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 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.

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.

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.

If the Boston Red Sox do not send Marcelo Mayer back to Triple-A Worcester, Alex Cora's comments could explain that potential decision.

The Red Sox know they need to not only get Anthony more games in the outfield. They also know they would be best served with Anthony, Wilyer Abreu, Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela and Masataka Yoshida all in the same lineup together. That hasn’t happened yet since Yoshida returned from the injured list Wednesday.

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

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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.

The Boston Red Sox face the Washington Nationals on Friday, July 4 (7/4/25) in an MLB game at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.