by shawn medeiros | Jul 23, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Felix Hernandez, J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Seattle Mariners
Daisuke Matsuzaka went 7 1/3 innings striking out six in the process leading the Boston Red Sox past the Seattle Mariners 4-2. J.D. Drew drove in two – solo home run and sacrifice fly – to charge Boston’s offense on the night. Jonathan Papelbon...
by zach hayes | Jul 23, 2008 | Jed Lowrie
The Red Sox signed Julio Lugo prior to the 2007 season mostly out of necessity. Sure, Theo Epstein long favored Lugo at an eventual replacement at shortstop when he hit free agency following decent years in a Rays uniform, and since the complete black hole of a bat...
by zach hayes | Jul 22, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, R.A. Dickey, Seattle Mariners
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (58-43) @ Seattle Mariners (38-61) Daisuke Matsuzaka (10-1, 2.65) @ R.A. Dickey (2-4, 3.73) 10:05 PM EDT | Safeco Field (Seattle, WA) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Last night, Jon Lester took the mound and showed why...
by evan brunell | Jul 22, 2008 | Derek Lowe, Trivia
The last trivia question asked who were the three other pitchers besides Daisuke Matuszaka with at least 25 career wins at the All-Star Break of his sophomore season. The answer was Andy Pettitte, Jason Jennings and Justin Verlander. Leaderboard is updated. The new...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 22, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and then times got so good for Dustin Pedroia that even Yankee fans couldn’t remember the last time he made an out (at least it seemed). In his first two seasons with the Boston Red Sox, a few things ring...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 22, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Seattle Mariners
Jason Varitek hit a two-run home run and Jon Lester pitched 7 1/3’s innings striking out six and walking none on eight hits to improve to 8-3 on the season. Jonathan Papelbon earned his 29th save of the season. Star of the Game: Lester Boston needed a start like...
by zach hayes | Jul 21, 2008 | Game Threads, Jarrod Washburn, Jon Lester, Seattle Mariners
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (57-43) @ Seattle Mariners (38-60) Jon Lester (7-3, 3.38) @ Jarrod Washburn (4-8, 4.83) 10:05 PM EDT | Safeco Field (Seattle, WA) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Okay, I’m serious. The road woes need to stop with Seattle,...
by evan brunell | Jul 21, 2008 | Craig Hansen, Damaso Marte
Buster Olney today speculated that the Red Sox would acquire Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates before the trading deadline. Marte’s been on my radar for some time now and the 33-year old is enjoying a fine season. He has a 3.55 ERA in 47.2 IP and is the...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 21, 2008 | Alex Cora, Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo
When Julio Lugo went down, it was almost as if an audible sigh of relief was heard across New England. No one, well most people at least, wouldn’t wish an injury on someone. But this was one that people weren’t broken-hearted over. Add to that the .310...
by evan brunell | Jul 21, 2008 | Brock Huntzinger, Che-Hsuan Lin, Jason Place, Josh Reddick, Luis Exposito, Michael Almanzar, Mike Jones, Richie Lentz, Ryan Dent, Yamaico Navarro
As we all know, it’s a dawn of a new age in Boston when young, vibrant players don the Red Sox uniforms and play integral parts of being a defending world champion team. The roster is littered with Red Sox born-and-bred players, and there are plenty...
