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The San Francisco Giant's 11-3 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night was Bochy's 2,000th career victory as a manager in the majors.

Bogaerts hit a three-run homer in the first inning. Then hit another homer in the eighth giving the Red Sox a 19-3 lead, pounding their longtime rivals, the Yankees.

An alleged gunman and five accomplices have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz.

Binnington stopped 32 shots, and Ryan O'Reilly scored for the fourth straight game to lead the Blues to a 4-1 victory over Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Jordan Binnington stopped 38 shots, and the Blues withstood the emotional rush of Zdeno Chara's return to beat the Bruins 2-1 to take a 3-2 lead.

Slugger Aaron Judge could return to the Yankees by the time the New York plays Boston in London on June 29 and 30.

"I think it gave our team energy, and that's all you're trying to do out there," Krug said after Boston rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat St. Louis 4-2 in Game 1.

Boston's top line kept finding ways to score, especially on the power play. With a chance to clinch another series, Tuukka Rask was perfect — again.

Marcus Johansson and Patrice Bergeron scored on power plays during a four-goal outburst as Boston rallied to beat Carolina 5-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

All three top-liners contributed Thursday night as the Bruins beat the Blue Jackets 4-1 to even their series at two games apiece. The best-of-seven set moves to Boston.