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Josh Beckett showed why he is the Red Sox ace on Sunday at Fenway Park, pitching a complete game 3-hitter to lead the Sox over the Royals 6-0.  Beckett was on top of his game like never before.  He needed only 94 pitches (66 for strikes) to finish of the complete game and was masterful [...]

It wasn’t pretty at the end, but John Smoltz finally earned his 1st 2009 victory as the Red Sox defeated the Royals 15-9 at Fenway Park on Saturday night.  Smoltz did his part – 5 innings pitched, 1 ER, 4 hits, 1 walk and 7K’s.  But he had to throw a lot of pitches – [...]

The Red Sox defeated the A’s 5-2 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.  Josh Beckett pitched 6 2/3 innings, giving up just 2 ER on 6 hits and 1 walk.  He struck out 4.  Hideki Okajima, Justin Masterson and Jonthan Paplebon finished off the final 2 1/3 innings to preserve the win for the Red [...]

After the Orioles scored 10 runs in the final 2 innings on Tuesday night to pull off the improbable 11-10 win, the Red Sox turned the tables on the O’s on Wednesday afternoon.  Through the 1st 8 innings of the game, Josh Beckett and the Red Sox bats were bad.  Beckett labored through 107 pitches [...]

The Red Sox have split the 1st 2 games of the 3-game series against the Orioles this week in Baltimore.  Jon Lester dominated in the Red Sox 4-0 win over the Orioles on Monday night – 7 IP, 5 hits, 0 runs or walks, & 5 K’s.  Jonathan Papelbon closed out the game for his [...]

Took a few days off on Sunday and Monday to get ready for the crazy July in which the Red Sox play 17 home games at Fenway Park.  Pitching ruled in Atlanta over the weekend as the 2 teams combined for a total of just 9 runs all weekend long. Josh Beckett out-dueled Jarr Jurrjens [...]

The Nationals avoided the sweep on Thursday night by defeating John Smoltz and the Red Sox 9-3 at Nationals Park.  Things did not get off to a good start for John Smoltz in his 1st career appearance in a Red Sox uniform. After Smoltz got Crsitian Guzman to ground out to start the inning, the [...]

The Red Sox defeated the Nationals 6-4 at Nationals Park on Wednesday night.  Jon Lester evened his record at 6-6 with a solid 6-inning effort.  Lester gave up 3 ER and 6 hits and 2 walks while striking out 6 along the way.  Jonathan Papelbon pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning – needing only 11 pitches [...]

The Red Sox defeated the Nationals 11-3 – it was a back and forth game until the Red Sox blew it open with 8 runs in the final 3 innings.  Manny Delcarmen picked up his 2nd win of the 2009 MLB schedule by retiring the only batter he faced in the bottom of the 6th [...]

The Boston Red Sox took the final 2 games of the weekend series against the Atlanta Braves and upped their home record at Fenway Park to 25-10 – tied for the best in MLB with the Los Angeles Dodgers.  The Red Sox are 42-27 overall and have a 4-game lead over the Yankees, a 5-game [...]