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Masterson off to good start in Pawtucket

7:10 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

RHP Justin Masterson, making his first career triple-A start tonight against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, got off to a good start. Pitching in his first game since May 20, when he recorded his first career major league win with the Red......

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Ellsbury sent back down to Pawtucket

11:12 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

After the game the Red Sox sent young phenom Jacoby Ellsbury back to triple-A Pawtucket. Before the game, Terry Francona said the team would do what is best for the outfielder's development, and that means getting at-bats. With a (very......

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FINAL: Red Sox 15, Devil Rays 4

10:42 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

The Red Sox won their fourth straight and claimed a sweep of the punchless Devil Rays last night, walloping their visitors, 15-4. Their season-high 21-hit barrage included a grand slam from Coco Crisp (the sixth given up by Tampa Bay......

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New season high

9:52 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

Mike Lowell's sixth-inning bases-loaded single was the 19th hit of the game for Boston, setting a new season high. The previous high was May 19 in the first game of a double-header with Atlanta. The four-hit game for Lowell matches......

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Okajima gets his moment

9:37 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

The big board here at Fenway just flashed the announcement that Hideki Okajima had won Final Vote, and as he received a standing ovation from the crowd (and with Denise Williams' 80s classic "Let's hear it for the boy" being......

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Work it out, Manny

8:36 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

The man is just a character. With the bases loaded (again) and Manny on third, Jason Varitek was at the plate. After fouling off five of the first seven pitches he saw, Varitek had a chopper in front of the......

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Stop the madness!!

7:56 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

We know it's the Devil Rays. We know they've lost 10 straight. But this is going to get really ridiculous really soon, if it hasn't already. Starter J.P. Howell was chased after two-thirds of an inning, after surrendering a grand......

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Coco's granny

7:31 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

Coco Crisp's grand slam was the second of his career, coming on an 1-0 pitch, and his fifth home run this season. It was the third granny of the season for the Sox. Coco certainly has found his groove in......

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Okajima wins Final Vote

7:04 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

Lefthanded rookie Hideki Okajima has won the final spot on the American League All-Star team, winning the A.L. All-Star Final Vote over Detroit's Jeremy Bonderman, Minnesota's Pat Neshek, the Angels' Kelvim Escobar and Toronto's Roy Halladay. Okajima received 4.4 million......

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Sox sign top pick Hagadone

6:50 PM Thu, Jul 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

The Red Sox signed top draft pick Nick Hagadone today, as well as eight amateur international free agents. Hagadone, a left-handed relief pitcher taken 55th overall out of the University of Washington, was assigned to single-A Lowell. A first-team All-Pac......

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