Members of the Boston Red Sox took advantage of an off day in Washington, D.C., to meet President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday.

The Boston Red Sox paid a visit to the White House, where several players shook hands with President Donald Trump.

The visit became public for the Red Sox, who traveled with family to Washington ahead of a series with the Nationals, when a White House official posted video to social media.

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The Red Sox are on a brief road trip to play the Washington Nationals before finishing the unofficial first half of the season at home against the Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays. They are coming off their first series win in two weeks in what was nearly a sweep of the Cincinnati Reds.

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Wilyer Abreu hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 in the completion of a game suspended by rain a night earlier.

Wilyer Abreu hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 in the completion of a game suspended by rain a night earlier