Mookie Betts fouled off seven pitches before hitting a grand slam to lead the Red Sox over the Blue Jays 6-4 on Thursday night. Betts went 2 for 4, increasing his league-leading batting average to .352.
Here’s what else you need to know as you get caught up on sports headlines this morning:
Jaylen Brown wanted LeBron James to stay in the East so the Celtics could go through him
Jaylen Brown wanted another shot at LeBron James.
The Celtics rising star said last year as a rookie that he had “no fear whatsoever of LeBron” — an eye-opening claim considering Brown was 13 years old the last time James lost an Eastern Conference playoff series.