BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics appeared to be skipping toward the second round of the NBA playoffs following a 32-point road win in Game 4 at Philadelphia.But back-to-back convincing wins by the 76ers in Game 5 and Game 6 have left a Boston team that once looked like a favorite to emerge from the Eastern Conference on the brink of an epic collapse.A loss in Saturday’s Game 7 would be the No. 2 seed Celtics’ earliest exit from the playoffs since the 2020-21 season.They may have to do it with star Jayson Tatum dealing with a new ailment after he briefly left Game 6 in the…
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BOSTON (AP) — Cam Smith hit a two-out, two-run single off the Green Monster in the 10th inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Sunday to take the series.Jarren Duran hit a solo homer for the Red Sox, his second homer in three games after belting a three-run shot in Friday’s victory.Boston went 0 for 11 with runners on, stranding 13.Boston starter Ranger Suárez left the game after four scoreless innings due to right hamstring tightness. Coming off eight scoreless innings of one-hit ball with 10 strikeouts in his last start, he gave up three hits, struck out…
BOSTON — The Celtics’ season has come to an abrupt and unexpected end. Playing without Jayson Tatum, who was ruled out two hours before tipoff with left knee stiffness, the C’s lost 109-100 to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series at TD Garden on Saturday night. Boston trailed by as many as 18 points and was down 12 entering the fourth quarter before mounting a furious comeback to cut the deficit to one. But the C’s missed 10 consecutive shots within the final five minutes, allowing Philly to pull away for the victory. This is…
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum believes he would have been able to play if the Boston Celtics advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs.But when the Celtics star experienced stiffness in his left knee before his team’s Game 7 home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, it was a sign he had to put his body first.That was a decision he stands by, even if his absence ultimately played a big part in Boston’s unexpected run to the No. 2 seed in the East ending with its earliest exit from the playoffs since the 2020-21 season. The Celtics lost a playoff…
Squandered is the word of the weekend. It means to waste resources or opportunities through negligence or inaction. In this context, it means leaving runners on base at seemingly every turn. The Red Sox pitched a really good game today. Ranger Suarez threw four shutout innings before leaving the game with hamstring tightness. Tyler Samaniego, Jovani Moran, Garrett Whitlock and Aroldis Chapman kept the Astros off the board, too.They played good defense as well, turning a few nifty double plays in the sixth and tenth innings to quell what looked to be big innings. Unfortunately, pitching and defense can only…
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox starter Ranger Suárez left Sunday’s 3-1, 10-inning loss to the Houston Astros after the fourth inning with right hamstring tightness.Coming off his best start of the season since signing with the Red Sox during the offseason, Suárez worked four scoreless innings of three-hit ball. The 30-year-old left-hander threw 70 pitches, striking out three and walking one.“In the second inning I felt like a tightness and I kept pitching without a problem,” he said through a translator. “In the fourth, I felt something that was worse than that.”Interim manager Chad Tracy came out to talk to crew chief Laz…
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Jayson Tatum’s 2025-26 season ended the same way it began: with the Boston Celtics star in street clothes watching his team lose to the Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden. Tatum’s absence from Saturday’s Game 7 was obviously more surprising. Even when he exited late in the third quarter of Thursday’s Game 6 with what the team initially called “left leg stiffness,” the issue didn’t appear to be serious. In fact, Tatum downplayed the injury after that Game 6 loss in Philadelphia, insisting he “wasn’t overly concerned” and that he expected to play in Game 7. On Saturday afternoon, however, Tatum…
BOSTON (AP) — Jarren Duran hit a three-run homer, Jake Bennett gave up a run over five innings to earn the victory in his major league debut and the Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Friday night.Struggling DH Roman Anthony had three hits for the Red Sox, who had lost the final two games of their just completed 3-3 road trip. He entered hitting .208.Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy, who replaced fired manager Alex Cora last weekend, got the victory in his first Fenway Park game.Carlos Correa homered into the Green Monster seats and had three hits for…