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The Red Sox avoided a potential disaster in the fifth inning involving newly acquired first baseman Garrett Cooper on Tuesday night.

Lucas Giolito was able to avoid ligament replacement surgery, which he had on Aug. 31, 2012.

Lucas Giolito signed a $38.5 million, two-year deal with Boston in the offseason, but he reported discomfort in his elbow early in spring training.

Bellinger hit .307 with 26 home runs and 97 RBI last season for Chicago.

In only eight years, Monica Drake Refsnyder has lived — at times for only a month or three — in more than a dozen cities.

Justin Turner came through in the clutch again, but the Red Sox couldn't protect the lead and lost to the Giants on a walk-off for the second straight night, this time 4-3 on a Joc Pederson single in the 11th.

The Red Sox continued their three-game interleague series against the Philadelphia Phillies with a 7-4 win on Saturday.

The Boston Red Sox elevated Jarren Duran on Monday ahead of their series finale against the Angels and optioned Bobby Dalbec to Triple-A.

Boston scores six runs in the third and five in the fourth to end a six-game losing streak.

J.D. Martinez power bat has been missing in action this season and the five-time All-Star is in danger of hitting less than 20 homers in a full-length season