by shawn medeiros | Jun 29, 2009 | Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon
One day after being dominated by Tommy Hanson, Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox turned the table on the Baltimore Orioles. Lester threw seven shutout innings allowing just five hits, no walks and eight strikeouts. Dustin Pedroia and Jason Varitek both had RBI singles...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 29, 2009 | Chipper Jones, Game Recap, Garrett Anderson, Jason Varitek
Tommy Hanson came into his start against the Red Sox not feeling 100 percent. But his performance yesterday on the mound wasn’t bad for an off day. Hanson dominated Boston pitching six scoreless innings yielding just two hits, two walks and two strikeouts. The...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 27, 2009 | Game Recap, Jonathan Papelbon, Mark Kotsay, Tim Wakefield
Six innings. No runs. Three hits. Sounds like an All-Star caliber start from All-Star worthy pitcher. That pitcher – Tim Wakefield. Wakefield improved to 10-3 on the season tying Roger Clemens for the most starts in a Boston uniform – 382 to be exact...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 27, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, Josh Beckett
Josh Beckett continued to dominate the Atlanta Braves and David Ortiz launched his eighth homer of the season beating the Braves, 4-1. Beckett pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits, no walks and struck out six batters. Ortiz finished the night going...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 26, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, John Smoltz, Jordan Zimmermann, Rocco Baldelli
It’s not quite the debut John Smoltz may have wanted but it’s a starting point. Smoltz pitched five innings, allowing five earned runs on seven hits, one walk and five strikeouts. David Ortiz drove home his 34th RBI on a sacrifice fly to left field and...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 25, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jason Varitek, John Smoltz
David Ortiz is starting to find his groove. Ortiz went 2-for-3 with three RBI knocking in his 1,000th run batted in with a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Jason Varitek also homered in the sixth inning. Jon Lester picked up his sixth win of the season pitching...
by mike scandura | Jun 24, 2009 | Community post
The Red Sox have 92 games left and of those games, 43 are against teams under .500. If we assume that the Red Sox can win 50% of their games against the good teams in the league and win 61% of their games against bad teams (their current winning percentage, the Red...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 24, 2009 | Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Nick Green
Jason Bay and Jacoby Ellsbury each had three RBI and the Boston Red Sox pounded out 17 hits to beat the Washington Nationals, 11-3. Ellsbury had two triples and Bay hit his 19th homer of the season in the win. Brad Penny was dealt a no-decision pitching 5 2/3 innings,...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 22, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, Nick Green
Nick Green is making the most of this opportunity. Green sliced a first pitch offering in the bottom of the ninth inning around Pesky Pole to hit his second walk-off homer of his career. The other one came in a Braves uniform against the Red Sox. Green who was...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 21, 2009 | Derek Lowe, Josh Beckett
Derek Lowe is one pitcher Boston fans will never forget. After last night’s performance on the mound, Josh Beckett will also be in that category sooner rather than later. Beckett pitched his third career shutout – first in a Red Sox uniform – to...
