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Make it 2 in a row – as the Red Sox dropped a laugher to the Royals at Fenway Park – 12-5 on Friday night. Tim Wakefield looked atrocious as the Royals pounded out 20 hits against Wakefield and 3 relievers. The Bad — Wakefield’s line — 12 ER on 9 hits and 3 walks. [...]

Ouch – this one is going to hurt for a while.  After playing so well the last 10 days against quality competition – Yankees, Twins, Phillies, Rays – The Red Sox lost to the Royals 4-3 at Fenway Park on Thursday night. Daisuke Matsuzaka was downright bad – he labored through 114 pitches in just [...]

The Red Sox pulled out the brooms in Tampa, sweeping the Rays in a HUGE 3-game series.  It was just what the Red Sox needed to turn their season around. John Lackey picked up the win, although he was not at his best — 2 ER on 8 hits and 4 walks over 6 1/3 [...]

Keep it coming — Jon Lester and the Red Sox bullpen shut down the Rays explosive offense for a 2nd straight night, as the Red Sox defeated the Rays 2-0.  They can go for the sweep tonight, returning the “favor” when the Rays swept the Red Sox at Fenway Park back in the middle of [...]

1 down, 2 more to go.  The Red Sox won the opener of a big 3-game series against the Rays in Tampa on Monday night.  Clay Buchholz shined again, limiting the Rays to just 1 ER on 6 hits over 6 innings.  He only walked 1 batter and he racked up 8 K’s.  It was [...]

The Red Sox defeated the Phillies 8-3 on Sunday’s rubber game as Tim Wakefield outdueled Roy Halladay. Wakefield, making a start in place of the injured Josh Beckett gave the Red Sox a HUGE lift by tossing 8 scoreless innings.  Wakefield scattered 5 hits and 2 walks during his outing and has now made 2 [...]

Daisuke Matsuzaka had a no-hitter going through 7 2/3 innings before Juan Castro’s single broke up the bid with 2 outs in the 8th inning.  Matsuzaka recorded the final out of the inning and then gave way to Daniel Bard to finish out the 5-0 Red Sox win. Matsuzaka ended up giving up just 1 [...]

So much for the 3-game Red Sox winning streak.  Cole Hamels shut down the Resurgent Red Sox offense, limiting Boston to just 1 ER on 3 hits and 1 walk over 7 magnificent innings.  He struck out 8 batters in the process and didn’t give up a run after Victor Martinez’s 2-out solo home run [...]

Early home runs by Adrian Beltre and Kevin Youkilis staked the red Sox to a 4-0 lead after 3 innings.  And Jon Lester did the rest as the Red Sox beat the Twins for the 2nd night in a row at Fenway Park.  Lester pitched the 1st complete game for the Red Sox in 2010, [...]

Clay Buchholz delivered the start that the Red Sox needed after a grueling 5-game road trip through Detroit and New York in which the club won only 2 games.  Buchholz pitched into the 9th inning before giving way to Daniel Bard to close the game in replace of Jonathan Papelbon who was unable to pitch [...]