OF Mookie Betts turned 24 on Friday. Betts and Ted Williams are the only players in Red Sox history to have a season of 30 or more home runs and 100 or more RBIs before turning 24. Friday's game wasn't much of a celebration for Betts, who was 1-for 3 and is 1-for-6 in the series.

OF Mookie Betts extended his hitting streak to 11 games on Saturday, the longest active streak in the American League. He's hitting .550 (11-for-20) during the current road trip and has reached base in 37 straight games, the longest streak by a Boston player since Wade Boggs went 44 in 1987.

RF Mookie Betts sure seems to enjoy hitting at Camden Yards. He went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's game, improving to 18-for-34 (.529) so far this season. That includes eight homers and 15 RBI in Baltimore.

RF Mookie Betts continues to pound Orioles' pitching, going 3-for-5 with two runs Tuesday. Betts has hit safely in all eight games at Camden Yards this season, batting .561 with eight home runs and 15 RBIs over that span.

RF Mookie Betts drove in two runs with his 40th double and joins David Ortiz as the only major league players this season with 30 homers, 40 doubles and 100 RBIs. They are the second Red Sox pair ever to do that (Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, 2004) and the first in the majors to do it since Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick pulled it off for the 2008 Cardinals.

RF Mookie Betts was 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a walk in the Red Sox's 11-8 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. He has reached base in 28 straight games. He is batting .336 (39-for-116) with five doubles, seven homers and 27 RBIs in that span.

RF Mookie Betts singled in his fifth and final at-bat Wednesday to reach base in a 25th consecutive game. It is the longest active streak in the American League and the second longest in the major leagues. Betts is batting .350 (36-for-103) during the streak.

RF Mookie Betts was 2-for-5 Tuesday night and has reached base in 24 straight games, which is the longest active streak in the American League. He is hitting .361 (35-for-97) during the streak. Tuesday was his major league-leading 58th multi-hit game of the season.

RF Mookie Betts had a two-run double in the first inning Saturday against Oakland, giving him 100 RBIs for the season to go with 30 home runs. Betts went 1-for-4 with a walk in Boston's 11-2 victory. He's batting .319 with 37 doubles for the season.

RF Mookie Betts set a single-game career high for hits with a 5-for-5 performance against the Royals. He also drove in two runs, running his streak to three games with at least one RBI. Betts leads the majors with 55 multi-hit games.

RF Mookie Betts had the Red Sox's only RBI with a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the sixth. He hit a line drive down the right field line in the eighth inning but was thrown out trying to extend a single into a double.

DETROIT -- Danny Duffy won his ninth straight decision with the aid of four solo home runs, including the first of Raul Mondesi's career, as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1 on Tuesday at Comerica Park.Duffy (10-1) limited the Tigers to one run on three hits while striking out five in 7 2/3 innings. He has the longest winning streak by a Royals pitcher since Jeremy Guthrie won 10 straight decisions in 2012-13.The breakthrough homer for the 21-year-old Mondesi came in his 19th game and 60th official at-bat.Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer and Kendrys Morales also homered for Kansas City, which has won eight of 10. Gordon, who scored twice, stretched his hitting streak to seven gamesTigers starter Justin Verlander (12-7) allowed five runs -- three earned -- on four hits while striking out six in seven-plus innings.Blue Jays 12, Yankees 6NEW YORK -- Edwin Encarnacion and Russell Martin hit two-run homers in the eighth inning as Toronto rallied from a six-run deficit for a victory... [More]

RF Mookie Betts seems to enjoy hitting for power against the Orioles. His three-run homer Tuesday plus the two-run shot gave him eight homers versus Baltimore already this season. Betts hit three homers at Camden Yards on May 31 and two the next day. Seven of his eight homers versus the Orioles have been at Camden Yards, and he drove in all five runs in Tuesday's 5-3 victory. "I have no idea (why)," Betts said of his Baltimore homer display. "Somehow it's going over the fence. Again, I'm going to continue to say I don't know why. I'm just trying to put good swings on it and enjoy it."

RF Mookie Betts is being mentioned in the same sentence as Ted Williams after Sunday's three-homer, eight-RBI day. Betts joined the iconic Williams as the only Red Sox hitters since 1913 to have multiple three-homer games in the same season. "It makes you feel pretty good anytime your name is said with his," he said after his two-run homer in the first inning and three-run shots in the second and fifth. The 23-year-old now shares the team lead in homers with David Ortiz at 26, and his eight RBIs were the most in a single game for a Red Sox player since Bill Mueller hit grand slams from both sides of the plate and added a solo homer for nine RBIs at Texas on July 29, 2003.

RF Mookie Betts received his Player of the Month Award for July prior to the game. He then bounced a single over the infield to put the Red Sox ahead 4-3 in a three-run fifth. That snapped an 0-for-7 for him at the plate.

RF Mookie Betts, who left Wednesday's game and missed the series finale of the series with the New York Yankees, was back in the lineup Friday. Manager John Farrell said Betts still has a knee issue that could require draining down the stretch. Betts, who doubled his last two starts up against the Yankees, went 0-for-4 Friday.

RF Mookie Betts was not in the lineup Thursday after being removed a day earlier with right calf tightness. Brock Holt got the start in right field. "Mookie's still day-to-day, he's got some soreness, still in a cast, he would need today to just have a full treatment day." Red Sox manager John Farrell said.

RF Mookie Betts, who departed Wednesday with right calf tightness, did not start Thursday. Brock Holt started in right.

RF Mookie Betts left the Wednesday game with right calf tightness before the start of the eighth inning and is doubtful to play in Thursday's series finale against the Yankees, Boston manager John Farrell said after the game. Betts, who left a July 22 game as a precaution with right knee soreness, was replaced by UT Brock Holt. Before departing, Betts was 2-for-4 with an RBI groundout in the third inning. He tied teammate David Ortiz for the major league lead in extra-base hits (62) with his sixth-inning double.

Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts left Wednesday night's game against the New York Yankees before the start of the eighth inning with right calf tightness.Betts, who left a July 22 game as a precaution with right knee soreness, was replaced by utility man Brock Holt.Before departing, Betts was 2-for-4 with an RBI groundout in the third inning. He tied teammate David Ortiz for the major-league lead in extra-base hits (62) with his sixth-inning double.The 23-year-old and first-time All-Star entered the night batting .310 with 23 home runs and 74 RBIs.