BOSTON (AP) — Rookie Marcelo Mayer hit two of Boston’s four solo home runs and the Red Sox outlasted the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Wednesday night. Abraham Toro added a go-ahead homer in the fifth inning, and Jarren Duran also hit one to help Boston earn its second series win over the Rays this season.

Marcelo Mayer’s first major league home run was greeted by a chorus of boos as he rounded the bases at New York’s Yankee Stadium last week

Marcelo Mayer goes deep twice for the first time, Andrew McCutchen makes some Pirates history, Byron Buxton outdoes Aaron Judge and more from Wednesday's MLB action.

Yankees-Red Sox still gets fans talking and draws TV ratings, so the rivalry is far from dead. But it's missing a few key ingredients.

Here are five things to watch and predictions as the Yankees meet the Boston Red Sox in a three-game series at Fenway Park.

Boston Red Sox rookie pitcher Hunter Dobbins had some tough words to say about the New York Yankees during the rival teams' matchup last weekend at Yankee Stadium. Dobbins, who was the starting pitcher for the Yankees' 11-7 loss to the Red Sox on Sunday,

The Red Sox starter set aside his "stubbornness" and tried to adapt after getting pounded last week in New York.

The Minnesota Twins dealt struggling reliever Jorge Alcala to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in exchange for minor leaguer Andy Lugo. The 29-year-old Alcala (0-2) has an 8.88 ERA in 22 appearances for the Twins this year.