The Red Sox late season downward spiral continued in New York last night as they were soundly beaten by a 9-1 score. The Sox lead in the Wild Card race is down to 1.5 games after Tampa Bay beat Toronto, 6-2. The Sox play two games tomorrow. Can't wait! Bostonist is, however, looking forward to seeing what Tom Brady will do next after two memorable performances that earned him back-to-back player of the week honors. Buffalo is 2-0 and Bill Belichick is downplaying the Patriots 15-game winning streak against the Bills. "That doesn't really mean anything," he said. Thanks, coach.
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The idea of a must win game in the last couple of weeks of an MLB season isn't a foreign one. After losing two out of three games to Tampa Bay, including a 4-3 defeat on Saturday, the Red Sox are in that position today. Yes, Boston still leads Tampa by three in the Wild Card race, but with a pathetic 4-12 record in September, the team needs to start figuring out how to win games consistently if they want to be in the playoffs.
The Red Sox responded to a two-game mini-slump with a resoundingly one-sided 14-0 victory last night against the Blue Jays. Boston scored early and often with four runs in the first inning and 10 runs off of Toronto starter Luis Perez, who lasted just 2.2 innings. Boston pounded the Jays for 20 hits. David Ortiz and Marco Scutaro combined for an 8-11 performance with six RBI and five RBI. Scutaro was 4-5 (three doubles) with four RBI.
The Yankees bullpen allowed one hit in 3.2 innings in a 4-2 win over the Red Sox last night. After taking two of three games, New York trails Boston by just a half-game. Mariano Rivera earned his 36th save after holding off a rally in the ninth. The Sox loaded the bases in the ninth on two walks and a single. Adrian Gonzalez struck out to end the game.
The Red Sox enjoyed two days off before tonight's opening game of three with New York, the team's closest rival for the A.L. East crown. The Sox lead the Yankees by 1.5 games and own a 10-2 season advantage. A recently effective John Lackey (12-9, 5.98) faces Yankees ace CC Sabathia (17-7, 2.99) tonight. Sox fans won't see Alex Rodriguez tonight.
A makeshift Red Sox lineup provided enough offense for a slightly sharp Jon Lester to beat Kansas City, 6-1, on Sunday. Boston took three games out of four from the Royals and now trail the Yankees by .5 in the A.L. East. Lester (13-6) lasted six innings and threw 113 pitches. He allowed one run, three hits and four walks. Darnell McDonald (three hits, home run) and Ryan Lavarnway (two hits) combined to go 5-9 with two RBI as they filled in for Jacoby Ellsbury and David Ortiz.
Boston won the opener by the score of 3-1 despite mustering only three hits. Jacoby Ellsbury belted a three-run home run in the third inning to provide all the support starter Jon Lester needed. Lester (12-6) allowed just - you guessed it - three hits in seven innings. He had eight strikeouts. The Sox lost to the Rays, 6-2, in the second game. The Sox got just three hits, one each from Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, and Jed Lowrie. Ellsbury and Varitek each hit solo home runs.
After a day off Monday, the Red Sox return home for a doubleheader today versus the Tampa Bay Rays. Jon Lester (11-6) faces James Shields at 1:05 p.m. and Erik Bedard starts at 7:10 p.m.
So much for that winning streak, Sox fans. Nick Blackburn allowed the Red Sox one run in 6.2 innings in a 5-2 decision on Wednesday. The Sox move on to Seattle on Friday. Jon Lester (11-6) pitched 7.1 innings and allowed four runs on eight hits and five walks. Lester left in the eighth after a walk and a double. Alfredo Aceves allowed a double, two singles and a walk as the Twins took a 5-2 lead. David Ortiz homered in the eighth inning to tie the score at 1-1. Marco Scutaro had an RBI single. Mike Aviles had a double and a single.
Jon Lester got his first win since June 30 and the Red Sox beat the White Sox, 10-2, Saturday for their first victory over Chicago in eight games. He allowed just two runs on four hits in eight innings. Lester (11-4) had eight strikeouts. Dan Wheeler pitched a scoreless ninth.
With the lockout settled, the NFL has quickly gone back to normal. Just ask Tully Banta-Cain, who is reportedly going to be released on Thursday as soon the new agreement allows and just days after having surgery.
Despite beginning the 2011 season with six straight losses, the Boston Red Sox reached the All-Star break with the best record in the American League, 55-35, after a six-game winning streak to end the first half. On Sunday, the Red Sox completed a four-game sweep over the Orioles with an 8-6 victory.
The Red Sox 3-2 win over Toronto yesterday gets second billing to a developing issue with some suddenly fragile strting pitching corps. With Clay Buchholz getting his ailing lower back examined today and John Lackey in the midst of a disaster of a season, the Sox don't need to add an injured Jon Lester to the mix. Lester pitched quite well, briefly, until a strained lat sidelined him after four innings. He allowed no runs and no hits, and struckout five batters.
Jon Lester (10-4) held Philadelphia scoreless for seven innings as the Red Sox avoided a sweep with a 5-2 decision over the Phillies on Thursday. Lester allowed just two hits in those seven innings and had five strikeouts.
Jon Lester allowed three home runs, including two in the first inning, as Milwaukee secured a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox (42-28) on Saturday. Saturday brought more bad news for Boston. Carl Crawford gets to spend 15 days on the disabled list after he strained his left hamstring Friday.
The currently powerful Boston Red Sox crushed Toronto for the second straight day, this time by the score of 14-1, to sweep the Blue Jays and extend the team's winning streak to nine games.
Jon Lester improved to 8-2 despite a less than stellar pitching performance in a 6-4 victory over the Yankees, Boston's fourth straight win, fourth straight win in the Bronx in 2011, and and sixth in seven games against New York. The Sox are now just percentage points behing the Yankees in the A.L. East.
Bruins fans gave their team a glorious send-off from the TD Garden as the team headed to Vancouver for game one of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday at the Rogers Centre. The crowd chanted "We Want The Cup!" and wore their colors proudly. Patrice Bergeron was proud of his team and was happy for the team's loyal fans.
Tampa Bay's 5-4 win last night over the Bruins forced a seventh game in the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday at the TD Garden. The winner faces Vancouver for the Stanley Cup.
The middle of the Red Sox lineup led the way as the Chicago Cubs were rudely welcomed back to Fenway Park after 93 years and received a 15-5 beating on the first day of inter-league play. Adrian Gonzalez, Kevin Youkilis, and David Ortiz combined to bat 9-16 with seven RBI for Boston, now 24-20 and a half game out of first place. The Sox nine produced 19 hits.
After 40 games, the Red Sox reached the .500 mark, 20-20, by completing a sweep of the Yankees with a 7-5 Sunday night victory.
The Miami Heat put the Celtics in an unfamiliar place on Tuesday night, a 2-0 series deficit in the era of the current Big Three, after a decisive 102-91 victory in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Miami broke an 80-80 tie in the fourth quarter with a 14-0 surge. The Heat led 47-42 at the half.
Baltimore's two-game winning streak turned out to be no match for Jon Lester's career-long winning streak against the Orioles last night. Lester improved to 14-0 in 17 career starts against the Orioles with eight strong innings in a 6-2 win. Lester (3-1) yielded two runs on four hits, walked three and struck out five.
The Red Sox (8-11) look for their fourth straight win tonight in Anaheim against the Angels. Jon Lester didn't pitch long, just six innings, in fact, in Friday's 4-3 win. He was effective when he pitched as he shut the Angels out on four hits and eight strikeouts.
While everybody - well, Bostonist thought it - was thinking Paul Pierce would be getting the ball in order to take the potential winning shot last night, it was a vintage Ray Allen three-pointer with 12 seconds left that was the dagger through the Knicks' hearts that gave Boston an 87-85 victory in the opening playoff game on Sunday night. The Knicks were in control leading 51-39 at the half. Boston's playoff experience won out with a 28-21 fourth quarter advantage, including a 5-0 spurt to seal the win.
The Red Sox have the worst record in the American League.
It took six games, but the Red Sox finally won a game got a quality start from thir highly-regarded staff. However, Jon Lester's seven shutout innings of work in which he allowed just three hits were not enough in a 1-0 loss to Cleveland.
Former Sox prospect David Murphy's two-run, pinch-hit double finished off the team who drafted him in a four-run eighth that gave Texas a 9-5 win over the Red Sox on Opening Day.
The struggling Bruins scored four unanswered goals to earn a 4-1 win over New Jersey, just the team's second victory in their last eight games. Zdeno Chara powered the Bruins with the game-winning goal, on a power play, and assists on two others after the Devils led 1-0. Milan Lucic scored his 30th goal to seal the win in the third period. Tomas Kaberle and Patrice Bergeron each added two assists. Tim Thomas had 30 saves.