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The Red Sox defeated the Blue Jays 8-2 on Sunday afternoon to avoid a 3-game sweep in Toronto.  Jon Lester righted the ship – pitching 6 innings allowing only 1 ER on 3 hits and 3 walks.  He also fanned 12 batters using 115 pitches to get through the 6 innings.
The Red Sox clubbed 4 [...]

The Blue Jays defeated the Red Sox 6-3 on Friday night in Toronto, snapping a 9-game losing streak.  The Blue Jays used a 5-run 5th inning off of starter Tim Wakefield to put the game out of reach.  Wakefield was tagged for 3 RBI doubles and a 2-RBI single in the inning.  Overall, he gave [...]

The Red Sox and Blue Jays will play another big series in Toronto this weekend.  In the Friday night opener, Tim Wakefield (6-2) will take on Casey Janssen (0-1).  Wakefield dominated the Blue Jays during the Red Sox 3-game sweep of the Blue Jays just a little over a week ago at Fenway Park.  Wakefield [...]

The Red Sox defeated the Twins 3-1 Thursday afternoon at the Metrodome.  Josh Beckett pitched 7 solid innings, giving up just 1 earned on 3 hits and 4 walks with 8 K’s.  Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon did the rest with scoreless innings in relief of Beckett.  Papelbon picked up his 13th save of the [...]

The Twins defeated the Red Sox 5-2 on Tuesday night at the Metrodome.  The Twins used a 5-run 5th inning to take the lead for good.  The big rally was capped off by Justin Mourneau’s 3-run home run off of Jon Lester.  Lester struggled again – giving up 5 earned runs on 6 hits and [...]

Manager Terry Francona gave David “Big Papi” Ortiz the day off on Memorial Day in Minnesota as the Red Sox squared off against lefty Francisco Liriano.  Ortiz is currently batting only .185 with 1 home run, 18 RBI’s and 15 runs scored.  Ortiz has struck out 41 times against 22 walks and has a dismal [...]

The Red Sox defeated the Twins 6-5 on Monday afternoon in Minnesota.  The Red Sox jumped out to a 5-1 lead after 4 innings and then held on for the 6-5 win.
Jason Bay had a 2-run double and Mike Lowell had an RBI single in the 3rd inning.  The Red Sox tacked on 2 more [...]

The Red Sox defeated the Mets 12-5 on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park to avoid a 3-game sweep at the hands of NY’s National League East team.
Mike Lowell’s 3-run HR in the 2nd gave the Red Sox an early 3-1 lead, but the Mets quickly responded to take a 5-3 lead in the 5th.
The Red [...]

The Red Sox lost for just the 5th time at Fenway Park this 2009 MLB schedule with a 5-3 loss to Johan Santana and the Mets on Friday night at Fenway Park.  Santana shut down the Red Sox over 7 innings, giving up just 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits and 1 walk.  Santana [...]

The Red Sox defeated the Blue Jays 5-1 on Thursday night at Fenway Park, completing a 3-game sweep of the Blue Jays to pull within a half  game of the Jays for 1st place in the AL East.
The Red Sox jumped all over Robert Ray in the 1st inning.  David Ortiz drove in Jacoby Ellsbury [...]