The Red Sox won their seventh consecutive game on Friday night, as Masataka Yoshida extended his hitting streak to 15 games and Chris Sale struck out 10 Phillies in six innings.
Elsewhere, the 2023 AL East champion Rays improved to 27-6 (18-2 at home!) by pushing the last-place Yankees aside 5-4, dropping Boonie's Blundering Bunch a lovely 10 games out of first place.
It's been an odd five weeks for Boston. After the season-opening series, it was feast or famine for a while. The Red Sox went 0-3 against the Pirates, 3-0 against the Tigers, 0-4 against the Rays, and 3-0 against the Angels before dropping that series' finale.