BOSTON (AP) — Willson Contreras and Mickey Gasper homered, all nine Boston starters drove in at least one, and the Red Sox dismantled the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-1 on Monday night in the first game of a three-game series.Boston, which scored in six straight innings, did not have a strikeout in the game and finished with 16 hits to maintain a six-game lead for the second AL wild card.Brayan Bello (5-6) worked 4 2/3 innings of relief, striking out three and allowing a run on three hits. Bello has a 0.85 ERA in 11 relief appearances (52 2/3 innings) this season.Wyatt…
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After losing both Ben Brown and Andrew Rupcich in the preseason opener last week, the Patriots’ depth at guard and center went from concerning to downright perilous. The team tried to address that issue by signing two offensive linemen with zero NFL playing experience over the weekend. But on Monday, the team added a player with quite a bit more experience, signing veteran guard Greg Van Roten. Source: Patriots are signing veteran guard Greg Van Roten to a one-year deal.Giants’ starting guard the last two seasons joins the defending AFC champions. pic.twitter.com/zfpt9fb5Fl— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) August 17, 2026 The 36-year-old…
Maria Menounos is a cancer survivor. The Medford native was the third or fourth scheduled Jimmy Fund-supported appearance on tonight’s broadcast/telethon, the scheduling of which was impeccable. The Sox pulled ahead and away early and never let up, and the appearance of Menounos and other affected families was more conspicuous on the broadcast than ever, due to the team kicking a lot of butt. It was inspiring and a reminder that the time will be passed, goshdarnit, and it will occasionally force you to think about things you didn’t anticipate, and you learn something.Then it all comes back to beisbol,…
MLB Picks and MLB Props Today for 8/17/2026 Free MLB Best Bets, Player Predictions Monday August 17th 2026. In this video I give my best bets for each MLB baseball game on the slate. Plays: Framber Valdez Under 2.5 Earned Runs (0.5 units, -122 NoVig) Chase Meidroth Over 1.5 H+R+R (0.5 units, +104 DraftKings) #RideoftheDay at the bottom of the page ✅ = Win | ❌ = Loss | 🅿️ = Push/Void 📊 Check out the BEST research tool Buckets to Bucks : https://bucketstobucks.com/ 🏈NFL Survivor: https://tinyurl.com/guybostonsurvivor26 #RideoftheDay Tracker:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q7656E1QoUh4ALLQWenoZNyaYuqpY7Ebe8zVc85o_Jo/edit? gid=1940129376#gid=1940129376 Related Source link
What to KnowA.J. Brown dislocated his thumb, but practiced in full.Patriots practiced indoors due to inclement weather.Milton Williams, Will Campbell, Romeo Doubs, Kevin Byard among players who spoke after practice.Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry will share their takeaways on the Patriots Talk Podcast. The New England Patriots returned to action Monday for Day 8 of training camp. Practice was moved indoors and closed to the public due to inclement weather in Foxboro. During the session, Patriots star wide receiver A.J. Brown suffered a dislocated thumb while going 1-on-1 with cornerback Christian Gonzalez. Fortunately, Brown was able to finish the…
Patrick Sandoval, simply put, is not good enough. I don’t know what discussions were had about bringing in a starting pitcher at the deadline, but I’m surprised they decided to roll with the group they have.Sandoval has one good pitch: his changeup. His slider is a fine pitch to get strikes, except he hasn’t had feel for it since coming back from injury. His four-seam fastball is entirely too hittable, and his sinker is just fine at 93 mph. When those other pitches don’t work, his changeup doesn’t do him much good. The other pitches weren’t there today, and he…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Boston Red Sox placed outfielder Masataka Yoshida on the 10-day injured list on Sunday with a strained left hamstring.Yoshida got hurt while legging out a double in the third inning of Saturday night’s 4-0 victory at Pittsburgh.The Red Sox also placed right-hander Justin Slaten on the 15-day IL before their series finale against the Pirates. Catcher/first baseman Mickey Gasper and left-hander Raymond Burgos were recalled from Triple-A Worcester.Slaten is dealing with elbow inflammation. The IL move was made retroactive to Thursday, a day after he pitched a scoreless inning at Toronto.The 33-year-old Yoshida had been having a strong…
In today’s video I break down my WNBA picks and leans for Monday, August 17, 2026, sharing all of my favorite WNBA basketball picks, predictions and player props for today’s slate. Trey’s Plays: Valkyries -4.5 (.5 unit, -124 w/profit boost from Betrivers; -148 w/o boost) Full disclosure – I would take this at the 6.5 it’s currently at.. however, if I can get a boost on a better line, it’s simply just a why not? Follow me on X for early looks and plays for upcoming games – @treypickz Get 3 Days FREE of Buckets to Bucks with code WTREY!…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Reynolds, Brandon Lowe, and Nick Yorke each had two RBIs to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Red Sox 8-3 after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay on Sunday.The tarp came out after the sixth inning at 3:35 p.m. local time, and play resumed at 6:05.The Pirates won their franchise-best eighth consecutive home series against an AL opponent, a streak extending back to a three-game sweep of Detroit from July 21-23, 2025.Reynolds got Pittsburgh on the board first with an RBI double in the first, and scored when Lowe added a single.Reynolds singled in a run…
Training camp can be a fun time. But for most football fans, camp largely means reading updates from reporters and getting to see an occasional clip or two from the practice fields. The summer really progresses when everybody can tune in and actually see what’s going on, and that happens with the kickoff of the first preseason game of the year. For the Patriots, that will come Thursday night at Gillette Stadium, with the Colts visiting Foxboro. Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel certianly let some air out of the excitement balloon when he said that Drake Maye would not be…