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 ...

Rays Have Yankees on Brink, and Their Bullpen Is Still Almost Completely Fresh The Tampa Bay Rays lead the Yankees 2-0 in the ALDS, and Kevin Cash has an almost completely fresh bullpen available with ...

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 ...

Red Sox manager Chad Tracy and executive Craig Breslow say analytics don't dictate in-game choices after the team's playoff exit to the New York Yankees. Gameday New England White Sox ride 3-run 6th ...

The Red Sox have their starters for Saturday and Sunday listed as TBD. Saturday would be Payton Tolle’s turn, following by Patrick Sandoval on Sunday, but it looks like the Red Sox might be tweaking ...

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 ...

Chad Tracy told us not to look very much into the order of the rotation this week, but it’s hard not to note that Payton Tolle is starting tonight exactly one week before the Wild Card series begins, ...

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.