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

Larry Cancro took his break the same way every day. During that 1989 season, the longtime Red Sox employee stood by Section 28, near the ramp leading to the third base deck at Fenway Park, as he watched Wade Boggs take what felt like 300 practice grounders at third base.

Perhaps all it took was the turn of a page, when the calendar flipped from April to May. During that first month of the season, Rougned Odor was a near-liability at the plate, batting .180. But when that page flipped, so did his season, becoming a sparkplug and energizer for…

BOSTON — Bobby Dalbec needed this.

The Baltimore Orioles will face the Boston Red Sox in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon from Fenway Park.

For all the platitudes the Orioles give about their mentality — how they never give up — Friday night at Fenway Park was real, tangible evidence to support those statements.

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared…

The recent call-up, and former No. 1 pick, is already encouraging Baltimore with his leadership skills.

NEW YORK — The theme of the Yankees’ day, and really the whole week, was injuries.