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Pitching deserted the Red Sox in their 9-9 tie with the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.
Young prospect Casey Kelly struggled in his 3 innings – 2 ER on 4 hits and 2 walks, with 4 K’s.
Ramon Ramirez gave up 5 more hits and 2 more hits in his 2 innings of work.  Ramirez’s ERA is [...]

The score looked bad, but Josh Beckett still pitched pretty well as the Red Sox bullpen failed to keep it close late in the game.  Beckett gave up 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits and 1 walk in 6 innings pitched.  Beckett racked up 8 K’s and is still working through his mechanics to [...]

Clay Buchholz struggled in the Red Sox 11-6 win over the Minnesota Twins.  Buchholz gave up 4 ER on 5 hits  in 4 2/3 innings pitched on Sunday.  He did have 7 strikeouts and although he settled down after giving up 2 runs in each of the 1st two innings, he couldn’t make it through [...]

Manager Terry Francona gave Dustin Pedroia an extra day of rest on Friday to nurse his sore wrist.  Pedroia was back in the lineup against the Orioles on Saturday.  This was not done out of concern for Pedroia’s health — Francona just thought it was better to get the extra rest now rather than needing [...]

Manager Terry Francona announced his starting rotation for the 2010 MLB schedule.  Josh Beckett will start the opening night game against the New York Yankees on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.  He will square off against CC Sabathia in what should be a highly charged atmosphere at Fenway Park.
Jon Lester will follow in Game 2 against [...]

Tim Wakefield started, while Daisuke Matsuzaka tossed 2 innings, as the Red Sox cruised to a 6-4 win over the Florida Marlins.  Tim Wakefield continued to stretch out his arm well this spring – giving up 3 ER on 6 hits and 2 walks over 6 innings.  He added 5 K’s.  He threw 5 scoreless [...]

Josh Beckett had his best start of the spring in the Red Sox 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.  Beckett fired 5 awesome innings, giving up just 1 ER on 3 hits and 1 walk.  Beckett struck out 9 Pirates batters!  WOW!  This is clearly a good sign for Beckett who had been [...]

John Lackey continues to stretch out his arm this spring and he is looking great.  Lackey pitched 5 solid innings in a minor league game on Monday.  He gave up 1 run on 5 hits – the 1st run he has given up all spring.  Lackey threw 68 pitches (46 strikes) and he struck out [...]

The Red Sox pounded out 17 runs and 28 hits in 2 split squad losses on Monday, but the pitching left a lot to be desired.  In the 13-8 loss to the Cardinals, a 7-run 8th inning off of Ramon Ramirez and T.J. Large doomed the Sox.  Ramirez has been downright awful this year – [...]

Red Sox pitchers struggled mightily in Sunday’s 10-7 loss to the Houston Astros.  Jon Lester was just “so-so” in his start, although he did manage to go 5 1/3 innings and strike out 7 Astros batters.  On the down side, he gave up 3 ER on 5 hits.
Jonathan Papelbon had his worst outing of the [...]