The Latest Breaking News from Nick Pivetta

BOSTON — The Red Sox aren’t dead yet.

BOSTON — Jeffrey Springs had been going through a lot over the past week, with his 5-month-old son, Stetson, hospitalized in St. Petersburg, Fla., for undisclosed reasons.

The way the Angels were playing during their franchise-record 14-game losing streak, with breakdowns in every facet of the game and the pressure mounting with every defeat, it seemed like it would take something extraordinary, something unexpected, for them to end their 2 1/2-week freefall.

Michael Wacha struck out Mike Trout chasing up the ladder at 95 mph gas in the fourth inning.

That wasn’t how the homestand was supposed to go.

BOSTON — One after another, the home runs kept coming.

BOSTON — Eventually, the Red Sox’ bats were going to cool off.

Another blow for Mets’ pitching staff leaves a big hole for fantasy managers.

BOSTON — Nick Pivetta is known to get emotional after big moments, and on Wednesday night, he deserved to get a little bit fired up. After striking out Yuli Gurriel to end the seventh, Pivetta walked off the mound with a scream and a pounding of his chest.