The Associated Press

All nine Boston starters drove in a run. Not one Red Sox batter struck out. That kind of night does not happen very often in baseball.

Seven runs in four innings was enough to send Patrick Sandoval to the showers early. Boston never really had a chance to get back in it.

The Red Sox won 4-0, but leaving seven runners on base and going 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position is the kind of thing that keeps managers up at night.

Pittsburgh hadn't won back-to-back games since late July. Friday night, they took care of that against a Red Sox team that's been sliding hard.

Tommy DeVito got the start for New England with Drake Maye sitting out, and he looked comfortable running the offense through the first half.

Payton Tolle retired 17 straight batters and gave Boston exactly what it needed after a rough five-game skid.

Boston has now lost five straight, matching their worst skid of the season. The Red Sox are in a rough stretch at exactly the wrong time of year.

The snake was coiled behind the padding, the player had no idea, and practice kept rolling after warmups.

Drake Maye finished second in MVP voting last season and will likely sit out Thursday's game, though his coach left the door open just a little.

The Blue Jays handed Boston its fourth straight loss Tuesday night, and the Red Sox haven't had a skid like this since mid-June.