Kansas City radio station WHB 810 is reporting that Red Sox on again, off again starting center fielder (My) Coco Crisp has been traded to the Royals for reliever Ramon Ramirez.
Crisp enjoyed a bounce back year in a Sox uni, hitting .283 with seven homers, 41 RBIs and 20 stolen bases in split time with [...]
The Red Sox opened the week with a tough loss to an inferior Royals team before taking the series. They traveled to Chicago for a gritty series with the White Sox and earned a tough split.
However, the Rays continued to play well and have already set a single-season franchise win record with almost two months remaining [...]
Things are really different without Manny Ramirez. First, the Red Sox are actually winning again…and when they lose it feels like a moral triumph. Despite the piling victories since the trade, Terry Francona has had to juggle the lineup around without Ramirez to find what he likes. Slumps by Jacoby Ellsbury and Coco Crisp have [...]
J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell each hit grand slams to help Daisuke Matsuzaka earn his eighth win in as many decisions as the Red Sox beat the Royals 11-8. Daisuke had his control trouble, but still pitched well through 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits and six walks with seven strikeouts. The [...]
Bartolo Colon needed only 74 pitches to earn the win in his Red Sox debut. The burly veteran went five innings, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts to help the Sox win 6-3. The Sox were helped by 12 hits and four walks to put the pressure on Royals [...]
Justin Masterson was called up to start the second game of a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals, and in his second-career major league start, he dominated in a 2-1 Red Sox win. The Sox rookie pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits and three walks to go along with five strikeouts. The Sox scored [...]