NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Domingo Acevedo, a three-year major league veteran pitching with Colorado's Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, was suspended for 80 games Wednesday for a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol under the minor league drug program.
Acevedo, 32, started this season with Piratas de Campeche in Mexico and signed a minor league contract with the Rockies on May 1. He is 2-0 with a 5.81 ERA in six starts and two relief appearances for Albuquerque.
Acevedo was 4-4 with a 4.09 ERA in 89 relief appearances with Oakland from 2021-23, then was released.
He is the eighth player disciplined this year for a drug violation.
Atlanta outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for the entire season on March 3 after testing positive for exogenous testosterone and its metabolites. The failed test was Profar’s second offense under the drug rules.
Free agent outfielder Max Kepler was banned for 80 games on Jan. 9 after a positive test for Epitrenbolone. He signed with Arizona and returned to the major leagues on June 26.
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FILE - Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Domingo Acevedo (68) follows through on a pitch from the mound during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, April 8, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Bennett allowed four hits in seven innings, Tsung-Che Cheng had his first multi-RBI game and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory.
Boston has won 10 of 12 and and 13 of its last 18.
Bennett (4-3) has allowed more than two runs just twice in eight starts. He struck out four and walked one.
Cheng had an RBI single in the third to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead, and Ceddanne Rafaela drove in Cheng two batters later.
Anthony Seigler came across on a wild pitch from Davis Martin (9-4), but Seigler left the game after a collision with catcher Kyle Teel at the plate.
Willson Contreras, who committed to the Home Run Derby before the game, also left the game with an injury. He fouled a ball off of his left foot, initially remained in, but was taken out with one out in the bottom of the third.
Carlos Narváez hit an RBI single of his own and Cheng added his second RBI of the night in the fourth.
For the White Sox, Luisangel Acuña went 2 for 2.
LHP Patrick Sandoval was set to make his Red Sox debut against White Sox LHP Anthony Kay (6-3, 4.39 ERA) on Thursday in the series finale. Sandoval was activated Monday after a two-year recovery from Tommy John surgery.
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Boston Red Sox's Jarren Duran scores on a one-run single by Tsung-Che Cheng of Taiwan during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Boston Red Sox's Willson Contreras reacts after an injury during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Boston Red Sox's Anthony Seigler (48) scores on a wild pitch by Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Davis Martin as catcher Kyle Teel catches the ball during the third inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jake Bennett throws against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Boston Red Sox's Tsung-Che Cheng of Taiwan, celebrates with teammates after scoring on a one-run double by Ceddanne Rafaela during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
