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Red Sox on Fire as Limping Rays Come to Fenway

The Red Sox are as hot as they have been all season, winning five of six games this week, and the rest of the regulars are about to get healthy.  Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, and Kevin Youkilis (Youk missed another three games with his back) returned in this week’s Texas series and J. D. Drew is [...]

Josh Beckett Should Start Friday

Ace Throws Successful Bullpen Session
Red Sox starter Josh Beckett is slated to start this Friday against the Texas Rangers after a successful bullpen session Tuesday afternoon, according to the Boston Globe. The righty has not pitched in a live game since Aug. 17 due to inflammation in his right arm.
Beckett threw 58 pitches in the [...]

Despite Wins, Red Sox Lose Ground on Rays

The Red Sox continue to play good baseball, winning both series this week over the Yankees and White Sox, to extend their series win streak to four.  However, the Rays continue to find ways to win, gutting out victory after victory (in front of an embarrassing 10,000 fans) and extended their division lead to 5.5 over the [...]

Red Sox Start Fast, Run Out of Gas This Week

The Red Sox returned home this week and brought their uneven play with them.  They had an offensive explosion against the weak pitching staff of the Rangers, but a rainout washed away the Blue Jays opener and took the Red Sox bats with it.  They will head out on the road this week against an Oriole team [...]

Sox Put on a Run Show Against Rangers

They only played three games in this series, but in case you missed it, the Red Sox put up a total of 37 runs in just those three games.  Yes, you read correctly and it all started with a 19-17 win on Tuesday. The Sox scored 10 runs in the first inning with rookie Charlie [...]

19 Runs Barely Enough for Red Sox

Red Sox beat Rangers in wild 19-17 game
The best thing you can say about Red Sox pitching after last night’s performance is “at least they recorded 27 outs.” Otherwise…it was an atrocious showing for the Sox arms, but Rangers pitching fared worse in a 19-17 Red Sox win.
The Sox scored 10 runs in the first [...]

Red Sox Lose Ground on Rays with Uneven Week

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 [...]

All-Star Update: Yankees Fans Attack Papelbon

BREAKING NEWS: With one stroke of the bat, Red Sox RF J.D. Drew knocked in a 2-run shot off Cincinatti Reds SP Edinson Volquez to tie the All-Star Game at 2-2 in the 7th inning. We’ll keep you posted.
Update: Sox Closer Jonathan Papelbon came in the 8th inning to a slew of boos and chants [...]

Starting at 2B: Not Ian Kinsler

With the mid-summer classic ready to go on Tuesday night, there have been complaints over who is going and who is not. Starting the All-Star Game is supposed to signify that you are the best in the league at your position. Since fans have been given the right to vote, more often than not, they [...]

Sox Sweep on Patriot’s Day

The Red Sox are definitely the hottest team in baseball. They have now won nine out of ten games after an 8-3 victory over the Rangers at Fenway. Clay Buchholz had a very strong outing after a few shaky ones, going six strong innings and allowing zero runs on five hits and two walks. He [...]

Sox Take First Two Against Rangers

The Red Sox have enjoyed success in their first two games against the Rangers in this weekend series. They took the first game by an 11-3 margin and won the Saturday game 5-3. In all, the Sox now have a 12-7 record.
In the first game, David Ortiz busted out of his slump in a big [...]

Former Sox Players Become Part of History

Last night’s game between the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles was historic. When I first came upon the score at Yahoo Sports, I thought that the score being shown was a glitch. I only thought this because several times when I check box scores on yahoo to see how my fantasy team did, the [...]