AROUND THE HORN

Red Sox: Red Sox second baseman Trevor Story returned to the starting lineup for Saturday’s game against the Rays after missing just over six weeks with a small fracture near his right wrist from getting hit by a pitch. Story was on the injured list with a bruise since July 14 after getting hit on the right hand with a pitch during a game on July 12 from Rays righthander Corey Kluber. A second-opinion examination in late July revealed a hairline fracture near the wrist. He started at second on Saturday and was listed sixth in the batting order. In what’s been an up-anddown first season with the Red Sox, he’s batting .221 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs. Manager Alex Cora said before the game that the plan was to give Story Sunday off. He had two rehab starts with Double-A Portland. One scheduled for Friday was rained out. “Physically, he’s fine,” Cora said. “Timing-wise, we’re about to see. He made some changes, cleaned up some things swing-wise. It looks different. Hopefully, this will get him going right away.” The 29-year-old Story signed a $140-million, six-year deal with the Red Sox during spring training after spending his first six big-league seasons with the Rockies. To make room for him on the roster, the club sent outfielder Jarren Duran t o Tr i p l e -A Worcester. Duran, 25, started 47 games with the Red Sox and batted .220 with 17 RBIs. “He needs to play. He needs to go down there and play,” Cora said of Duran’s demotion. “There’s things he needs to do better offensively. He understands that.” The Red Sox have basically fallen out of the AL’s wild-card chase, trailing the third and final spot by eight games with three teams in front of them.

Yankees: Yankees reliever Lou Trivino got a tap on his shoulder as he warmed up in the bullpen alerting him he had on the wrong jersey: the No. 50 belonging to Jameson Taillon instead of his own 56. Trivino had pulled off his sweatshirt to throw his pitches on a cool Friday night at the Coliseum and the problem became clear. He began to warm in case he was needed to replace Wandy Peralta, who surrendered an RBI single to pinch-hitter Dermis García but finished the 2-hour, 50-minute game for his third save as the Yankees beat the Athletics 3-2. “I don’t know, it happens,” Trivino said. “... I was warming up, I wasn’t even paying attention.” A bat boy scurried out with the right jersey and Trivino made a quick change. Who told him? “I don’t know, it j ust happened,” said Trivino, traded by the A’s to the Yankees at the deadline along with Frankie Montas. Trivino laughed it all off, saying, “It wasn’t the first time, it’s probably not the last.” So he had done it before? “Oh, yeah, who hasn’t?” he cracked. Maybe pull on Aaron Judge’s No. 99 next time for a little fun? — “yeah,” the right-hander agreed. Trivino had joked he wanted some attention since he wasn’t playing. He got it all right.

Braves: Braves reliever Jackson Stephens was hit in the side of the head by a line drive Friday night and went to a hospital for tests. Stephens walked off the field in the ninth inning against the Cardinals and appeared to be unhurt. “He’s aware and everything but he’s going to have to go to the hospital and get some tests,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said after his team’s 11-4 victory.