Payton Tolle only needed nine pitches in the first inning to strike out the side. Jamie LeBlanc / Imagn Images BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox and Kansas Royals had to wait through a nearly two-hour rain ...

Chad Tracy’s controversial Game 1 move backfires as Red Sox fans react Red Sox manager Chad Tracy is facing criticism after his fifth-inning pitching change backfired against the Yankees. Rookie ...

Payton Tolle limited the Orioles to one run in six innings and struck out 12 as the Red Sox prevailed 3-1 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep. Tolle hardly seems to care that he’s now 40+ innings ...

Payton Tolle is not starting against the Rays on Saturday. The Red Sox haven’t hid the strong possibility that Tolle wasn’t going to pitch this weekend, but it’s a tough break for fantasy managers ...

The Boston Red Sox will have one big decision to make in the starting rotation. Adley Rutschman, Jarren Duran, and Wilyer Abreu are among the Red Sox players set to see sizable pay bumps in ...

September 13 - Impressive left-handers will be on display as the Boston Red Sox and visiting Kansas City Royals play a decisive contest of their three-game weekend series on Sunday afternoon. The Red ...

Payton Tolle fired nine straight strikes in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals. Winslow Townson / Getty Images BOSTON — The legend of Payton Tolle’s rookie season for the Boston Red Sox ...

Only two pitchers in Red Sox history have opened a game with an immaculate inning — three batters, nine pitches, three strikeouts. One is Pedro Martinez. The other, as of Sunday, is Payton Tolle.

How good has Payton Tolle been as a rookie? Chad Tracy considered the question. “What’s the right word for that?” the interim Red Sox manager said after mulling it over. “Amazing.” Tracy went on to ...

Boston Red Sox rookie left-hander Payton Tolle, sporting one of baseball’s most marvelous mustaches, opened Sunday’s rain-delayed start against the Kansas City Royals by throwing an immaculate inning.

Payton Tolle needed only nine pitches to give the Boston Red Sox a perfect beginning Sunday afternoon. The hard-throwing left-hander struck out all three Kansas City Royals batters he faced in the ...