Ellsbury homers and fixes scoreboard in 3-2 win over O’s

by | Sep 2, 2007 | Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Daniel Cabrera, Hideki Okajima, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Millar, Melvin Mora, Miguel Tejada, Mike Lowell, Nick Markakis, Ramon Hernandez

Jacoby Ellsbury hit his first Major League homerun for the Boston Red Sox and Jon Lester earned his third victory of the season beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-2. Hideki Okajima earned his 25th hold of the season and Jonathan Papelbon closed the door in the ninth for...

Rumble in The Bronx

by | Aug 28, 2007 | Brian Bruney, Chien-Ming Wang, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Hideki Okajima, Javier Lopez, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kei Igawa, Kyle Farnsworth, Kyle Snyder, Luis Vizcaino, Mike Lowell, Mike Mussina, Mike Timlin, Phil Hughes, Roger Clemens

The upcoming series at Yankee Stadium has been circled on the calendars of Red Sox fans across the world since the schedules were announced this past spring. With memories of last year’s Boston Massacre still fresh in our minds, we looked forward to this series...

Red Sox rally on an Ortiz’ granny

by | Aug 19, 2007 | Alex Cora, Chone Figgins, Curt Schilling, David Ortiz, Garrett Anderson, Hideki Okajima, Jered Weaver, Jonathan Papelbon, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Timlin, Reggie Willits, Vladimir Guerrero

David Ortiz has been hurt all season long with shoulder and knee problems, but this time Ortiz let Jeff Weaver feel some pain with a go-ahead grand slam homerun that catapulted the Boston Red Sox (74-49) to an eventual 10-5 victory. After being down 5-0 going into the...

Buchholz earns first career win in spot start

by | Aug 17, 2007 | Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Doug Mirabelli, Dustin Pedroia, Garrett Anderson, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, John Lackey, Jonathan Papelbon, Los Angeles Angels, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Vladimir Guerrero

Clay Buchholz earned his first Major League win in his debut against the Los Angeles Angels with some help from the Boston offense who scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning and eventually won 8-4. Buchholz let up a run in the first inning on a Garret...

Gagne gags up another loss

by | Aug 12, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Corey Patterson, Curt Schilling, Eric Gagne, Hideki Okajima, Julio Lugo, Kevin Millar, Manny Ramirez, Melvin Mora, Mike Flanagan, Nick Markakis, Terry Francona

Same situation for Eric Gagne: a lead in the eighth inning. The same result: a blown lead for the Red Sox (70-47). Gagne coughed up a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth as Miguel Tejada whacked a two run homerun to tie it at 3-3. Kevin Millar added insult to injury...

Blame Canada, Gagne blows lead

by | Aug 11, 2007 | Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Corey Patterson, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Erik Bedard, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Ramirez, Melvin Mora, Nick Markakis

The formula is simple: Eric Gagne and/or Hideki Okajima in the eighth to set up Jonathan Papelbon to slam the door shut in the ninth. Gagne gave up four runs in the eighth making this “chemistry” experiment go awry losing the ball game 6-5 to the Baltimore...

No sweeping for Angels, Sox six game lead over NYY

by | Aug 9, 2007 | Brandon Moss, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Gagne, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Los Angeles Angels, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell

Dustin Pedroia had the go-ahead homerun in the seventh and Mike Lowell was 4-4 with two RBI’s to help Boston (69-45) avoid the sweep against the Los Angeles Angels (66-74) winning 9-6. In a back and forth game Hideki Okajima earned his third win of the season...