Ceddanne Rafaela has seven home runs since June 1 and is helping spark offense for the Red Sox offense of late.

Turns out, the offensive fireworks the Red Sox displayed Friday in D.C. weren’t limited to the Fourth of July. A day after their series-opening 11-2 win over the Nationals, the Red Sox bats stayed hot in a 10-3 triumph Saturday to secure the series win.

Ceddanne Rafaela homered, Romy Gonzalez had three hits, and the Boston Red Sox routed the Washington Nationals 10-3 to earn the 10,000th victory in franchise history.

The Chicago White Sox announced the death of former All-Star pitcher Bobby Jenks after a battle with adenocarcinoma. He was an All-Star with the team.

Bobby Jenks, the closer for the 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox, has died of stomach cancer at 44.

Former Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks has died at the age of 44 from stomach cancer. Jenks, who won a World Series championship with the White Sox in 2005, had been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma earlier this year,