Beckett earns 18th win beating Baltimore 3-2

Josh Beckett won his 18th game pitching for 7 innings, on seven hits, two runs, no walks, and eight strikeouts and Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon finished the rest of the game off in the 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Okajima pitched a perfect eighth inning...

2007 August: Peaks and Valleys

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...

A-Rod’s homer just enough for Yanks and 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....

Wakefield wins 16th as Sox continue to feast off of White Sox pitching

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...

Buchholz earns first career win in spot start

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...

No ninth inning rally this time

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Al Reyes did not allow this quote to ring true shutting down Boston’s second attempt at a ninth inning rally in back-to-back games closing the door in the ninth in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-5 win. Although...

Gagne gags up another loss

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...