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September 6, 2009 - September 12, 2009 Archives
11:55 PM Sat, Sep 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara  Email
BOSTON - After waiting out a two-hour rain delay and then knocking Tampa rookie pitcher Wade Davis around for three innings, the best news of the night for the Red Sox was that Josh Beckett looked good once again. Beckett......
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8:31 PM Sat, Sep 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON -- Even though he plays for the Yankees, the Red Sox are like everyone else in baseball when it comes to respecting the accomplishments of Derek Jeter. On Friday night Jeter set the New York franchise record with 2,722......
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8:27 PM Sat, Sep 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON -- Now that it's actually raining hard, the tarp is back on. Red Sox scheduled starter Josh Beckett began to warm up and stretch before pitching coach John Farrell came out to get him. Both are heading back......
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8:25 PM Sat, Sep 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ The Red Sox just announced tonight's game will start at 9:05. Ironically, it wasn't raining until the grounds crew started to take the tarp off the field. Stay tuned. . .......
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6:28 PM Sat, Sep 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON -- While Saturday night's start by Josh Beckett held a certain degree of intrigue, the return of Daisuke Matsuzaka on Tuesday will be one of the most anticipated starts by a Red Sox pitcher in weeks. The Red Sox......
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6:06 PM Sat, Sep 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON -- Because he threw only 23 pitches in his rain-aborted start Friday night, Jon Lester will be able to pitch the second game (5 p.m.) of Sunday's doubleheader against Tampa Bay. Lester worked out and threw lightly Saturday and......
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5:23 PM Sat, Sep 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON -- It's raining -- again -- here at Fenway Park but the Red Sox and Rays do hope to play Saturday night. The forecast is for rain showers, as much as 60% chance if you believe NOAA forecasts. We'll......
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9:44 PM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Red Sox-Rays game scheduled for 7:10 tonight has been postponed after a two hour, 20-minute rain delay. The game will be made up Sunday at noon as part of a day-night doubleheader, with Sunday's 1:35 p.m. game moved to......
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9:24 PM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Yankees shotstop Derek Jeter has broken Lou Gehrig's all-time New York Yankees hit record with a single in the third inning off Baltimore's Chris Tillman.......
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8:56 PM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Some say a little rain never hurt anybody; Jon Lester might beg to differ. Lester, tonight's starter, had thrown 23 rain-soaked pitches and loaded the bases with one out when crew chief Randy Marsh put the game into rain delay......
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8:54 PM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON _ Red Sox manager Terry Francona enjoys talking about the year he spent with basketball legend Michael Jordan. Francona was the Double-A manager of the Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox) in 1994 when Jordan decided to retire from......
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8:16 PM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BOSTON -- Daisuke Matsuzaka will make his return to the Boston rotation Tuesday, pitching his first major-league game in three months Tuesday at Fenway against the Los Angeles Angels. The return of Matsuzaka clears up much of the Red Sox'......
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5:05 PM Fri, Sep 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
TAMPA Bartlett, ss Crawford, lf Longoria, 3b Zobrist, cf Burrell, dh Aybar, 1b Kapler, rf Navarro, c Iwamura, 2b Shields, sp BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Martinez, c Youkilis, 1b Ortiz, dh Bay, lf Lowell, 3b Drew, rf Gonzalez, ss......
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1:51 PM Thu, Sep 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Only 26 percent of Massachusetts voters polled by Rasmussen Reports say that former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling should run for the Senate seat formerly held by Edward M. Kennedy. Fifty-three percent said that Schilling should not run and 46......
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12:06 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON -- With Paul Byrd on the mound as a starter, the Red Sox bullpen suspected it might be busy Wednesday night against the Orioles. That was certainly the case. Five relievers came in after Byrd, plugging holes and getting......
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12:04 AM Thu, Sep 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BOSTON -- With a bases-loaded single in the first inning Wednesday night, Jason Bay reached a minor career milestone and joined a storied group of Red Sox mashers. Bay's single drove in Jacoby Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis, who represented the......
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11:42 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Victor Martinez thought he was getting a night off. With the Sox not playing Thursday, it seemed like a few days of solid rest would be give him a chance to rest his achy knees and But with the game......
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9:23 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BOSTON -- Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 6 2/3 successful innings Wednesday night against White Sox minor leaguers in the Single-A playoffs, and his next outing will likely be come in a major league uniform. Pitching with the Red Sox' Single-A Salem......
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8:34 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
A year ago, Clay Buchholz was struggling in the minor leagues. A month ago, he was trade bait. Today he's an invaluable piece of the Red Sox starting rotation. Buchholz won his fifth game of the season Tuesday night......
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8:14 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BOSTON -- The Red Sox traded for Billy Wagner just over two weeks ago, and the initial returns on the addition have been positive -- and the restrictions on the pitcher's surgically repaired elbow as expected. Wagner has thrown 3......
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6:04 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON -- The Red Sox named Kevin Youkilis as the club's nominee for Major League Baseball's 2009 Roberto Clemente Award. He is one of 30 Major League players for an award that is given annually to the player who combines......
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5:21 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BOSTON -- Tim Wakefield will have a cortisone shot Friday, with an eye towards getting him back on the mound next weekend in Baltimore Wakefield is suffering from a herniated disc in his back, which is sapping the strength from......
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4:50 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
The Red Sox are ready to take on the Orioles in the second of a brief two-game Fenway series. Boston holds a 12-2 record against their AL East brothers (1-7 at The Fens). Victor Martinez will sit tonight and......
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1:20 PM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Hank Steinbrenner, George's son and the senior vice president of the New York Yankees, comes across as the classic born-on-third-base-but-thinks-he-hit-a-triple kind of guy. Hank had a lot to say in 2008 when the Yanks missed the playoffs despite a payroll......
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11:40 AM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Last night's 10-0 loss in Boston ensured the Baltimore Orioles of their 12th consecutive losing season. The Orioles, who are 56-82 and 33 games out of first place, last finished a season with a winning record in 1997, when they......
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11:20 AM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Baltimore police say four young men stole an aluminum No. 8 that commemorates Orioles great Cal Ripken outside the Camden Yards ballpark. The four were arrested early Wednesday, about two hours after the theft, and the monument......
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7:15 AM Wed, Sep 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Even though the Boston Red Sox pounded the Baltimore Orioles last night, 10-0, the Sox saw their lead in the American League wild-card race shrink to two games as the Texas Rangers swept a doubleheader in Cleveland. Here's how the......
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11:36 PM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
BOSTON -- Considering how badly his last Fenway Park outing went, Michael Bowden did everything he could to forget it completely and put it far behind him. Giving up seven runs in two innings against the New York Yankees can......
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9:48 PM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON - It didn't take long for the Red Sox to settle in on their return to Fenway Park. The Sox began a critical 10-day, 8-game homestand by ripping into the anemic Baltimore Orioles' pitching staff in a 10-0 romp.......
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8:25 PM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON - The Red Sox have lit into Baltimore starter David Hernandez and grabbed a 8-0 lead after three innings. Five Red Sox have hit home runs, tying the team's season high for blasts in a game. Dustin Pedroia......
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8:20 PM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
The 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates made history of a sort this week, when the team lost its 82nd game and guaranteed that the franchise would be the first in major North American sports history to suffer 17 straight losing seasons. In......
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5:05 PM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
RED SOX-ORIOLES Tuesday lineup CF Ellsbury 2B Pedroia C Martinez 3B Youkilis DH Ortiz LF J. Bay RF JD Drew 1B Kotchman SS Gonzalez P Buchholz......
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3:36 PM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
Remember the glory days of 1979 in Pittsburgh, when Willie Stargell and Dave Parker powered the Pirates, inspired by Sister Sledge's musical hit "We Are Family," to a World Series win over the Orioles? The Pirates now are officially......
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10:21 AM Tue, Sep 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
How about these stats on pitcher Josh Beckett and catcher Jason Varitek following Monday's 5-1 loss to the White Sox in Chicago that left the Red Sox a depressing 9 games behind the division leading Yankees, only 2 games......
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7:03 PM Mon, Sep 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Catcher Dusty Brown and shortstop Jed Lowrie were both recalled to Boston after the PawSox season-ending game in Syracuse Sunday afternoon. Lowrie was on a rehab assignment on a comeback from ulnar neuritis in his left wrist. He went 0-for-3......
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6:49 PM Mon, Sep 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
CHICAGO _ Now that the Pawtucket Red Sox' season is over, manager Ron Johnson will head home to his horse farm in Tennessee for some much-needed rest and relaxation. "RJ" won't be able to get too comfortable on his......
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5:50 PM Mon, Sep 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
CHICAGO _ The Red Sox finished their road trip with a 3-4 record after losing to the White Sox on Monday at U.S. Cellular Field, 5-1. Chicago ace Mark Buehrle worked seven strong innings and allowed only one run......
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1:35 PM Mon, Sep 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
CHICAGO _ Red Sox manager Terry Francona announced Monday morning that Tim Wakefield will skip his next scheduled start and he will be reassessed when the team returns to Boston. Francona, Wakefield and pitching coach John Farrell discussed the......
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1:16 PM Mon, Sep 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Martinez, 1b Youkilis, 3b Bay, lf Lowell, dh Baldelli, rf Varitek, c Gonzalez, ss Beckett, sp CHICAGO Podsednik, lf Ramirez, ss Pierzynski, c Dye, rf Kotsay, 1b Quentin, dh Getz, 2b Rios, 2b Nix, 3b......
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3:59 PM Sun, Sep 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
CHICAGO _ Ryan Westmoreland had successful surgery last Tuesday to repair a broken collarbone. The 19-year-old outfielder for the Single-A Lowell Spinners suffered the injury when he slammed into the left-field wall after making a dramatic catch at LeLacheur......
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3:46 PM Sun, Sep 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
CHICAGO _ Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester has reached the 200-strikeout plateau this season. Boston's southpaw has struck out four White Sox batters already today and when he got Alexei Ramirez swinging in the bottom of the fourth inning,......
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3:03 PM Sun, Sep 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
CHICAGO _ Daisuke Matsuzaka's return to the Red Sox rotation will have to wait a little longer. The rehabbing right-hander tossed a 53-pitch bullpen session Sunday morning at U.S. Cellular Field in preparation of another minor-league start on Wednesday......
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1:01 PM Sun, Sep 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Martinez, c Youkilis, 1b Bay, lf Ortiz, dh Lowell, 3b Drew, rf Gonzalez, ss Lester, sp CHICAGO Podsednik, dh Nix, 3b Konerko, 1b Dye, rf Quentin, lf Ramirez, ss Getz, 2b Rios, cf Castro, c......
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