This streak follows a period in which the Red Sox seemed to be fumbling in the dark for most of May. They lost the invaluable Alex Bregman and appeared to be a team in flux, unsure of their infield alignment on a nightly basis and with a bullpen operating on fumes.

Like Dobbins, the Red Sox as a whole are trending in the right direction. Saturday’s win brought them back to .500 and back in the mix in the AL East. Once all of Boston’s pitchers are healthy, having Dobbins in the organization as a reliable extra arm wherever Cora needs him will be handy late in the season.

When the sidelined Slaten did not recover the way the Red Sox anticipated over the week-plus after he landed on the injured list, they sent him for another round of tests, which yielded this discovery.

Dobbins didn’t take the bait postgame and pile on the Yankees after beating them twice. But he has become something of a young breakout star for the Red Sox this season and somewhat quietly has a 4-1 record and 3.74 ERA in 55 ⅓ innings in his first taste of big league action.

The Red Sox have had a chance in games whenever Garrett Crochet has been on the mound, but Aaron Judge got the best of him.

Few prospects have ever arrived with as much hype as Roman Anthony, yet even after just a few games he’s already earning rave reviews from inside the Red Sox clubhouse.

Jarren Duran has led off for the Red Sox against both righties and lefties all season. That's about to change, Alex Cora said Saturday.