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The Red Sox had to have liked their chances for a sweep over the Mariners this weekend in Seattle after winning the 1st 2 games of the series. They had Jon Lester pitching on Saturday and Daisuke Matsuzaka throwing on Sunday and they were confident that the 2 starters could lead the squad to the [...]

Dustin Pedroia came to play on Thursday night in Colorado, while Jonathan Papelbon struggled again, suffering another blown save.
The Good — Dustin Pedroia went 5 for 5 with 3 home runs, 5 RBI’s and 4 runs scored.  He hit a solo home run in the 4th inning.  His 2nd home run was a 2-run shot [...]

The last time the Red Sox played at Coors Field, they were completing a 4-game sweep of the Rockies en route to a dominant 2007 World Series Title Run. And although the Red Sox didn’t play all that bad last night, they still came out on the wrong end of the scoreboard – in the [...]

Make it 2 in a row – as the Red Sox dropped a laugher to the Royals at Fenway Park – 12-5 on Friday night.
Tim Wakefield looked atrocious as the Royals pounded out 20 hits against Wakefield and 3 relievers.
The Bad — Wakefield’s line — 12 ER on 9 hits and 3 walks.
The Bad — [...]

The Red Sox pulled out the brooms in Tampa, sweeping the Rays in a HUGE 3-game series.  It was just what the Red Sox needed to turn their season around.
John Lackey picked up the win, although he was not at his best — 2 ER on 8 hits and 4 walks over 6 1/3 innings.
The [...]

1 down, 2 more to go.  The Red Sox won the opener of a big 3-game series against the Rays in Tampa on Monday night.  Clay Buchholz shined again, limiting the Rays to just 1 ER on 6 hits over 6 innings.  He only walked 1 batter and he racked up 8 K’s.  It was [...]

Jon Lester and the Red Sox bullpen failed to perform well after blowing a 6-1 3rd inning lead.  The Red Sox jumped out to an early lead courtesy of 10 walks and 7 hits (scoring 6 earned runs) by Dontrelle Willis and Eddie Bonine in the games 1st 6+ innings.  But the 6 runs wouldn’t [...]

It wasn’t pretty, but John Lackey and the Red Sox made it 2 in a row at Fenway Park with a 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.  After looking so good in his 7 scoreless innings against the Angels last week, Lackey struggled with his control on Monday night.  He used [...]

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 [...]

Not a good trend, as the Red Sox bullpen continues to struggle early in 2010.  After Tim Wakefield staked his team to a 3-2 lead after 7 innings, Hideki Okajima and Daniel Bard couldn’t hold down the fort as the Red Sox lost to the Royals 4-3.  Wakefield scattered 6 hits and 1 walk during [...]