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The Red Sox blew two late leads with shoddy defense and mediocre relief pitching, but Jarren Duran put Boston ahead late with his first homer of the season.

Boston beat Los Angeles 8-6 for their fifth consecutive victory.

The Boston Red Sox (6-2) serve as underdogs on the moneyline (-105) in Saturday's contest against the Los Angeles Angels (4-3). First pitch is at 9:38 PM ET

The Boston Red Sox (4-2) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics (1-5) when the teams meet at 3:37 PM ET Wednesday. The Red Sox are -166

The Red Sox announced their Opening Day roster with several players added to the injured list, some surprising additions and exclusions, and a last-minute trade.

Tyler O’Neill set some unlikely baseball history on opening day in the stadium he visited almost yearly as a kid growing up in British Columbia. And it came against the team that drafted him more than a decade ago.

SEATTLE (AP) — Tyler O’Neill set some unlikely baseball history on opening day in the stadium he visited almost yearly as a kid growing up in British Columbia. And it came against the team that drafted him more than a decade ago. “Baseball is a funny game,” O’Neill said. “It brings everything home like that.” […]

It was O’Neill’s homer on the first pitch from Cody Bolton in the eighth inning that gave the Red Sox a 6-4 lead and victory on March 28 in Seattle.

Boston beat Seattle 6-4 on Thursday night.

The Boston Red Sox are making moves to finalize the Opening Day roster for tonight's action in Seattle.