadoff spot paid instant dividends for Boston in the first, as he lined a single to left field before scoring the opening run on a Willson Contreras single up the middle.

Houston responded with a two-run first, scoring in its first at-bats for the third time in as many games in the series. After Crochet struck out Jose Altuve to lead off the game, Alvarez and Isaac Paredes knocked back-to-back doubles to plate the tying run. Correa then reached on an error, and Christian Walker lined a go-ahead single to left.

Three straight baserunners to begin the second helped the Red Sox draw back even. Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s fielder’s choice and a Wong double to left created an RBI opportunity for Duran, whose grounder to short plated the run.

After Boston made it a 2-2 game, the starting pitchers posted dueling zeroes over several frames, with Burrows striking out the side in the third and Crochet doing the same in the fourth.

Crochet retired six straight Astros before Altuve singled and Alvarez was hit by a pitch, setting the stage for Correa — who previously grounded into a 5-4-3 double play — to send a low pitch into the left field Crawford Boxes for his first round-tripper.

In the seventh, Vazquez greeted Boston reliever Danny Coulombe with a leadoff solo shot to center field, extending the Houston lead to 6-2.

Vazquez’s swing proved to be key insurance as Boston staged a comeback with solo shots in back-to-back innings. The hosts had an opportunity for even more as Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock labored through a 37-pitch eighth inning, but a bases-loaded strikeout ended the threat without any damage.

After Anthony’s pinch-hit homer in the ninth, Bryan Abreu struck out the side to record his first save.

–Field Level Media

PGA Tour: Valero Texas Open Preview

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By TERRY LYONS, Editor Digital Sports Desk

SAN ANTONIO – Welcome to PGA Tour Brunch coverage of the 2026 Valero Texas Open in this fantastic, but hot, Alamo City.

This week’s field includes 15 of the Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, headlined by two players inside the Top 10:

  • No. 4 Tommy Fleetwood
  • No. 10 Russell Henley
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The last spot in the Masters Tournament is available to the winner of the Valero Texas Open, if not otherwise qualified. There are currently 22 players in the field that are exempt for the Masters Tournament, with the majority of the field having a chance to earn that final spot in the Masters Tournament field.

Three of the last six winners of the Valero Texas Open qualified for the Masters Tournament with their victory (2019/Corey Conners, 2022/J.J. Spaun, 2024/AkshayBhatia). Only Connors is playing this week.

Players in the field already invited to the Masters: Ludvig Åberg, Tommy Fleetwood, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Max Homa, Johnny Keefer, Michael Kim, Si Woo Kim, Haotong Li, Robert MacIntyre, Hideki Matsuyama, Matt McCarty, Maverick McNealy, Alex Noren, Andrew Novak, Marco Penge, Kristoffer Reitan, J.J. Spaun, Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka, Nick Taylor, and Sami Valimaki

Johnny Keefer, a PGA TOUR rookie and San Antonio resident, is making his tournament debut this week. He is coming off his best finish in 14 career PGA TOUR starts with a T3 at last week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open.

In his rookie season on TOUR, owns five made cuts in eight starts and sits at No. 60 in the FedEx Cup standings. He played five seasons collegiately at Baylor University where he broke the school record for career scoring average (71.45) previously established by six-time PGA TOUR winner Jimmy Walker (71.55 from 1997-2001).

Gary Woodland, Nicolai Højgaard, Daniel Berger, Ricky Castillo and David Lipsky were amongst the stampede of WDs from the tournament.

Collin Morikawa, who was in the field until Tuesday morning when he withdrew due to a lingering back injury her suffered at The Players.

Valero Texas Open | Tournament Facts

COURSE: TPC San Antonio

YARDS/PAR: 7,438 yards/Par 72

ARCHITECTS: Pete Dye/Greg Norman

PRIZE Money – Purse: $9,800,000/Winner: $1,764,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Brian Harmon

PAST RESULTS: (link)

FEDEx CUP: Points to Winner: 500

TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW: (link)

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @valerotxopen

Valero Texas Open | Field/Updates, Tee Times and Leaderboard

The Field: (link)

Updates:

Friday. March 27

Ryan Gerard WD / Matt Kuchar IN

Saturday, March 28

Isaiah Salinda WD / Justin Lower IN

Aaron Wise WD / Taylor Moore IN

Sunday, March 29

Bronson Burgoon IN (top 10 previous event)

Ryan Palmer IN (unrestricted sponsor exemption)

Monday, March 30

Pierceson Coody WD / Taylor Moore IN

Nicolai Højgaard WD / Joel Dahmen IN

Matti Schmid WD / Sam Ryder IN

Gary Woodland WD / Jackson Suber IN

Nick Hardy IN (open qualifier)

Charlie Crockett IN (open qualifier)

Tuesday, March 31

Daniel Berger WD / Lanto Griffin IN

Collin Morikawa WD / Frankie Capan III IN

David Lipsky WD / Carson Young IN

Ricky Castillo WD / Chan Kim IN

Tee Times: (link)

Tournament Leaderboard: (link)

Last Year’s Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)

Last Week’s Leaderboard: (PGATourCom)

Astros Beat Sox; 4th Straight Loss

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HOUSTON – (Wire Service Report) – Hunter Brown allowed one run and struck out eight in six innings to help the Houston Astros stretch their winning streak to four games by beating the visiting Boston Red Sox 9-2 Tuesday night in the second game of a three-game series. The only hit Brown (1-0) allowed was a Connor Wong double that drove in Marcelo Mayer in the fifth. Cody Bolton struck out five over the final three innings to earn his first save.

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Yordan Alvarez and Cam Smith each hit solo home runs for the Astros. Alvarez, Christian Walker and Carlos Correa each had two hits and two RBIs in the win. Smith also collected two hits.

Boston got a solo home run from Ceddanne Rafaela for its only other run. The Red Sox struck out 13 times in the loss.

Boston starter Brayan Bello (0-1) was pulled with two outs in the fifth and Houston leading 6-1. He gave up six runs (five earned), eight hits, walked three and struck out two.

The Astros struck first when Jeremy Pena singled and scored on an Alvarez double to give Houston a 1-0 lead in the first.

Houston extended its lead to 3-0 in the third. After Jose Altuve drew a two-out walk, Correa doubled to put runners on second and third and Walker followed with a two-run single.

After Wong’s RBI double in the top of the fifth, the Astros regained a three-run lead when Alvarez homered in the bottom half of the inning to increase Houston’s advantage to 4-1. Later in the fifth a Joey Loperfido single drove in Correa to make it 5-1, and then Walker scored from third on Wong’s throwing error to push the lead to 6-1.

Correa’s two-run single off Ryan Watson drove in Alvarez and Jake Meyers to make it 8-1 in the sixth.

Following Smith’s homer in the seventh, Rafaela hit one of his own in the eighth to cut Houston’s lead to 9-2.

It was Boston’s fourth straight loss.

–Field Level Media

LeBron Sets NBA All-Time Win Mark

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LOS ANGELES – (Wire Service Report) – Luka Doncic had 42 points and 12 assists, and LeBron James scored 14 points in his NBA-record 1,229th career win, powering the Los Angeles Lakers to a decisive 127-113 victory over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers. The Los Angeles Lakers (50-26) won for the 13th time in its last 14 games, clinching a playoff spot and the Pacific Division title earlier in the night when the Phoenix Suns lost. The Lakers sit third in the Western Conference, two games ahead of the Denver Nuggets.

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James surpassed Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most combined regular season and playoff wins. The all-time scoring leader added five rebounds and six assists against the Cavaliers, the team he spent 11 seasons with over two stints.

MVP candidate Doncic returned from an automatic one-game suspension for picking up his 16th technical foul. He became the third-youngest player with 15,000 career points at 27 years, 31 days (James holds the mark at 25, 79).

Jarrett Allen scored 18 points for Cleveland (47-29), which remained one game behind the third-place New York Knicks in the East. James Harden had 17 points and Donovan Mitchell chipped in 10 points and six assists.

The Cavaliers, whose magic number to make the playoffs is one, have won six of their last eight games and are 16-6 with Harden in the lineup.

Deandre Ayton had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Austin Reaves scored 19 for Los Angeles, which blew the game open by scoring 45 in the third to go up 110-83. It was the 100th victory for coach JJ Redick.

The Lakers carried a 65-53 advantage into the half, fueled by 20 points and seven assists from Doncic and 11 points and six rebounds from Ayton. Allen had 18 points on 9-of-11 field-goal attempts, but Mitchell only scored two for the Cavaliers.

Doncic wasted no time getting back in the flow, taking 10 shots and scoring 14 points while playing the entire first. Cleveland held a 34-32 lead behind nine points from Harden and eight points and three rebounds by Allen.

Los Angeles guard Marcus Smart (right ankle bruise) missed his fourth game in a row, while the Cavaliers were without swingman Sam Merrill (left hamstring soreness).

Cleveland forwards Jaylon Tyson (left great toe bruise) and Dean Wade (right ankle sprain) did not travel with the team on its three-game trip.

–Field Level Media

 

Astros Turn to Brown vs. Red Sox

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HOUSTON – (Wire Service Previwew) – The Houston Astros had to slug their way past the Los Angeles Angels in the final two contests of their season-opening four-game series, setting the stage for veteran right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. to deliver a lengthy start against the Boston Red Sox and provide the bullpen a bit of a breather.

McCullers did exactly what was needed, hurling seven strong innings to lead the Astros to an 8-1 victory in the opener of a three-game home series that continues on Tuesday. Houston needed only two pitchers on Monday to secure the triumph, with reliever Ryan Weiss covering the final two frames of the Astros’ third straight win.

Astros manager Joe Espada had an inkling that his starter was up to snuff when McCullers struck out Roman Anthony and Trevor Story to open the game.   McCullers faced the minimum through six and, when he ran into a spot of trouble in the seventh, Espada let him finish the job.

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“He picked us up big time,” Espada said.

“He knew exactly what he needed to do, which makes it even harder to do. The expectations are I need to pick the teammates up. And then he does it against that lineup. It just tells you it’s not his first rodeo. He’s been in that spot before. The fact that he delivered and picked us up put us in a much better spot for (Tuesday).”

Right-hander Hunter Brown (0-0, 0.00 ERA) has the starting assignment for Houston on Tuesday. He worked 4 2/3 scoreless innings against the Angels but did not factor into the decision of a 3-0 loss last Thursday after he allowed four hits and four walks with nine strikeouts. Brown recorded eight scoreless starts last season.

Brown is 2-0 with a 1.89 ERA across three career starts against the Red Sox. He faced Boston twice in 2025 and allowed two runs on 10 hits and four walks with 10 strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings.

Right-hander Brayan Bello (11-9, 3.35 ERA in 2025) is the scheduled starter for the Red Sox on Tuesday. He logged a career-high 166 2/3 innings last season but labored down the stretch and dropped his last three decisions while allowing nine earned runs across 14 innings. During one stretch in 2025, Bello recorded a decision in 13 consecutive starts, going 8-5 with a 2.49 ERA.

Bello is 1-1 with a 2.19 ERA in three career appearances (two starts) against the Astros. He faced Houston in consecutive starts in late August 2023, splitting the decisions after allowing four runs (three earned) on 13 hits and five walks with six strikeouts across 11 2/3 innings.

After scratching across just 10 runs while dropping a three-game series to the Cincinnati Reds over the weekend, the Red Sox mustered only six baserunners against the Astros on Monday.

The slow start offensively hasn’t presented any cause for concern.

“Honestly, I think we’re in a pretty good spot,” Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran said. “I feel like we’re a pretty positive group. I feel like nobody has really been down on themselves, and we’re very talkative. I feel like we’ve been talking to each other about what we’ve seen on the mound.”

–Field Level Media