For a front office that has taken plenty of well-deserved slings and arrows for its roster management, landing Carlos Narváez in December in exchange for pitching prospect Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz is a win they will happily take.

Facing Yankees reliever Jonathan Loáisiga in the eighth, Boston started the inning with back-to-back solo home runs from third baseman Abraham Toro and shortstop Trevor Story. Suddenly, it was a four-run lead for the Red Sox again.

Carlos Narvaez hit a three-run homer to spark a five-run sixth inning for the visiting Boston Red Sox, who earned an 11-7 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday night.

Red Sox DH Rafael Devers didn’t run out a slow ground ball (68 mph off his bat) to second base in the sixth inning Sunday. But manager Alex Cora said "it wasn't lack of hustle."

Boston Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman isn't close to returning as he recovers from a strained right quadriceps, according to Red Sox manager Alex Cora.

The Red Sox are favored (-114) in an expected evenly matched game against the Rays (-105). The starting pitchers are Brayan Bello (2-1) for the Boston Red Sox, and Shane Baz (5-3) for the Tampa Bay Rays.

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