Peter Abraham

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CHICAGO — Red Sox righthander Richard Fitts was working on a shutout Saturday afternoon when he threw a pitch to Miguel Varjas in the sixth inning and motioned to the dugout. Manager Alex Cora came to the mound and Fitts walked off with what the team later said was shoulder pain. The game went with him soon after. The White Sox tied the game against Zack Kelly two batters after Fitts came out. Then they won it in the bottom of the ninth, 3-2.

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CHICAGO — Sean Burke, Shane Smith, and Mike Vasil are 25-year-old righthanded pitchers who grew up in Massachusetts. Burke is from Sutton and played at St. John’s (Shrewsbury). Smith is from Danvers and attended The Governor’s Academy. Vasil is from Wellesley and went to BC High. Burke and Vasil played against each other throughout high school. All three were on the same team in the 2017 Area Code Games, a prospect showcase.

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Hassan singled off Erik Bedard in the fourth inning and came around to score on Brock Holt’s double. “One of the greatest days of my life,” Hassan said. “I have the ball from my first hit and the lineup card.”Later that season he pinch hit for Ortiz after Big Papi was 4 for 4 with a home run. “He hit four of the loudest balls I’ve ever seen hit and then they sent me up there and I grounded out,” Hassan said. A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Peter Abraham

CHICAGO — That’s it’s still early in the season is not a good excuse for a 11-1 loss against the White Sox. There can be no excuse for that. The Red Sox were embarrassed at Rate Field on Friday night, playing poorly in every aspect of the game against the worst team in baseball. It was the fourth loss in five games for the Red Sox. They have scored only nine runs in those games and are 5 for 52 (.096) with runners in scoring position. But situational hitting is far from the only problem.

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CHICAGO — The return of former White Sox ace Garrett Crochet to Rate Field drew six television cameras and 15 reporters to a pregame press conference Friday. The 25-year-old lefthander played parts of four seasons for Chicago from 2020-24, going 9-19 with a 3.29 ERA. He was initially a setup man before moving into the starting rotation in 2024. He was then traded to the Red Sox in December for four prospects and has since agreed to a six-year, $170 million contract extension.