by domara | May 9, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Burke Badenhop, Clay Buchholz, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Shane Victorino, Texas Rangers, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts, Yu Darvish
After a short two game series with the Reds, the Red Sox hit the road on Thursday night in preparation of a three game series with the Texas Rangers. Friday will mark Boston’s first trip to the Lone Star state this year, and their second meeting with the...
by domara | May 8, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Grady Sizemore, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Junichi Tazawa, koji uehara, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The Red Sox finally climbed back to the .500 mark after defeating the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night. Jake Peavy toed the slab for Boston and tossed an effective 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits. However, Reds starter Mike Leake held the Red Sox offense in...
by mike scandura | May 5, 2014 | 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Garin Cecchini, Gavin Cecchini, Jose Iglesias, Kevin Boles, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Might Pawtucket Red Sox third baseman Garin Cecchini be to Boston’s Will Middlebrooks what Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts was to Jose Iglesias? While that may be an interesting theory, PawSox manager Kevin Boles declined to speculate. “We don’t want to get too far...
by dpoarch | Apr 28, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Dustin Pedroia, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Herrera, Jose Iglesias, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
For starters, let’s be clear: the 2014 Red Sox have not played good defense. Not by any stretch. Right now, this is the 26th ranked team in the league in terms of Ultimate Zone rating, with a mark of -9.2, after a 2013 in which they ranked 10th with a 21.6 mark in the...
by broach | Apr 27, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Fenway Park, Grady Sizemore, Jonathan Herrera, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The Boston Red Sox stand at 12-13 through almost a complete month of the seasonand are only 2.5 games behind the New York Yankees for the top spot in the AL East. After a slow start with the offense, pieces are starting to come back and the Red Sox have started to win...
by broach | Apr 25, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Daniel Nava, Jonathan Herrera, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
It has been nearly a month, but the Boston Red Sox will finally have their full lineup Friday night in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Will Middlebrooks, who got hurt four games into the season with a calf strain, will be activated from the 15-day DL before...
by domara | Apr 25, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Daniel Nava, Dustin Pedroia, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
It was certainly a night to forget at Fenway Park on Thursday, as the Red Sox and Yankees meet in the final game of a three game set. Boston sent Felix Doubront to the hill and watched him surrender 7 runs(3 earned) on 6 hits, before finally pulling him from the game...
by domara | Apr 24, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Alex Wilson, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Daniel Nava, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
He did it again. Reprising his role as the “pitcher who can’t hide his pine tar”, Yankees starter Michael Pineda took the mound in the second inning of Wednesday’s game with pine tar smeared on his neck. John Farrell then decided that enough...
by domara | Apr 22, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, koji uehara, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
Boston celebrated Patriots day on Monday, which meant that the Red Sox held their annual 11 AM game to commemorate the holiday. Boston sent Clay Buchholz to the hill in hopes the righty could settle into a groove. However, Buchholz start was short lived, as the 30...
by domara | Apr 18, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
It was a classic pitchers duel on Thursday night as the Red Sox and White Sox met in the rubber match of the three game set. Jon Lester took the hill for the Red Sox and was perfect for 5.1 innings, tossing 8 frames overall of 7 hit, 1 run baseball. Outside of Xander...