Chaim Bloom is out as chief baseball officer, GM Brian O’Halloran is offered a new job, and Theo Epstein is not a candidate to return to Boston.

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

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.

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.

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.

Triston Casas hits a three-run home run and Boston ends a 13-game losing streak at the home of the Rays with a 7-3 win.