Playtime is over. Now comes the hard part. The Red Sox took care of business over the last week, stomping on the Washington Nationals and the Colorado Rockies. The former are merely bad; the latter are truly wretched.

The Boston Red Sox, despite trading away their best player in Rafael Devers about a month ago, are still in the thick of things in the American League playoff picture. The trade deadline is about three weeks away,

Preview the July 6 matchup between the Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

Ceddanne Rafaela homered, Walker Buehler earned his first road victory since April 26, and the Boston Red Sox routed the Washington Nationals 10-3 to earn the 10,000th victory in franchise history Saturday.

The Washington Nationals made two big changes hours after they were swept by the Boston Red Sox. General manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez were fired on Sunday, the Nationals announced.

Shinnosuke Ogasawara’s MLB debut wasn’t enough to avoid major change at Nationals Park.

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will try to sweep a three-game series with a win over the Washington Nationals. Washington has a 37-52 record overall and an 18-27 record in home games. The Nationals have gone 20-12 in games when they did not allow a home run.

As the trade deadline draws near, the Washington Nationals need to figure out their plan. Last year, they surprisingly held onto Kyle Finnegan despite him proje