BOSTON — When the Red Sox were putting their team together last offseason, filling important holes in the roster and spending as they hadn’t in years, at no point did they say: “With a little luck, maybe we can be a .500 team.”

Red Sox rookie Hunter Dobbins made news earlier this month when he said he hated the Yankees so much that he would retire if his only other choice was to play for them. At this point the Yankees would welcome that. They’ve seen enough of the 25-year-old righthander.

Hunter Dobbins pitched six shutout innings to beat the Yankees for the second time in a week, and the Boston Red Sox won their fourth straight game on Saturday night, 4-3 over New York.

Dobbins didn’t take the bait postgame and pile on the Yankees after beating them twice. But he has become something of a young breakout star for the Red Sox this season and somewhat quietly has a 4-1 record and 3.74 ERA in 55 ⅓ innings in his first taste of big league action.

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When the sidelined Slaten did not recover the way the Red Sox anticipated over the week-plus after he landed on the injured list, they sent him for another round of tests, which yielded this discovery.

Red Sox rookie Hunter Dobbins, whose week included having to defend claims his dad played for the Yankees, beat the Yankees again on Saturday in Boston's 4-3 win.

Alex Bregman's return to the Red Sox isn't imminent, but he's hopeful to be back in the lineup in the next few weeks.

Crochet held New York scoreless over a career-high 8 1/3 innings, striking out the Yankees slugger three times while holding the rest of New York’s lineup to four hits with seven total Ks.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone and second baseman DJ LeMahieu were ejected for arguing a controversial foul ball in the team's extra-inning loss to the Boston Red Sox.