In this new feature, each Friday I’ll be taking a look at the race to win the division as well as the wild card and offer an outlook on the fast-approaching playoffs. Now that August is starting to wind down and Septemeber is looming ahead, the Red Sox still find themselves in second place in [...]
The Red Sox placed banged-up 3B Mike Lowell on the 15-day disabled list with an oblique injury he suffered in last night’s 19-17 Red Sox win. The Sox recalled RHP David Pauley to fill a temporary need in the starting rotation.
The Globe’s Amalie Benjamin reported that Mike Lowell seems frustrated with his injury. In Mike’s [...]
The Red Sox struggled to score seven runs in the first two games of the early-July series against the Minnesota Twins. They did win both games however. They won 1-0 on Monday thanks to an RBI single by Manny Ramirez. They gathered another win on a comeback also led by Manny Ramirez, who hit a clutch two-run shot [...]
Josh Beckett was a tough luck loser yet again as the Sox provided him no run support in a 2-1 loss. Beckett struck out eight in eight innings, allowing just two runs on five hits and two walks. Beckett was in dominant form, but he was up against Arizona’s No. 2 starter, Dan Haren, who [...]
There’s a lot of fanfare around the fact that the Red Sox haven’t visited Cincinnati since 1975 when the upstart Red Sox met up with the Big Red Machine in the World Series. The Red Sox did win a game there, leading to the Game 6 dramatics when Carlton Fisk willed his HR fair. You [...]
According to the Boston Globe, Coco Crisp was suspended seven games for his role in a brawl on Thursday against Rays pitcher James Shields. Sox lefty Jon Lester was suspended for five games (basically one start), and 1B Sean Casey was suspended for three games.
Adding to the earlier breaking news, five Tampa Bay Rays were [...]
The Sox won the rubber match against the Tigers yesterday 12-6.
Tim Wakefield started and went 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits with 5 walks, 2 hit batters, and 5 strikeouts.
J.D. Drew finished 3-3 and Sean Casey went 2-5 with 3 RBI while filling in for the injured Mike Lowell. Casey played first while [...]
The Red Sox (3-3) scored first and held a 2-1 lead in the fourth, but Clay Buchholz and the bullpen faltered from there and the Blue Jays (3-2) scored a 10-2 blowout win over the Sox.
Manny Ramirez doubled home David Ortiz in the first and Sean Casey drove in J.D. Drew in the fourth, but [...]
Today, the Red Sox signed 33 year old Sean Casey to a $700,000 deal.
The Red Sox first option was Brad Wilkerson who they pulled out on earlier today or this week. Because today Brad Wilkerson was signed to Seattle for a 1 year $3 million deal. Wilkerson would have fit the OF and 1st base [...]