Boston can’t rally in the ninth to lose Game 1, 3-2, and falls in the second game, 4-1.

Boston and New York seemed destined to finish at the bottom of the standings for the first time since 1966. It’s just a matter of which one will end up in last place.

Boston and New York will play a split doubleheader on Tuesday with games set for 1:35 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.

Triston Casas hits a three-run homer as Boston ends Baltimore’s seven-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory.

Paxton is out with right knee inflammation and Nick Pivetta will take his spot in the rotation.

Boston finishes with 23 hits, including five by Wilyer Abreu, but leaves the potential tying run at third base in the ninth.

Boston is now six games out for the final wild-card spot after losing to AL-East leading Baltimore.

Commentary: Time is running out for the Red Sox to make a playoff push, and playing hard is not enough to rise up in the standings.

Tampa Bay starter Tyler Glasnow strikes out 14, tying a career high, and the bullpen finishes up in a win over Boston.

Boston ties it in the seventh and takes the lead in the 11th, before Tampa Bay wins, 8-6, on Brandon Lowe’s three-run home run.