The Boston Red Sox, despite offers, did not trade Jarren Duran or Wilyer Abreu at the trade deadline. Duran spoke on surviving the deadline.

Like many Red Sox fans, Joe Ryan was among those who were deceived by false social media posts that he had been traded to Boston prior to Thursday’s deadline. The Twins pitcher admitted that he thought he was on the move after seeing multiple social media posts from verified outlets that said that the Red Sox acquired him in a trade.

Regardless of the Red Sox' activity (or lack thereof) at the trade deadline, they are still riding a lot of momentum. They are winners of five of their last seven games and were 17-7 in July. With a 59-51 record, they are one game ahead of the Seattle Mariners for the second AL Wild Card spot.

Trevor Story and Ceddanne Rafaela had consecutive RBI singles in a six-run fourth inning filled with five Houston mistakes, Lucas Giolito pitched a season-high eight stellar innings, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Astros 6-1 on Sunday to complete a series sweep.

Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito is not a morning person. But he threw a gem after waking up at 8 a.m. to start Boston's 11:35 a.m. game

The Astros will start Framber Valdez (11-4) versus the Red Sox and Lucas Giolito (7-2). Yesterday, the Red Sox claimed a 7-3 victory over the Astros, with Justin Wilson (0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K) registering the win for the Red Sox.

SportsLine's model simulated Houston vs. Boston 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for the matchup at Fenway Park