by zach hayes | Jul 23, 2008 | Jed Lowrie
The Red Sox signed Julio Lugo prior to the 2007 season mostly out of necessity. Sure, Theo Epstein long favored Lugo at an eventual replacement at shortstop when he hit free agency following decent years in a Rays uniform, and since the complete black hole of a bat...
by zach hayes | Jul 22, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, R.A. Dickey, Seattle Mariners
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (58-43) @ Seattle Mariners (38-61) Daisuke Matsuzaka (10-1, 2.65) @ R.A. Dickey (2-4, 3.73) 10:05 PM EDT | Safeco Field (Seattle, WA) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Last night, Jon Lester took the mound and showed why...
by evan brunell | Jul 22, 2008 | Derek Lowe, Trivia
The last trivia question asked who were the three other pitchers besides Daisuke Matuszaka with at least 25 career wins at the All-Star Break of his sophomore season. The answer was Andy Pettitte, Jason Jennings and Justin Verlander. Leaderboard is updated. The new...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 22, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and then times got so good for Dustin Pedroia that even Yankee fans couldn’t remember the last time he made an out (at least it seemed). In his first two seasons with the Boston Red Sox, a few things ring...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 22, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Seattle Mariners
Jason Varitek hit a two-run home run and Jon Lester pitched 7 1/3’s innings striking out six and walking none on eight hits to improve to 8-3 on the season. Jonathan Papelbon earned his 29th save of the season. Star of the Game: Lester Boston needed a start like...
