by shawn medeiros | Sep 1, 2008 | Chicago White Sox, Gavin Floyd, Jim Thome, Tim Wakefield
Gavin Floyd improved to 15-6 pitching 6 2/3’s innings of work against Tim Wakefield who turned in his 17th quality of the start of the season – tied with Jon Lester for the team lead – in a 4-2 decision over Boston. Jim Thome hit a two-run homer in...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 31, 2008 | Chicago White Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Jed Lowrie, Mark Kotsay, Michael Bowden
Batting out of the cleanup spot Dustin Pedroia collected four hits and Michael Bowden earned his first MLB win on five innings pitched. Mark Kotsay knocked in three runs while Jed Lowrie notched two-RBI’s Star of the Game: The rookie Bowden went 5 innings,...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 29, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia
Dustin Pedroia had four hits, four RBI’s, two stolen bases, and made some nice defensive plays in the 8-0 win over Chicago. Daisuke Matsuzaka stymied the White Sox all night over 8 innings pitched allowing just two hits on seven strikeouts. Star of the Game:...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 28, 2008 | Jason Giambi, New York Yankees
At least Jason Giambi did not want to get swept by the Boston Red Sox as he carried the Yankees on his shoulders for a 3-2 victory. A two-run homer in the seventh tied the game up at 2-2 and in the ninth Giambi delivered the walk-off single to stop Boston from...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 27, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia, Jason Bay, New York Yankees, Paul Byrd, Sidney Ponson
Dustin Pedroia capped off the rout of the New York Yankees with a grand slam and Jason Bay clobbered home four runs as the Boston Red Sox took game two of the series against the Bronx Bombers 11-3. Sidney Ponson suffered the loss on less than 5 innings pitched while...