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September 27, 2009 - October 3, 2009 Archives


Martinez hits first career grand slam against his old team

10:52 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

Victor Martinez has 110 major league home runs to his name, and many more in the minors. But he had never hit a grand slam in an American baseball game. Until tonight. Tonight, he slammed a bases-loaded shot into the......

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In 'best week' ever, Dusty Brown homers for first big league hit

10:44 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

It was, he believes, the most eventful week of Dusty Brown's life. Earlier in the week, the Red Sox fourth-string catcher pitched an inning in a major league game, improbably striking out a batter and finding himself suddenly the topic......

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Beckett ready for postseason

10:40 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON _ Instead of his traditional No. 47 Red Sox uniform, manager Terry Francona should have been wearing auto mechanic's overalls Saturday afternoon in his office at Fenway Park. He should have been covered......

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Red Sox beat Indians, 11-6

10:24 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

The Red Sox hit four home runs to help make up for Josh Beckett's shaky outing, as Boston beat the Cleveland Indians in the second-to-last game of the regular season. Boston's homers came from Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez, Dusty Brown......

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Wakefield likely done for the season

8:33 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ It's likely, and not at all surprising, that Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield will not be on the any of the postseason rosters due to a herniated disk in his lower back. The injury is causing weakness......

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With first playoff start coming, Buchholz channels his nerves

7:48 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

Clay Buchholz will start the final game of the season Sunday for Boston. But it's the following start that's been the subject of his dreams for the past two years. Buchholz is expected to start the third game of the......

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Postseason roster taking shape

7:23 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _With the postseason on everyone's mind, it must be hard to concentrate on the last couple of meaningless regular-season games this weekend at Fenway Park. "I'm okay. We can try to use it to our advantage," said Red......

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UPDATE: Lowell scratched, could play on Sunday

7:08 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell was a game-time scratch on Saturday due to a sore right thumb. After the Sox' 11-6 victory over the Indians at Fenway Park, manager Terry Francona explained it's no big deal......

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Drew expected to start on Sunday

6:49 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew is feeling better after dealing with a sore shoulder the last few days and he's expected to be in the starting lineup for the regular-season finale on Sunday. He's able to......

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Baldelli to have MRI

6:45 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox outfielder Rocco Baldelli will have a MRI taken on Monday to determine the extent of the injury to his left hip. The Cumberland native was removed from the game in the bottom of the fourth......

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Weather update from Fenway

6:14 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

Per Red Sox: The current weather forecast (provided by the Red Sox private weather service, Meteorlogix) in the vicinity of Fenway Park calls for the possibility of scattered rain showers throughout the evening hours. The Fenway Park gates are open......

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Indians at Red Sox lineups

5:27 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

CLEVELAND Brantley, cf Cabrera, ss Choo, rf Hafner, dh Peralta, 3b LaPorta, lf Valbuena, 2b Marson, c Marte, 1b Laffey, sp BOSTON Pedroia, 2b Bay, lf Martinez, c Youkilis, 1b Ortiz, dh Lowell, 3b Lowrie, ss Anderson, rf Gathright, cf......

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Sox get good news on Gonzalez

12:48 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox shortstop Alex Gonzalez had X-rays taken Saturday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital and the results came back negative. He was drilled on the back of his right hand by a pitch from Indians pitcher Kerry......

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Wagner pulls double duty

11:46 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox reliever Billy Wagner was able to work back-to-back games for the first time since returning to the mound after undergoing Tommy John surgery last season. Even though Red Sox manager Terry Francona said it wasn't......

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Gonzalez suffers possible fracture in hand

11:19 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON _ It appears Red Sox shortstop Alex Gonzalez could have a hairline fracture on his right hand. Gonzalez was drilled by an inside fastball from Indians pitcher Kerry Wood in the bottom of......

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Baldelli suffers hip strain, injury not believed to be serious

11:17 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox outfielder Rocco Baldelli was removed from the game with a left hip flexor strain and is listed as day to day. Manager Terry Francona said that Baldelli was pulled as a precaution, but given his......

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Again, Matsuzaka does his job; Sox win 6-2

10:32 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

The late-season renaissance of Daisuke Matsuzaka continues. The pitcher did his job again in a 6-2 win tonight in the third-to-last regular season game of the year, his final outing before a possible playoff start next weekend versus the Los......

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Wedge a class act

10:09 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Just in case you're late tuning into tonight's Red Sox game and the first image you see is Indians manager Eric Wedge, you're probably wondering why he's still in uniform since he was fired by the organization......

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Decisions, decisions

8:47 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox manager Terry Francona walked around the clubhouse Friday afternoon and had brief conversations with a few players. With 37 players on the active roster, Boston must get down to 25 for their ALDS matchup against......

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Not so Green

8:09 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox utility infielder Nick Green emerged from the dugout just prior to early batting practice Friday afternoon at Fenway Park. He said he was feeling better, but there are still questions whether or not he'll be......

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Drew nursing sore shoulder

8:01 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew was given the second consecutive game off to rest his sore shoulder. With only two regular-season games remaining this weekend, manager Terry Francona said Drew should be able to play at......

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Ortiz given the night off to prepare for postseason

7:53 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ David Ortiz was given Friday night off from the starting lineup and he spent most of the afternoon in the batting cage in the most jovial of moods. The Sox' slugger is healthy and producing at the plate......

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Indians at Red Sox lineups

5:29 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

CLEVELAND Brantley, cf Carroll, 2b Choo, rf Peralta, 3b Hafner, dh LaPorta, 1b Valbuena, ss Shoppach, c Crowe, lf Sowers, sp BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Martinez, 1b Youkilis, 3b Bay, lf Lowell, dh Baldelli, rf Varitek, c Gonzalez, ss......

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Lester looks good, now all eyes are on Beckett

11:43 AM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Jim Donaldson    Email

If Josh Beckett looks as good Saturday night as Jon Lester did Thursday night, then things certainly will be looking up for the Red Sox heading into their ALDS against the AL West champion Angels. Showing no ill effects......

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Report: They're messin' with Ted's head

8:54 AM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Mark Divver    Email

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Daily News is reporting that Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams' severed head was mistreated at an Arizona cryonics facility, according to details from a new book. In Frozen, Larry Johnson, a......

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Lowell hurts ankle but x-rays negative, expects to play Friday

10:41 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

BOSTON -- In his first at-bat since getting a cortisone shot on his ailing hip early this week, Mike Lowell almost went down with a much more serious injury. Lowell fouled a ball off his ankle in the second inning,......

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Red Sox 3, Indians 0: Lester shows he's healthy with dominant 6 1/3-inning performance

9:56 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON -- Consider Jon Lester playoff-ready. Lester bounced back from his scary previous outing in New York last Friday -- in which he limped off the mound after being struck on the right leg by a Melby Cabrera line drive......

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A bittersweet return for Masterson

8:39 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

BOSTON -- Sitting in the enemy dugout of the field that he used to call home, Justin Masterson looked around at the green walls all around him and reflected on leaving Fenway Park for Cleveland. The last time he was......

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With extensive action looming, Lowell tries to get himself ready

8:34 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

BOSTON -- Mike Lowell was in the lineup Thursday night after missing the last three games after getting a shot to relieve pain and pressure in his hip. Lowell said he felt strong and was looking forward to playing at......

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As Green's fortunes fall, Lowrie's are on the rise

8:17 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

BOSTON -- The chances of Nick Green making the playoff roster are decreasing by the day, and the odds of Jed Lowrie being the team's utility infielder against Anaheim are rising. The two leading possibilities to be the playoff utilityman......

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Masterson mourns Wedge's firing, which reminds Francona of his dismissal in Philadelphia

7:49 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON -- Justin Masterson has just witnessed, first-hand, the painful firing of a popular manager. It's a feeling Terry Francona will never forget. Although he's played in Cleveland for less than two months, Masterson grew fond of manager Eric Wedge......

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Red Sox notes: Sore shoulder sidelines Drew

6:02 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON -- J.D. Drew is nursing a sore shoulder that kept him out of Thursday's game and could sit him Friday as well. Drew told Francona about the soreness during Wednesday's game. Drew was unavailable for comment. "He didn't seem......

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Red Sox Fan Appreciation Series

5:27 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON -- If you have a ticket to one of the final four Red Sox games of the season, you have a chance to be a lucky winner. While the games mean nothing, ownership has created ways to thank their......

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Red Sox lineup back to normal

4:42 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Terry Francona has some advice for Red Sox fans as they watch the final next few games of the regular season. "Just don't listen to the radio," the manager said. Francona was no doubt referring to talk radio callers......

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Bronson Arroyo denies cheating allegations

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By Mike McDermott    Email

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo has denied accusations by the St. Louis Cardinals that he used pine tar to get better grips on pitches. St. Louis manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan both told the......

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A-Rod, Kate Hudson aren't having a baby

11:01 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez are not having a baby, The New York Daily News reports. Not now, anyway. A representative of Hudson said the actress is not pregnant.......

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Loser Smoltz says he couldn't get a grip on baseballs

8:25 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Mark Divver    Email

By Rick Hummel St. Louis Post-Dispatch CINCINNATI -- Veteran righthander John Smoltz, who had walked only three hitters unintentionally in his first 34 innings as a Cardinal since coming from Boston, walked more batters (five) in the second and third......

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Blue Jays set Fenway record for home runs

7:41 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Toronto Blue Jays hit 13 home runs in their sweep of the Red Sox this week, setting a new record for homers hit in a three game series by a visiting team at Fenway Park.......

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Baldelli gets his shot at third, and throws in a steal for good measure

10:50 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

On a strange night in Boston, Rocco Baldelli did something that he'd never done in the major leagues, or in nearly all of his minor league years -- something he'd never even done during his seasons at Warwick's Bishop Hendricken......

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Blue Jays obliterate Sox reserves, 12-0

9:47 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

The Toronto Blue Jays trounced what was, effectively, the Pawtucket Red Sox tonight at Fenway Park, destroying the Red Sox reserves 12 to 0. With the wildcard locked up, manager Terry Francona elected to sit every starter except David Ortiz......

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Papelbon excited about playoffs

7:30 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON - As Terry Francona prepared to board a flight to Virginia after Tuesday night's loss to the Jays, one thought popped into his mind. "I just wanted to make sure, if guys stayed, there was a coach here,"......

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Beckett throws, on track for Saturday

7:20 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

Josh Beckett, who was scratched from his start Monday with back spasms, threw a successful side session today, and appears on track to make his next start Saturday. "Sixty-two pitches, and everything went great," manager Terry Francona said. Beckett received......

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Sox haven't been contacted by Indians about Farrell

6:46 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

BOSTON -- With manager Eric Wedge getting the axe in Cleveland, the Indians are in the market for a new head man in the dugout. Eyes are naturally pointing to John Farrell, the well-respected Sox pitching coach, who was formerly......

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Red Sox-Blue Jays lineup; the regulars are getting the night off

4:10 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

BOSTON -- Quite a lineup the Red Sox are sending against Roy Halladay tonight, one night after they clinched a postseason berth: Joey Gathright CF Josh Reddick LF Casey Kotchman 1B David Ortiz DH Rocco Baldelli RF George Kotteras C......

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Do you need to finish strong to win the World Series? No.

11:38 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Boston Red Sox won a playoff berth last night, but considering they also lost their fifth consecutive game, it was not a cause for too much celebration among the fan base. Certainly the Red Sox have not played well......

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Indians fire Eric Wedge

11:32 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

In a surprising development, the Cleveland Indians have fired manager Eric Wedge, who took them to within one game of the World Series in 2007, according to the Associated Press. The surprise is not so much that Wedge was fired,......

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Big Papi's restaurant gets a poor review

10:13 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

Devra Frist of The Boston Globe reviews David Ortiz's new restaurant, Big Papi's Grille, and is not impressed. If you think of a great review as a grand slam, this one is more like a check-swing roller through the infield.......

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Red Sox vs. Angels: How they've fared this season

7:26 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Red Sox will face the Angels in the first round of the playoffs for the third season in a row, the fourth time this decade, and the fifth time in history. The Sox have won all four previous postseason......

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Red Sox celebrate postseason berth alone

3:41 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Joe McDonald    Email

By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON _ Early Tuesday afternoon a Red Sox assistant clubhouse attendant had 15 cases of beer on a hand truck and was rolling it into the second floor of the clubhouse just in case.......

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A Muted Celebration for the `Champs'

1:39 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA BOSTON - At 12:51 Wednesday morning, the Red Sox celebrated yet another trip into baseball's playoffs. Few people seemed to notice. The lights at Fenway Park were dark. The only people lurking in the historic stands......

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Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 7: Boston's furious late rally falls short

11:33 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

It wasn't a playoff game -- not yet, anyway -- but it sure felt like it. The Red Sox, who trailed 8-2 heading into the bottom of the eighth, got a three-run homer from J.D. Drew that capped a five-run......

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Papi: 'I'll be back' to celebrate at Fenway if Rangers lose and Sox clinch playoff spot

11:27 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON -- Now they wait to see if Texas loses to the Angels. In the meantime, some of the Red Sox players have left Fenway Park, but will likely return if the Rangers do lose. After the Sox lost 8-7......

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Beckett: "I'm feeling a lot better today."

6:20 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON -- After Josh Beckett was scratched from his scheduled start on Monday due to back spasms, Terry Francona wasn't sure when the club's ace would be able to pitch. Now that the right-hander's back is feeling better, Beckett will......

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Nick Green on comeback trail

6:09 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON -- Nick Green worked out hard before the game and said he felt encouraged about getting back on the field in a game by the weekend. "I'm doing a lot of things I couldn't do before," said Green. "I'd......

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Cabrera at Fenway in a pinch

5:55 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON - The Red Sox have found creative ways to free up players and plug holes on their roster all season. The latest came with the addition of right-handed reliever Fernando Cabrera on Tuesday. The Sox added Cabrera to the......

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Sox hoping to clinch . . . then rest a bit

5:45 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON - With an eye towards getting some potential rest for his key players this weekend, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he hopes to balance needed rest with seeing how some injured players are progressing and keeping everyone as......

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Red Sox Lineup

4:50 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

There are signs of a celebration at Fenway Park tonight. We've seen cases of beer wheeled into the upstairs level of the Red Sox clubhouse and spotted a nice humidor filled with cigars. Now all the Sox have to......

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Red Sox Minor League Awards, 2009

3:24 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Red Sox baseball operations and minor league staff have chosen the organization's award winners for 2009. Only one - OF Ryan Kalish - has reached Double A at this point in their careers The winners are: Pitcher of......

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Chuck Knoblauch accused of choking wife

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By Mike McDermott    Email

HOUSTON (AP) -- Former major leaguer second baseman Chuck Knoblauch has been charged with assaulting his common-law wife. A judge set Knoblauch's bond at $10,000 after he appeared in court Tuesday. According to a criminal complaint, Knoblauch's wife told police......

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Richardson makes major-league debut for Sox

11:40 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON -- Working 1 1/3 scoreless innings in your major-league debut is very good. Doing it on fumes and in a complete haze is even more impressive. Red Sox rookie pitcher Dustin Richardson was up at 5 a.m. before working......

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Toronto tops Sox, 11-5, in rain-shortened game

11:15 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BOSTON -- Any Red Sox fans that drove to Fenway Park Monday night looking for a glimpse of Josh Beckett and signs of playoff fever left with a very empty, and wet, feeling. Instead of a September drive into the......

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Update: Oh my rain!

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By Joe McDonald    Email

Radar image (9:45 p.m.) courtesy projo.com/weather BOSTON -- I have never seen it rain this bad at Fenway Park. It only took about five seconds before it started raining and the teams were called off the field. Wow! The......

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Pitching rotation: Lester improving, but Beckett's back spasms

9:29 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON --The instant the door to the Red Sox clubhouse opened to the media on Monday afternoon, it didn't take long to notice there was a change on the lineup card. On the line that indicates that game's starting pitcher,......

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Green almost ready for action

7:22 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Nick Green continues to rehab from a recent disk problem in his lower back that has caused weakness in his leg. Green was running sprints in the outfield grass Monday afternoon at Fenway Park and was also......

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Chris Carter released; Dustin Richardson added to roster

7:03 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Red Sox have finally freed Chris Carter. The Sox designated Carter for assignment tonight and replaced him on the 40-man roster with left-handed pitcher Dustin Richardson. Richardson pitched for both Portland and Pawtucket this season and was an......

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UPDATE: Beckett has back spasms

6:17 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ Red Sox starter Josh Beckett has been scatched from tonight's start due to back spasms. Rookie Michael Bowden will get the nod against the Blue Jays. Red Sox manager Terry Francona described Beckett's discomfort in the upper......

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Blue Jays at Red Sox lineups

6:11 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

TORONTO Bautista, rf Hill, 2b Lind, dh Wells, cf Encarnacion, 3b Overbay, 1b Barajas, c Snider, lf McDonald, ss Richmond, sp BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Martinez, c Youkilis, 3b Ortiz, dh Bay, lf Drew, rf Kotchman, 1b Gonzalez, ss......

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Mike Lowell receives injection; Looks for healthy October

5:28 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Staff BOSTON - Mike Lowell was limping a bit in the clubhouse Monday but expects to be fresher than he's been in weeks by this weekend. Lowell was given a shot of both Synvisc and......

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Beckett scratched from tonight's start with mild back spasms

3:41 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

This just in from the Red Sox clubhouse: Josh Beckett has mild back spasms and has been scratched from tonight's start against Toronto. Michael Bowden will start in Beckett's place. Check back later for more.......

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UPDATE: Lester tosses bullpen session

3:20 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON _ After Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester was hit on the knee by a line drive during his last start and removed from the game on Friday in New York, there was some thought the left-hander would skip......

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Yankees 4, Red Sox 2: Yankees causing big problems for Bard

6:55 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

NEW YORK -- Daniel Bard has gotten used to silencing crowds at stadiums around the league. At Yankee Stadium, he's getting used to hearing them roar. Bard has given up five home runs this year. Four have come against the......

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Yankees 4, Red Sox 2: Yanks complete sweep, clinch division title

6:38 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

BY DANIEL BARBARISI Journal Sports Writer NEW YORK -- As the Yankees mobbed Mariano Rivera on the Yankee Stadium mound, celebrating their 100th victory and their clinching the American League East, David Ortiz sat silently in the dugout, watching the......

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Yanks celebrate their first title since 2006

6:19 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Joe McDonald    Email

BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees officially returned at approximately 5:04 p.m. Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium. After completing a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 4-2 victory in the series......

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Johnson not surprised by Damon's success

3:42 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

NEW YORK _ Pawtucket Red Sox manager Ron Johnson was the guy who told Johnny Damon he was going to the big leagues. The talented outfielder was 21 at the time when "RJ" was his Double-A manager for Wichita......

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Pinch-hitting appearance snaps Martinez' hitting streak at 25 games

3:15 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Joe McDonald    Email

NEW YORK -- _Even though he was riding a career-high 25-game hitting streak, Victor Martinez was originally given Sunday afternoon off against the Yankees. But with one out and one runner on and the Sox trailing the by two runs......

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Acupuncture does the job for Okajima

1:28 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

After undergoing acupuncture treatment in Boston, the muscles of reliever Hideki Okajima's tender side are feeling better, and he remains with the team in New York -- although he will not pitch until the Red Sox return home for the......

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Lester on track to start Thursday

1:20 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Dan Barbarisi    Email

Jon Lester is recovering nicely after being hit in the leg by a Melky Cabrera line drive Friday, and he expects to make his next start Thursday. Lester said he was feeling fine in the clubhouse before today's game, and......

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Update: Rain delay

1:20 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

NEW YORK _ It's spitting just enough at Yankee Stadium that the tarp remains on the field and the series finale between the Red Sox and Yankees is in a delay. The approximate start time is 2:05. To pass......

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Red Sox at Yankees lineups

12:12 PM Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Joe McDonald    Email

BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Bay, lf Youkilis, 1b Ortiz, dh Lowell, 3b Drew, rf Varitek, c Gonzalez, ss Byrd, sp NEW YORK Jeter, ss Gardner, cf Teixeira, 1b Rodriguez, 3b Matsui, dh Swisher, rf Cano, 2b Cabrera, lf Molina,......

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