The Boston Red Sox enjoyed a much-needed win on Monday against the New York Mets. After bringing in win-now veterans like Walker Buehler, Alex Bregman and Kenley Jansen, not to mention All-Star ace Garrett Crochet,

The Kansas City Royals will never be a big-market team, but maybe they can use that to their advantage. Some of those big-market franchises around Major League Baseball have some interesting logjams this season.

Jarren Duran had a double and a triple as the Boston Red Sox tagged Mets ace Kodai Senga for three runs and beat New York 3-1 on Monday night.

They went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left six on base, extending their losing streak to a season-high three games.

Alex Cora missed Monday's game to attend his daughter's college graduation. That presented a chance for his bench coach to make his major league managerial debut.

The chilly wind that blew over the Green Monster during Monday night’s game against the Mets left Fenway Park feeling more like October than May. It was postseason weather. With the season now a third over, the Red Sox rank as one of the biggest disappointments in baseball, a jumble of useful players who haven’t fit together well.

In the series opener on Monday night, Kodai Senga will look to keep his strong start going. The Mets ace enters his ninth start of the season with a 4-2 record and a 1.02 ERA. He has not allowed an earned run in his last two starts across 11⅔ combined innings.

3) Hunter Dobbins made a couple of big pitches. With two runners on base, Dobbins got Juan Soto to ground into a 4-6-3 double play to end the third inning. Dobbins also struck out Tyrone Taylor looking with runners at the corners and one out in the fifth.