We try to be optimistic at Bostonist even when it comes to the Red Sox during their worst September since 1926. It's what 5-19 now? We don't want to look at the results again to count. Do you blame us? The Sox lost to Baltimore last night, a "AAA" team according to Dennis and Callahan, and Tampa Bay beat the Yankees to create a tie with two games left. Someone named Robert Andino, batting ninth, hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to put Baltimore up for good in a 6-3 loss. Did we mention it was an inside the park home run?
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Tom Brady, to the surprise of nobody, was named AFC offensive player of the week for the second week in a row. Brady, of course, deferred credit to the entire Patriots offense. Starting center Dan Koppen highlights a slew of injuries for the team. Koppen's broken fibula earned him a season-ending spot on injured reserve despite a slight chance he could return late in the season.
The Red Sox pitching staff asserted itself with 15-strikeout effort, earning the Red Sox a huge 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays last night. The Sox last allowed three runs or less was in a 14-0 win over Toronto on September 6. The Sox were 1-7 in that stretch. Josh Beckett (13-5) pitched well in his first start since spraining his ankle, with a six-inning stint that yielded the Rays three runs in six innings on seven hits. Beckett struck out seven batters. Alfredo Aceves and Daniel Bard each pitched a scoreless inning in relief. Aceves had two strikeouts and Bard three. Jon Papelbon earned his 30th save with a scoreless ninth inning.
The Red Sox September slump continued in Toronto with a sloppy, 11-10 loss on Wednesday. Boston is now 2-5 this month and now trails New York by 2.5 games in the A.L. East. Tim Wakefield's seventh attempt at his 200th victory was not any luckier than the previous six tries. He allowed five runs on three hits, two hit batters, and three walks in five innings. The Sox offense again battered the Blue Jays pitchers with 10 runs on 14 hits. The Sox scored three runs in the first and four more in the fourth for a 7-5 lead. Jacoby Elsbury was 4-5 with a home run on three RBI. Marco Scutaro was 2-4 with three RBI. Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz each homered.
The Red Sox may have lost four of their last five games, including yesterday's 1-0 decision in Toronto, but they could have lost Josh Beckett, too. He pitched just 3.2 scoreless innings (three hits and six strikeouts) and left after landing awkwardly during a pitch. He reportedly suffered a sprained ankle.
Josh Beckett has had a good week for himself. His annual Beckett Bowl took place on Monday he got another win for the Red Sox over the Yankees last night with a seven-inning effort in which he allowed five runs, four earned, on six hits. Aside from a four-run rally in the sixth, Beckett (12-5) bowled over New York en route to a 9-5 victory. He's now 4-0 versus the Yankees in 2011 with an ERA of 1.85.
For the second straight night, the Red Sox messed up the Texas Rangers pitching staff with a thoroughly one-sided 13-2 romp on Wednesday. The Sox outscored Texas 24-7 in the last two games with 30 hits. Boston's assault featured 16 hits, three home runs, and at least one run in seven innings. Carl Crawford was the Sox biggest bat with a 2-3 effort, five RBI and a home run.
A suddenly depleted Red Sox lineup, without David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis took on Kansas City. Fortunately, they have Dustin Pedroia to bat clean up. Pedroia finished with three hits and three RBI in a 4-3 victory. His RBI single in the fifth inning was the winning hit. Josh Beckett (10-5) threw seven strong innings, allowing seven hits and and three runs. Daniel Bard pitched a scoreless eighth. Jonathan Paplebon earned his 29th save. Jason Varitek also had an RBI.
The Red Sox split two with the Mariners so far. Tim Wakefield goes for win 200 for the fourth time today in Seattle.
The Fifth Annual Beckett Bowl to benefit Children’s Hospital Boston and the Josh Beckett Foundation is just three weeks away on Monday, August 29 at the Lucky Strike Lanes at 145 Ipswich Street in Boston from 6-9:30 p.m. The charity bowling tournament usually draws representatives from all professional sports teams in the Boston area. The Beckett Bowl begins at 6 p.m. with red carpet arrivals. The charity bowling tournament begins at 7:15 p.m. and a charity auction follows at 8:45 p.m. Tickets cost $250 and are available at beckettbowl.com or at 617-338- 2766. Limited numbers of tickets are available. The evening also features the Beckett Bowl Ultimate Jeep Raffle presented by AFTER FX CUSTOMS. The Josh Beckett Foundation woks to improve the health and well-being of children.
Kansas City rallied for four runs in the fourth inning to beat the Red Sox 4-3 on Thursday and split the series. Josh Beckett pitched seven innings and allowed the four runs on five hits. The Royals had one hit outside of the fourth and Beckett (9-4)had a total of eight strikeouts. Matt Albers and Franklin Morales eah pitchedone scoreless inning. Boston led 2-0 after Jacoby Ellsbury singled in two runs in the third. Dustin Pedroia homered in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to 25 games. Adrian Gonzalez and Drew Sutton each had two hits. (Can we begin a campaign for Ellsbury and Pedroia as Co-MVPs yet?)
The Red Sox (61-37) are poised to sweep Seattle today after back-to-back wins against the Mariners in which Boston's starters shut Seattle's offense down. Josh Beckett and John Lackey pitched a total of 14 innings and allowed just a pair of runs combined. The Sox are 15-3 in July.
The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays gave each other a pitching lesson Sunday night as neither staff allowed a run through 15 innings in a game Boston won in 16 innings by a 1-0 score. Dustin Pedroia finally cracked Tampa Bay's staff with a single that plated Josh Reddick, who walked. Boston's pitching was even more impressive. Starter Josh Beckett allowed one hit in eight innings and retired 22 straight Rays after Evan Longoria singled in the first. Sox relievers only allowed two hits in their eight innings of work. Daniel Bard, Matt Albers, Franklin Morales, Alfredo Aceves, and Jonathan Papelbon dominated the Rays. Aceves pitched three innings without allowing a hit. Papelbon got his 21st save.
The Red Sox scored eight runs in the first inning on Friday and routed the Orioles by a 10-3 score, the team's second straight one-sided victory over Baltimore. Boston has outscored Baltimore 20-7 in the first two games of the four-game series. After being pounded for 20 runs in 16 innings, both benches emptied twice during an eighth-inning David Ortiz at-bat as Kevin Gregg repeatedly threw inside on Ortiz. He headed towards the mound after two tight pitches causing both benches to empty. Gregg got Ortiz to pop out, yelled at him and had to fight off a few haymakers as Ortiz charged the mound. After the field was cleared, Gregg, Ortiz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and Baltimore reliever Jim Johnson were ejected.
Josh Beckett (7-3) proved why he's headed to Phoenix next week for the 2011 All-Star Game with an overpowering, eight-inning effort on Sunday in Houston, won by Boston, 2-1. Beckett, named to the A.L. All-Star team before yesterday's game, pitched eight innings and allowed one run on five hits. He had a season-best 11 strikeouts and no walks. Jonathan Paplebon had his 17th save.
If this week's three-game series with the Phillies is a preview of the 2011 World Series, so far, the Red Sox can't be pleased with the results. Cliff Lee thoroughly outpitched Josh Beckett as Philadelphia blanked Boston by a 5-0 score on Tuesday. Lee allowed two hits as he tossed a complete game shutout to improve to 9-2. Lee didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning single by Marco Scutaro. Only Darnell McDonald added another single as Lee posted his third consecutive shutout. Lee hasn't allowed a run in 32 innings.
Two of the best teams in baseball, the Red Sox and the Phillies, meet today to begin a three-game series that some consider a World Series preview. Some members of the Red Sox, at least, aren't even thinking about October. “I don’t lose any sleep thinking about the Phillies,’’ Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis said.
Two of Danny Ainge's favorite things, drafting and trading, were on display last night at the NBA Draft. Ainge picked Providence guard Marshon Brooks with the 25th pick and promptly dealt him to New Jersey for Purdue center JaJuan Johnson, taken by the Nets for the Celtics at No. 27. Ainge must love something at Purdue because the Celtics drafted guard E'Twaun Moore, another Purdue product, in the second round at #55.
The Red Sox (44-28) exploded for 10 runs in the seventh inning and crushed the San Diego Padres by a 14-5 score on Monday. Adrian Gonzalez, had a single and a double and three RBI in the seventh. His three-hit game brought his major league-leading batting average to .353 and major league-leading RBI total to 67. Boston got a lot of help from San Diego's pitchers in the seventh as the Padres walked four batters and hit two others. Three runs scored as both hit batters were hit with the bases loaded, and one walk also came with the bases loaded.
Josh Beckett completely dominated the Tampa Bay Rays last night allowing one hit in a stellar, nine-inning shutout performance, won by the Red Sox, 3-0, for the club's first win against the Rays this season. Too bad Bostonist was, uhhh, too occupied with something else to watch. Sorry, Josh. Really. Beckett (6-2) allowed a single to Ross Brignac wth two outs in the third. He retired each of the next 19 batters he faced. He had six strikeouts on an economical 97 pitches. Beckett's ERA is now 1.86.
David Ortiz got hot. At the right time, too, as the slugger's most potent display coincided with a three-game, statement making sweep in New York against the Yankees. Ortiz became Big Papi again in the Bronx with a 4-12 series that featured two home runs, four runs and six RBI, a bat toss and a message from CC Sabathia. The Red Sox are rolling with six straight wins after a second road sweep of the Yankees, giving Boston an 8-1 mark versus New York.
Saturday's rained-out game in Detroit turned into a day-night doubleheader today. Look for Clay Buchholz in the 1:05 p.m. opener. The 7:05 p.m. nightcap features Josh Beckett and Detroit's Justin Verlander. As of now, the Globe said the second game will not be televised due to some ESPN exclusivity agreement at that time slot.
The Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 4-2, for the first time in four games in 2011. The Sox (26-22) are a half-game behind the Yankees in the A.L. East. Boston's battery provided the power last night. Josh Beckett (4-1) was the leader from the mound with 6.2 innings of work that included just one run on five hits. He struck out six and lowered his ERA to 1.69. Jason Varitek belted a two-run home run in the seventh inning to deliver the winning run. Varitek also threw out two baserunners trying to steal.
Tim Thomas allowed nine goals in the first two games of the series against Tampa Bay. He stopped each and every one of the Lightning's 31 shots in game three as the Bruins grounded the Lightning's offense and won, 2-0, to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals Thursday. Game four is Saturday.
For the second straight game, the powerful nature of the Red Sox pitching and offense was on display in a win over the Yankees, this time Boston blanked their rivals by a 6-0 score. Boston is now within one game of .500 at 19-20.
James, Wade, and Bosh combined for 83 points and 35 of the Heat's 45 rebounds to take a 3-1 series lead. Miami can eliminate the Celtics on Wednesday in game five. James paced Miami with 35 points with 14 rebounds, Wade added 28 points and nine rebounds.Bosh scored 20 points with 12 rebounds.
All of a sudden, the 2011 Boston Red Sox have found themselves to be capable of winning baseball games. After an 11th-inning, RBI double from Adrian Gonzalez powered the Sox to a 4-2 win over the L.A. Angels, the team has now won five of their last six games.
There are many questions about the 3-10 Red Sox of 2011. One of them isn't Josh Beckett, who earned his second win this season with a dominating performance in a 4-1 win over Toronto on Saturday. Beckett (2-1) struck out nine and allowed just three hits and one run in seven innings.