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Beckett on Hot Seat Again; Beltre, Martinez, Ortiz Leading Red Sox Offense – Red Sox v. Orioles 8/31/10 Camden Yards

Josh Beckett is on the hot seat again tonight against the Orioles in Baltimore.  Beckett won his last start over the Mariners, but for the 2nd straight outing he ran out of steam in the 7th inning.  Overall, he gave up 3 ER on 4 hits (2 home runs) in 6 1/3 innings of work.  [...]

Weekend Starts off with a Band, Ends with a Whimper in Tampa — Red Sox 2, Rays 3 Saturday 8/28/10 & Red Sox 3, Rays 5 Sunday 8/29/10

Is the season over — it’s hard to think that it’s not, but the Red Sox didn’t make it easy on themselves with the series loss over the weekend in Tampa.  After Jon Lester and Victor Martinez led the team to a satusfying win on Friday night, the Red Sox had high hopes for the [...]

Double-Dip v. Mariners Today @ Fenway Park

Mother Nature finally handed the Red Sox their first rain out of the 2010 MLB schedule.  Rain postponed the 2nd game of the 3-game series between the Red Sox and Mariners this week at Fenway Park.  The game will be made up as part of a day-night double-header today.  Tickets for the Tuesday night game [...]

Clay to the Rescue; Cy Young In Store for Young Righty?! Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 0 – 8/22/10 Fenway Park

Clay Buchholz helped the Red Sox take the weekend series from the Blue Jays at Fenway Park on Sunday.  Not even a nasty rainy day – and a brief mid-game rain delay – could keep Buchholz from notching his 15th win of the season.  Buchholz tossed 6 scoreless inning and showed no ill effects from [...]

Whoa!!! Blue Jays Rock Lester in Worst Start of Career – Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 16 – 8/20/10 Fenway Park

I certainly didn’t see this one coming.  Jon Lester endured the worst start of his career in the Blue Jays 16-2 drubbing of the Red Sox Friday night at Fenway Park.  Whoa – what a disaster.  Lester never gave his team a chance and finally left the game after Lyle Overbay’s 2nd home run of [...]

Beckett Bad Again; Pedroia Back on DL; What Else Can go Wrong?! – Red Sox 2, Angels 7 – 8/19/10 Fenway Park

How fast and how far has Josh Beckett fallen?  For the 3rd straight Beckett allowed at least 6 earned runs!  That is not good, not good at all…
Playoff Watch –
Yankees 9-5 win over Tigers — 6.5 games lead over Red Sox.
Rays 8-6 win over Rangers — 5.5 games lead over Red Sox.
The Bad — Josh [...]

Lackey, Bats Lead Red Sox to 2nd Straight Fenway Park Win – Red Sox 7, Angels 5 – 8/18/10

Make it 2 in a row for the Red Sox over the Angels this week at Fenway Park.
Playoff Watch —
Yankees 9-5 win over Tigers –6 games lead over Red Sox.
Rays 8-6 win over Rangers — 5.5 games lead over Red Sox.
The Good — John Lackey – He gave up a lot of hits [...]

Is It the Beginning of the End? 2 Bad Losses in a Row Leave Red Sox Bewildered — Red Sox 8, Rangers 9 – 11 Innings – 8/13/10

It looked like the Red Sox had put Thursday’s horrific 9th inning loss behind them, as they staked ace Josh Beckett to an early 8-2 lead after 3 1/2 innings.  But then the wheels came off and the Red Sox ended up losing 10-9 in 11 innings.  Is this the beginning of the end for [...]

Red Sox Hoping for Series Split with Yankees in the Bronx — Red Sox 2, Yankees 5 Saturday 8/7/10 & Red Sox 2, Yankees 7 Sunday 8/8/10

The weekend series against the Yankees got off to a great start, but continued with 2 duds on Saturday and Sunday at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.  The Red Sox are desperately hoping that Jon Lester can pitch the team to a series split this afternoon.  Here is the weekend recap:
Saturday 8/7/10 – Red Sox [...]

On the Right Track — Buchholz, Clutch Hits Key Win — Red Sox 6, Yankees 3 – 8/6/10 Yankee Stadium

Clay Buchholz was electric on Friday night and the Red Sox bats came through with clutch hits as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 6-3 in the all-important Game 1 of the 4-game series at Yankee Stadium on Friday night.  Playing in front of a packed house and a record attendance of 49,875 crazed fans, [...]