The Boston Red Sox have dramatically turned their season around, surging into contention behind strong pitching, timely offense, and a dominant bullpen, prompting a shift to building depth for a likely postseason run.

The Boston Red Sox made a run at one of the top overall shortstops in baseball.

BOSTON (AP) — Max Muncy hit a tiebreaking RBI double off the Green Monster against closer Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning and the Athletics rallied past the Boston Red Sox 4-3 for their first series win after losing 12 straight.

Previously frustrated Boston Red Sox fans have no choice but to apologize to Craig Breslow for moves they didn't like but have aged well.

The Boston Red Sox have been baseball’s hottest team over the past few months, and now, the team are sitting at 63-51 on the season, putting them just six games back of the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East division standings.

The Red Sox swept the season series against the White Sox, the Cubs ran it off, Ronald Acuña Jr. got two homers with some help, Austin Hedges does his best Ohtani impression and more from Thursday's MLB action.

The Athletics had lost 12 straight series coming into their three-game set with the Red Sox, who had won nine series in a row, two shy of the franchise record, showcasing the narrow margin between wins and losses.

Marcelo Mayer played his last game for the Boston Red Sox on June 25 against the New York Yankees before landing on the injured list.That turned out to be his final game with the organization. The Red Sox made the somewhat unexpected decision to trade Mayer several days ago before the MLB trade deadline,

One of the key players in the Red Sox’ remarkable turnaround heard something unfamiliar from the Fenway Park crowd Saturday afternoon.Boos raining down from the stands.Willson Contreras heard it from the Fenway faithful after failing to run out a hard ground ball to third base in the eighth inning of Boston’s 7-3 loss to the Athletics.