Chris Cotillo

| CLEVELAND — Connor Wong is swinging the bat much more this year , but it's apparently not on purpose. Accidental or not, it's leading to results for the Red Sox catcher.

With four starting pitchers on IL, how will Red Sox rotation keep up historic start? Alex Cora believes in the club's depth.

CLEVELAND — Rafael Devers was supposed to return to third base for the Red Sox on Thursday afternoon with Masataka Yoshida back in the designated hitter spot.

The Red Sox have a new starting shortstop. Well, not really. They're just finally copping to it for the first time.

CLEVELAND — The Red Sox entered play Thursday with 12 players on the injured list. Pitchers Lucas Giolito and Chris Murphy (elbow surgery) and

Using the eighth man on their rotation depth chart, the Red Sox fell behind early Thursday in Cleveland. They couldn't crawl back and ended up dropping the series finale to the Guardians.

The Red Sox' mission to add pitching depth to the upper levels of the minor league system continued Friday with another signing.

| In a matchup of teams that have gotten off to middling starts in 2024, the Cardinals face the Mets on Friday night at Citi Field.

How to watch Friday's game.

CLEVELAND — Wednesday's shutout win over the Guardians was perhaps the Red Sox' most complete victory of the young season . Cooper Criswell tossed five shutout innings.