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Not the way the Red Sox wanted to start the 2nd half – with a 7-2 disappointing loss to the Rangers at Fenway Park.  It really makes you wonder if the Red Sox will be able to hold on and stay close enough before the big guns get back. A 6-run 1st inning did in [...]

The Red Sox lost to the Rays 3-2 for a 3rd loss in a row.  Not good. Felix Doubront pitched OK in his 2nd major league start – 2 ER on 5 hits and 4 walks.  He worked out of jams despite his wildness to limit the damage. Hideki Okajima served up Carl Crawford’s 8th [...]

The Red Sox lost to the Rays 9-4 on Wednesday night at Fenway Park. The OK — Daisuke Matsuzaka – 3 ER on 4 hits and 4 walks over 6 innings.  The lead-off walk in the 4th inning started the 3-run rally for the Rays. The Bad — Manny Delcarmen – he faced 5 batters [...]

What injuries?! The Red Sox rallied for a convincing 8-5 win over the Rays at Fenway Park on Tuesday night.  The win pulled the Red Sox within 1-game of the 1st place New York Yankees in the AL East. The Good — John Lackey – although he allowed a lot of baserunners – 8 hits [...]

While it won’t be easy for the Red Sox to deal with the latest injuries suffered over the weekend, it could have been worse. Dustin Pedroia fractured his navicular bone in his left foot and is expected to miss 6 weeks.  He will not need surgery to repair the injury.  That means he could be [...]

It hasn’t been pretty for the Red Sox on their west coast road trip so far. The Red Sox fell to the Giants 5-4. The Good – Kevin Youkilis – 2 for 4 with 3 RBI’s and 2 runs scored.  He hit his 15th HR of the season, a 3-run shot that gave the Red [...]

Tim Wakefield delivered a quality start after struggling in his previous 2 starts.  Wakefield picked up the win tossing 7 1/3 innings of 2-run ball (only 1 of the runs was earned).  He scattered 4 hits and no walks during the outing and struck out 6 Indians batters.  Daniel Bard pitched a scoreless 9th inning [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It wasn’t the way the Red Sox drew it up.  The Red Sox took a 4-1 in the bottom of the 6th inning and Tim Wakefield was cruising along after a rocky 1st inning.  But then he and Hideki Okajima struggled in the top of the 7th inning and before you knew it, the Orioles [...]