Wilyer Abreu made former teammate Nick Pivetta pay for his mistakes with a two-run home run in a four-run fourth inning and Masataka Yoshida also connected to help the Boston Red Sox beat the San Diego Padres 10-2 on Friday night.

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The Boston Red Sox have been the hottest team in baseball, and the excitement reached another level on Wednesday when they agreed to a long-term extension with rookie and top prospect Roman Anthony. Anthony signed an eight-year,

It further strengthened the notion that the Red Sox were never going to beat the Yankees when it mattered, and that Boston would always be defined by its curse. But with the benefit of hindsight, we now know this moment wasn’t a new pillar further entrenching a reality destined to stay in place forever,