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.

WASHINGTON — When the hot hitters made it easy early, blowing the game open to render the outcome pretty much a given, Walker Buehler became the focal point of the rest of the Red Sox’ 10-3 win over the Nationals on Saturday.

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