In the top of the sixth inning on Monday night, Mets superstar Juan Soto thought he’d put a ball over the Green Monster and stopped to admire his work. However, on a windy night at Fenway Park, the ball didn’t get out.

Remember when some folks thought Juan Soto was coming to the Boston Red Sox? It may have been a small group, but it was an excitable one. The Red Sox reportedly bid 15 years and approximately $700 million for Soto this past winter,

The Red Sox ended last week as the first team to go up against a current Cy Young Award winner in back-to-back starts, facing Chris Sale and the Braves on Friday at Fenway after taking on the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal on Wednesday.

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.

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.

American League East Ballpark: Fenway Park (opened 1912, making it MLB’s oldest ballpark) Boston has one of the richest baseball histories, and was once a two-team town. The Braves played in Boston from 1871-1952.

An independent league pitcher will be getting his shot with a major league franchise. The New York Boulders of the Frontier League broke the news on Monday that the Boston Red Sox purchased the contract of left-handed pitcher PJ Labriola.