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

by | Sep 8, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Leicester, Julio Lugo, Kevin Millar, Miguel Tejada, Nick Markakis, Tike Redman

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...

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...

Buchholz throws no-hitter in 2nd M.L. start

by | 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...

NO-HITTER!

by | Sep 1, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Clay Buchholz, Nick Markakis

The first rookie in Red Sox history to do so, Clay Buchholz has thrown a no-hitter! The crowd was amazing, and Buchholz was rather reserved in the celebration after dropping the hammer on Nick Markakis for a called third strike to notch the no-hitter. He pumped his...

Red Sox 9th inning rally falls just short

by | 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....

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...