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Red Sox Rebound in Kansas City; Eyes Set on the Yankees in the Bronx

Clay Buchholz made sure that the Red Sox wouldn’t lose the series to the Royals in Kansas City.  Buchholz pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up just 5 hits along the way.  Buchholz had 8 K’s and no walks and has really impressed of late.  Buchholz is now 7-3 on the season with a 3.21 [...]

Buchholz, Bay Lead Red Sox to 3-1 Win Over O’s

Clay Buchholz won his 6th game of 2009 as the Red Sox opened their 10-game road trip with a 3-1 win over the O’s in Baltimore.  Buchholz pitched 6 innings of 1-run ball, giving up just 5 hits and 3 walks with 1 strikeout.  Daniel Bard, Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a scoreless [...]

Rain Forces Day/Late Afternoon Double-Header on Sunday @ Fenway Park

MLB, the Red Sox &  Rays & the weathermen (what do they know?) all thought that there would be enough of a window to play Friday night’s game at Fenway Park.  They were all wrong, and Jon Lester was not happy about it. Because there is also rain in the forecast for Saturday, the teams [...]

Home Sweet Home – Buchholz, Bats Crush Orioles 10-0 @ Fenway Park

The Red Sox sure love playing at Fenway Park!  With their 10-0 win over the Orioles on Tuesday night, the Red Sox are now 46-21 at home.  Only the New York Yankees (48-20) have a better home record during the 2009 MLB season than the Red Sox. Clay Buchholz didn’t have trouble holding onto this [...]

Red Sox Looking Forward to Return to Fenway Park

After wrapping up a 3-4 road trip in Tampa and Chicago, the Red Sox are looking forward to a return to Fenway Park for a nice 8-game home stand spaced out over 10 days.  The Red Sox will have an off-day in between each series. The Red Sox took 2 of 3 from the Rays, [...]

Mission Accomplished – Red Sox Win Series Over Rays in Tampa

As it good as it gets in Tampa for the Red Sox – – the Red Sox defeated the Rays 6-3 on Thursday’s get away day, and took 2 of 3 from the Rays in Tampa.  It was a total team effort. Clay Buchholz toughed out a rough 1st inning in which he allowed 2 [...]

Lester, Wagner, Papelbon Propel Red Sox to Big 8-4 Win Over Rays

That loud noise you heard Tuesday night in Tampa was a huge collective sigh of relief as the Red Sox beat the Rays 8-4 in Tampa for only their 2nd win there this season.  It wasn’t easy.  Leading 7-2 heading to the bottom of the 8th inning, the usually reliable Hideki Okajima didn’t retire any [...]

Red Sox – Rays – Playoff Implications – Get Ready to Rumble!

It doesn’t get any better than this – the Red Sox and Rays will battle it out for 3 days in Tampa starting tonight. The Red Sox have not fared well in Tampa this year – winning just 1 out of 6 games there thus far this year.  In fact, the Rays have beaten the [...]

Red Sox Activate Wagner, Waive Penny & Lose to White Sox 9-5

It was a busy day for the Red Sox on Thursday – not all of it good. The Red Sox welcomed reliever Billy Wagner into the clubhouse just 11 months removed from having Tommy John elbow surgery.  After thinking that he may never pitch again, Wagner finds himself joining the Red Sox and one of [...]

Big Papi, Big Hero – Red Sox Win 3-2 on Walk-Off Bomb

It hasn’t been the best of years for David “Big Papi” Ortiz, but he had reason – 2 in fact – to celebrate in Wednesday night’s 3-2 over the White Sox at Fenway Park.  Big Papi hit 2 solo home runs in the game – the 1st tied the game at 1 in the 2nd [...]