by evan brunell | Sep 11, 2007 | Kevin Youkilis
Kevin Youkilis got off to a dizzying start to the season, hitting .328/.419/.502 prior to the All-Star Break (and those numbers would be higher if he didn’t suffer through a cumulative .264/.395/.368 June). After the Break is a horrific line (just as bad as J.D....
by shawn medeiros | Sep 7, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Coco Crisp, Daniel Cabrera, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Melvin Mora
Coco Crisp caused Daniel Cabrera to balk and had a sacrifice RBI and Jon Lester only allowed four hits over 7 innings pitched earning his fourth win of the season while surviving a near brawl after Crisp irritated Cabrera with his bat and his speed on the base paths....
by evan brunell | Sep 7, 2007 | Alex Cora, Bobby Kielty, Coco Crisp, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Gagne, Eric Hinske, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Snyder, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield
August was an interesting month for the Red Sox, as the Sox saw their pision lead dwindle, rise, dwindle again with a sweep at the hands of the Yankees, and now we’re getting comfortable again a week into September. The dog-days of August are over, and the...
by shawn medeiros | Sep 2, 2007 | Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Corey Patterson, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jay Payton, Kevin Millar, Kevin Youkilis, Miguel Tejada, Mike Lowell, Nick Markakis, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein
Read the initial reaction to the no hitter by Evan Brunell Even if Clay Buchholz pitched a no-hitter in his first major league start he was going to be sent back down to the minor leagues. No need for Buccholz to go back down to the minors now as Buccholz pitched his...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 31, 2007 | Alex Cora, Baltimore Orioles, Chad Bradford, Danys Baez, David Ortiz, Eric Hinske, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Julian Tavarez, Kevin Youkilis, Kurt Birkins, Melvin Mora, Miguel Tejada, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Nick Markakis, Ramon Hernandez, Tim Wakefield
Down 9-6 to start off the bottom of the ninth the Boston Red Sox scored two runs on an Eric Hinske RBI single and an error by Melvin Mora that scored Alex Cora, but Jason Varitek grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to kill the rally losing to the Baltimore Orioles 9-8....
by shawn medeiros | Aug 30, 2007 | Alex Rodriguez, Bobby Abreu, Chien-Ming Wang, Hideki Okajima, Jason Varitek, Joba Chamberlain, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, New York Yankees, Robinson Cano, Terry Francona
Chien-Ming Wang brought a no hitter into the seventh inning, Robinson Cano homered twice off of Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox fell to the New York Yankees 5-0. With the loss the division lead has dropped to 5 games over the Yankees. Not only was there some...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 29, 2007 | Alex Rodriguez, Bobby Abreu, David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Johnny Damon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Farnsworth, Manny Ramirez, Mariano Rivera, Melky Cabrera, New York Yankees, Roger Clemens
Alex Rodriguez’ 44th homerun of the season was the difference in Boston’s 4-3 loss against the New York Yankees. Josh Beckett was over 100 pitches going into the seventh inning and had previously got out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the sixth....
by shawn medeiros | Aug 25, 2007 | Bobby Kielty, Chicago White Sox, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Snyder, Manny Ramirez, Mark Buehrle, Mike Lowell, Paul Konerko, Tim Wakefield
Tim Wakefield tied teammate Josh Beckett for the league lead in wins with 16 and the Boston Red Sox improved to 79-51 on the season with the 14-2 win over Mark Buehrle and the Chicago White Sox. Wakefield, 16-10 on the season, still has a decision in all 26 games...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 25, 2007 | Chicago White Sox, David Ortiz, Gavin Floyd, Jason Varitek, Jon Garland, Josh Fields (1B), Kevin Youkilis, Mark Buehrle, Mike Lowell, Tim Wakefield
Boston completed the sweep of the day-night doubleheader as Josh Beckett earned the win in the first game and Jason Varitek shined going 2-3 with a homer and four RBI’s in the 11-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Beckett is the first pitcher in both leagues to...
by mike edelman | Aug 21, 2007 | Chris Carter, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell
The Player To Be Named Later in the deal that sent Wily Mo Pena to the Washington Nationals was named this evening by RotoWorld as Arizona 1B Chris Carter. He had long been speculated as the player Arizona would send to Boston to complete this three team deal, and...