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Josh Beckett put the Red Sox in an early 3-0 hole after 3 innings, and the Red Sox could never recover against young O’s lefty Brian Matusz.  Beckett ended up yielding those lone 3 runs through his 7 inning outing, but it wasn’t the shutdown performance that the club was looking for.
Playoff Watch –
Yankees 9-3 [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

Jon Lester picked up his 14th win of the season with a dominating 3-1 win over the Rays in Tampa on Friday night.  Lester pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball (the run was unearned because of Marco Scutaro’s error), scattering 2 hits and 5 walks during the outing.  He racked up 10 K’s and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

While Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz and Victor Martinez have all come back and performed well for the Red Sox, now it’s time for Dustin Pedroia, Mike Cameron & Jacoby Ellsbury to show that they can stay healthy and be productive during the final 2 months of the season.
FYI – Beckett stands to pick up his [...]

Clay Buchholz regained his form that made him the Red Sox most formidable pitcher for most of the 2010 slate.  Buchholz racked up 115 pitches through 7 innings of 1-run ball.  He allowed just 5 hits and 1 walk and struck out 7 Angels’ hitters in his 11th win of the season.  Buchholz was pleased [...]

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 and [...]

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 back [...]