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BOSTON — Christian Arroyo had made it a few steps out of the batter’s box down the first-base line when he learned his reality and proceeded to slam his helmet on the ground.

That ought to do it on the 2022 Red Sox season.

Less than two weeks after getting seven stitches in his leg, Xander Bogaerts used every bit of his speed to win a key divisional game for the Red Sox on Friday night.

This weekend’s trip to Wrigley Field was supposed to represent an easy portion of a brutal stretch in the Red Sox’ schedule. Three games against the lowly Cubs that followed a series with the Blue Jays and precedes two weeks against no one but the Rays and Yankees going into…

BOSTON — It’s all looking routine for Rafael Devers. The home runs, the newfound consistency at third base and leading the Red Sox to victories.

There was no live chicken to sacrifice, and a bonfire of bats didn’t make sense, so in an effort to snap their two-week skid, the Angels all used the same walk-up song — some portion of “Photograph,” by Nickelback — throughout Wednesday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox.

Michael Wacha struck out Mike Trout chasing up the ladder at 95 mph gas in the fourth inning.

It’s all coming back for Nick Pivetta.

That wasn’t how the homestand was supposed to go.