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Jon Lester pitched much better in his 2nd start of the spring.  Even though the Red Sox ended up losing to the Tampa Rays 8-6, Lester shined during his 2 2/3 innings pitched.  He gave up just 1 unearned run on 2 hits and 1 walk.  Lester also struck out 4 batters on the day.  [...]

Tim Wakefield tossed 3 shutout innings in his spring debut in Tuesday’s 9-0 win over the Florida Marlins.  Wakefield stymied a hard-hitting Marlins ball club that had been raking the ball so far this spring.  Wakefield needed just 30 pitches (22 strikes) to record his 9 outs.  He gave up 2 hits and struck out [...]

Josh Beckett was electric in his 2nd spring start – tossing 3 perfect innings against the stacked St. Louis Cardinals offensive lineup.  Beckett needed just 35 pitches to work through the 9 batters.  He threw 25 of the 35 pitches for strikes and had 3 K’s, using a great combination of fastballs and change-ups mixed [...]

John Lackey pitched 2 perfect innings in Saturday’s 9-3 over the Minnesota Twins.  It was a solid effort from the former Angels ace who signed a lucrative 5-year, $82.5 million deal with the Red Sox this winter.  Lackey was excited to get the 1st one out of the way — “I felt pretty good.  It’s [...]

Jon Lester had a poor start to 2010 spring training action – giving up 4 earned runs in his only inning of work.  Lester gave up 3 hits and 2 walks and he put the Red Sox in a bad 4-0 to start the game.  Lester had this to say about his effort: “We’re all [...]

Josh Beckett and the Red Sox relievers looked good in the Red Sox 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins in their Grapefruit League opener.  Although Beckett gave up a run in the 1st inning, he worked 2 innings giving up just 2 hits with 1 strikeout.  It wasn’t a perfect outing, but it was a [...]

Shortstop-of-the-future Jose Iglesias made a lasting impression in his 1st game in a Red Sox uniform on Wednesday night’s win over Boston College.
Manager Terry Francona called on Iglesias to pinch-run for starting shortstop Marco Scutaro after he singled in the 3rd inning.  Then in his 1st spring at-bat in the following inning, Iglesias jumped on [...]

The Red Sox came away happy with the results of their “opening day sweep” of Northeastern & Boston College on Wednesday.
Casey Kelly helped the Red Sox get the day off to a good start as the club cruised to an easy 15-0 win over Northeastern.  Kelly needed only 10 pitches to record a 1-2-3 1st [...]

Daisuke Matsuzaka looks to be back on track during early Spring Training action this March.  Matsuzaka threw a productive session on Monday of this week and could be in line for a regular bullpen session by the end of the week.  Dice-K threw long-toss from the 180-200 foot range and also threw 25-30 pitches off [...]

The Boston Red Sox open up Grapefruit League action with 2 games against university teams on Wednesday.  Casey Kelly will square off against Northeastern University in the 1:05PM EST opener, while Boof Bonser will take on Boston College in the 6:05PM EST night cap.
It seems like everyone is excited to get on with live game [...]