Ellsbury and Hinske wake up Sox offense, split series with Rangers

Eric Hinske gave the Boston Red Sox (50-31) the extra cushion they needed with a three-RBI triple and Jacoby Ellsbury was 2-2 with two runs and two walks in the 7-3 win over the Texas Rangers (34-48). With the Red Sox on top 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth Hinske, who...

2007 June: Skidding

Well, June was a rough month. We ended the month at 12-13, a game below .500 … but no AL East foe had the stones to step up and take advantage. The Sox saw a lot of people flounder: Beckett, Cora, Lowell, Schilling, Youkilis, Lugo, Wily Mo, Timlin, Varitek,...

Wakefield lifts Sox to win over Rangers

It took Manny Delcarmen to preserve the win for Tim Wakefield (8-8) in the top of the seventh inning against the newest 600 homerun club member, Sammy Sosa, in the Boston Red Sox (49-29) win over the Texas Rangers (32-47) by a score of 2-1. Wakefield who went 6.2...

Boston's Outfield Is Back

Lately, June has seen the Red Sox offense go in opposite directions in terms of what players had done previously in the year. Mike Lowell, Jason Varitek, and yes, even Julio Lugo, are backsliding. In Lugo’s case, he’s backsliding … big time. But what...

2007 May: Hot, hot, hot

The month of May was good to the Red Sox. The Red Sox went 20-8 despite many people slumping. It’s quite impressive how well the team is playing despite those slumps. This month also saw several people come up from the minors to contribute: Javier Lopez, Kason...