by evan brunell | May 25, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Carlos Pena, David Price, Desmond Jennings, Drew Sutton, Jeremy Hellickson, Matt Moore, Tampa Bay Rays
The Red Sox are on a roll, and they head into a big weekend matchup with the Rays after a much-needed day of rest, concluding 20 games in 20 days. The series will boast quite the pitching matchup, as Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz will roll out against the...
by scandage | May 16, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, B.J. Upton, Baltimore Orioles, Ben Zobrist, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Allen, Burke Badenhop, Carlos Pena, Cody Ross, Daniel Nava, Desmond Jennings, Dustin Pedroia, Elliot Johnson, Evan Longoria, Fernando Rodney, J.P. Howell, Jake McGee, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Niemann, Jeremy Hellickson, Joel Peralta, Jon Lester, Jose Lobaton, Jose Molina, Josh Beckett, Kyle Farnsworth, Luke Scott, Matt Joyce, Matt Moore, Mike Aviles, Robinson Chirinos, Sam Fuld, Sean Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Wade Davis, Will Middlebrooks, Will Rhymes
Having won both games of a two-game set against the lowly Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox (17-19) travel to St. Petersburg, Florida to play another two-game series, this time against the tied-for-first place Tampa Bay Rays (23-14). The Red Sox, while still in...
by scandage | Apr 12, 2012 | B.J. Upton, Ben Zobrist, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Pena, Clay Buchholz, David Price, Desmond Jennings, Elliot Johnson, Evan Longoria, Felix Doubront, Jacoby Ellsbury, James Shields, Jeff Keppinger, Jeremy Hellickson, Jose Molina, Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Farnsworth, Luke Scott, Matt Joyce, Matt Moore, New York Yankees, Reid Brignac, Robinson Chirinos, Sam Fuld, Sean Rodriguez, Stephen Vogt, Tampa Bay Rays
Having clinched the Wild Card at the end of the most dramatic evening of baseball in recent memory, the Rays should again prove a formidable foe for the Red Sox and the New York Yankees in the American League East. The Red Sox have to right their foundering ship soon,...
by chipbuck | Nov 9, 2011 | Albert Pujols, Aramis Ramirez, Boston Red Sox, C.J. Wilson, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Pena, David Ortiz, Edwin Jackson, Francisco Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, Heath Bell, Hiroki Kuroda, Jimmy Rollins, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, Michael Cuddyer, Prince Fielder, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Madson
As I was reading Jim Bowden’s “Pricing the Free Agents” piece on ESPN last Friday afternoon, I could hear the rising and crashing waves of criticism coming from the Sabermetric/blogging community from over yonder…and by yonder, I mean Twitter. ...
by shawn medeiros | May 11, 2009 | B.J. Upton, Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jason Bay, Jonathan Papelbon
The Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics had already won their playoff games. So, It couldn’t have been more fitting that Jonathan Papelbon had a chance to close out the Boston sports tri-fecta. Papelbon made it as interesting as Glen “Big Baby” Davis...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 8, 2009 | Carlos Pena, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Evan Longoria, Grant Balfour, Jon Lester, Matt Garza
Most baseball analysts think Jon Lester will emerge as one of the best pitchers in the league this year. His start yesterday against the Tampa Bay Rays took a sharp left turn. And it wasn’t in the right direction. Lester was rocked for five runs including a...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 7, 2009 | Akinori Iwamura, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Dustin Pedroia, Evan Longoria, Gabe Gross, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Matt Joyce, Pat Burrell, Scott Kazmir, Tampa Bay Rays
Any questions about Josh Beckett returning to his 2007 form were answered against the Tampa Bay Rays. At least for one start. Beckett hurled 10 strikeouts over seven innings of work en route to a 5-3 win for the Boston Red Sox over the Tampa Bay Rays on Opening Day....
by evan brunell | Apr 2, 2009 | Akinori Iwamura, Andy Sonnanstine, B.J. Upton, Ben Zobrist, Brian Shouse, Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Dan Wheeler, David Price, Dioner Navarro, Evan Longoria, Gabe Gross, Gabe Kapler, Grant Balfour, J.P. Howell, James Shields, Jason Bartlett, Jason Hammel, Jason Isringhausen, Jeff Niemann, Joe Nelson, Lance Cormier, Matt Joyce, Pat Burrell, Shawn Riggans, Tampa Bay Rays, Troy Percival, Willy Aybar
The Tampa Bay Rays are coming off their first successful season in the history of the franchise. Finally, they’re not considered doormats with no vision of the future. Now the Pirates stand alone there. (Even the Royals are much improved!) This club is scary in...
by shawn medeiros | Oct 14, 2008 | 2008 ALCS, Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays
Tim Wakefield got shelled early and the trend continued as the Tampa Bay Rays now have a 3-1 lead over the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS. The Rays hitters scored 5 runs in the first two innings including homers by Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria. Carl Crawford collected 5...
by evan brunell | Oct 8, 2008 | Carlos Pena, Trivia
The last trivia question revealed that Gene Stephens was the last player before Rajai Davis this year to enter a game as a pinch-runner and then hit a grand slam later in the inning. The new trivia question: Carlos Pena set a major league record this year with nine...
