Sigh of relief: Varitek and Lugo punch playoff ticket for Red Sox

Down by a run in the ninth inning Jason Varitek tied the game with his 15th homerun of the season and Julio Lugo’s 8th homerun of the season put Boston ahead clinching a playoff birth for the club. Al Reyes (3-3) blew his fourth save of season assuring the Red...

Down The Stretch

Okay, I wouldn’t say “too close for comfort,” but after last night I have an uneasy feeling. Last night’s game was just a lackluster performance all the way around. Tim Wakefield’s knuckler didn’t have a lot of bite, resulting in a...

9th inning rally falls just short

David Ortiz failed to come through with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning popping out to Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees won 4-3 decreasing the division lead to 4 1/2 games. Mariano Rivera earned his 28th save of the season closing...

Yanks come from behind to take game 1 in series

The Boston Red Sox blew their largest lead of the season, five runs, in the eighth inning losing to the New York Yankees 8-7. New York was down the whole game until the eighth as Jason Giambi and Robinson Cano hit back-to-back homeruns off of Hideki Okajima to start...

Red Sox come back from 7-run deficit

Mike Lowell and J.D. Drew combined for seven hits while everyone else in the lineup also had a hit contributing in the 16-10 come back win for the Boston Red Sox after being down 8-1 to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Tim Wakefield who has historically shut down Tampa Bay...

Dice-K touched up for 7 runs in third inning, Sox lose 11-5

A Matt Moore grand slam capped off a seven run inning for the Baltimore Orioles who beat the Boston Red Sox 11-5. Nick Markakis and Tike Redman homered for the Orioles and David Ortiz had two doubles while hitting his 28th homerun of the season, but Matsuzaka had a...

The Real Jacoby Ellsbury

One of the dominant discussions Red Sox fan are having these days is about the long-term prospects of Jacoby Ellsbury. Especially with the worrisome underperformance of J.D. Drew and the failure of the Wily Mo Pena experiment, the Red Sox outfield situation looks...