The Boston Red Sox have some "decisions" looming as their $21 million starter struggles to continue his career.

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 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,

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.

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.

Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic explains why it is not practical for the Red Sox to move Alex Bregman at the trade deadline

Trevor Story and Ceddanne Rafaela each homered to help the visiting Boston Red Sox complete a three-game sweep by beating the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Sunday.

The Boston Red Sox play the Washington Nationals after Trevor Story had four hits on Friday in an 11-2 win over the Nationals.

Ceddanne Rafaela hit a walk-off home run in the ninth to give the Red Sox a win over the Rays, extending Boston’s win streak to eight games.