The Boston Red Sox have been struggling throughout the month of September largely because their lineup has been unable to come up with key hits in clutch situations. That has been the case since star rookie Roman Anthony suffered an oblique injury and his bat was taken out of the lineup.

The Red Sox are hoping to get slugger Wilyer Abreu back by Sunday. Abreu, who is second on the team to Trevor Story (25) in home runs with 22, has been out of the Boston lineup since August 17 with a calf strain. He flew from Boston to Tampa to join his teammates Saturday and the idea was that manager Alex Cora might be able to put him in the lineup in the second game of a 3-game series against the Rays.

However, Abreu is not playing in Saturday's game, but Cora held out hope that the rightfielder c

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