by jake digregorio | Sep 29, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Game Recap, Hideki Okajima, Hunter Jones, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Michael Bowden, Mike Lowell
After pitching 2 1/3 innings of relief just last night, the Red Sox were not asking for extended innings from Michael Bowden on Monday night. Unfortunately, seven hits and seven runs over three innings wasn’t quite what they had in mind. It was the rain that...
by jake digregorio | Sep 24, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, David DeJesus, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Josh Beckett, Luke Hochevar, Yuniesky Betancourt
Just one night after Paul Byrd dropped five runs in the first frame against the Kansas City Royals, KC found out what it was like to watch an entire game slip away in one inning. Behind a six run fifth inning, the Boston Red Sox gave the Royals one such beat down,...
by jake digregorio | Sep 23, 2009 | Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, Boston Red Sox, David DeJesus, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Josh Beckett, Luke Hochevar, Mark Teahen, Paul Byrd, Victor Martinez, Zach Grienke
Seven sterling innings could not undo the wrongs of the first inning, as the Red Sox lose the second game of a four game series to the Kansas City Royals, 5-1. Red Sox starter Paul Byrd gave up five earned runs in the first inning, a deficit from which the Red Sox...
by jake digregorio | Sep 22, 2009 | Billy Wagner, Daniel Bard, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Lenny DiNardo, Manny Delcarmen, Tim Wakefield
With a host of question marks looming over Tim Wakefield’s much-anticipated return to the mound, it was the Red Sox bullpen that would leave everyone perplexed, as the Boston Red Sox drop the first game of a four game series to the Kansas City Royals, 12-9, in a...
by jake digregorio | Sep 20, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Berken
With another short but sweet start from Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Red Sox were able to whittle the magic number down to seven in the American League Wild Card race, thanks in part to a timely beating to the Texas Rangers by the Angels – and, of course, another...