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BOSTON — When Nick Pivetta hobbled off the field with an injury to end the third inning, it looked like another blow that would derail another Red Sox night.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — In case Rougned Odor needed any assistance, a Little Leaguer sitting behind home plate at Bowman Field on Sunday stood up and waved his arms, up and down, while shouting. Odor’s Orioles teammates were doing the same, signaling for the Baltimore second baseman to slide.

BOSTON — The Red Sox aren’t dead yet.

BOSTON — Jeffrey Springs had been going through a lot over the past week, with his 5-month-old son, Stetson, hospitalized in St. Petersburg, Fla., for undisclosed reasons.

The Red Sox needed a pick-me-up in a big way on Wednesday night. Right now, there’s no one better to deliver on that than Alex Verdugo.

It may have been something of an eyebrow-raiser to see Christian Arroyo ahead of Xander Bogaerts in the lineup as the Red Sox began a pivotal series on Friday in Cleveland.

BOSTON —The Red Sox took advantage of an easy schedule to begin the month of June, surging back into the wild-card race by beating a slew of struggling teams and non-contenders. But since turning their season around last month, they haven’t had many tests quite like the one the visiting…

BOSTON — Once elusive, wins like the one on Tuesday are starting to look routine for the Red Sox.

The way the Angels were playing during their franchise-record 14-game losing streak, with breakdowns in every facet of the game and the pressure mounting with every defeat, it seemed like it would take something extraordinary, something unexpected, for them to end their 2 1/2-week freefall.