Whatever ailed the Patriots a week ago in Buffalo vanished in a convincing 31-19 victory on the road against the Raiders on Sunday. Tom Brady reverted to his error-free play with an efficient 16-30, 226-yard performance that included two more touchdown passes. While Brady's interception-free game gets the headlines, the Patriots benefitted from a balanced offensive attack. Oakland led early, by a 10-7 score early in the second quarter. The Patriots, who gained 184 yards on the ground, scored the next 17 points thanks to rushing touchdowns from BenJarvus Green-Ellis (75 yards) and Stevan Ridley (97 yards), and a field goal from Stephen Gostkowski.
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In a closing statement at Chuck Turner's corruption case, defense attorney Barry Wilson claimed government witness Ronald Wilburn kept $800 of the $1,000Turner allegedly took as a bribe. [Herald] A flight from Miami to Boston returned to Miami 90 minutes after taking off because of one-foot by one-foot hole in the fuselage. [WHDH]
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Last Monday, Bostonist figured we'd seen it all from Tom Brady. But, Brady was at his best again with three touchdown passes and 423 yards in a 35-21 victory over the San Diego Chargers yesterday in Foxboro. Brady is the first quarterback to ever throw for 400+ yards a week after throwing for over 500 yards. He had a quarterback rating of 135.7 against the Chargers.
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.
Two streaks ended last night at Fenway Park. Tim Wakefield (7-6) finally ended his frustrating quest for his 200th career win and the Red Sox won for the first time in a week, routing Toronto 18-6. Wake's knuckler was good enough to end his seven-game winless streak thanks to a powerful offensive attack. He allowed five runs on six hits in six innings, hardly his best effort, but 18 runs on 18 hits helped out a lot.
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.
Tim Wakefield was denied his 200th win once again after Kansas City used an eight-run sixth inning rally to beat Boston, 9-4. Twelve Royals batted in the sixth as seven batters had hits and two walked. Wakefield pitched 5.1 and allowed four runs on nine hits. The Red Sox led 4-3 when Wakefield left. Matt Albers (4-4) imploded by retiring one batter out of the six he faced. He walked two and allowed five runs and three hits. Five K.C. batters had at least two hits. Ryan Lavarnway, Carl Crawford, and Dustin Pedroia each had two hits. Lavarnway had his first major league RBI.
The Red Sox lost their first series since June thanks to a 5-3 loss in Seattle on Sunday to the Mariners. The Sox dropped two games and split their road trip 3-3. The Sox won or tied 11 straight series while posting a 26-10 record. Seattle struck for three runs in the third inning, took a 3-0 lead, and never looked back. That was the only bad inning of the eight Tim Wakefield (6-5) pitched. His complete game effort included five runs, four earned, on nine hits. Seattle's Charlie Furbush threw seven innings and limited the Red Sox to one run on four hits. Kevin Youkilis homered in the eighth inning with Dustin Pedroia to make the score 5-3. Adrian Gonzalez had two hits. Jed Lowrie had an RBI on a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
The Red Sox split two with the Mariners so far. Tim Wakefield goes for win 200 for the fourth time today in Seattle.
David Ortiz finished 4-5 with three RBI as the Red Sox rallied for an 8-6 win over Minnesota, Big Papi's former team, on Monday. Ortiz and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning as Boston tied the game at 5-5. In the ninth inning Ortiz and Saltalamacchia delivered consecutive RBI on a single and a double, respectively, for the 8-6 margin.
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.
Tim Wakefield allowed seven runs in 6.1 innings and still managed to win the 199th game of his career, as the Red Sox swept Seattle with a 12-8 decision on Sunday. Wakefield (6-3) allowed 10 hits, including two home runs, and had four strikeouts, to earn his 2,000th with Boston. Seattle lost a club-record 15th straight game.
Adrian Gonzalez returns to the lineup tonight for the Red Sox against the Orioles. Gonzalez got a well-deserved game off against Toronto on Wednesday, a game won by the Sox by a 6-4 score. They should beat the Blue Jays without him.
Andrew Miller gets the ball today as the Red Sox try to break their unexpected four-game losing streak in interleague play in 2011. Boston usually thrives playing against the National League. Tim Wakefield (4-3) couldn't beat his first MLB club, the Pirates in Saturday's 6-4 loss. He allowed five runs on seven hits in six innings. However, four of those runs came in the fourth inning, three on a Lyle Overbay home run. Jeff Karstens held Boston to four runs in 6.2 innings of work. The Red Sox got home runs from Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Reddick, and Jacoby Ellsbury. David Ortiz sits again unless he has to pinch hit.
The Red Sox turn to Tim Wakefield to end the Curse of Whitey, Boston's three-game losing streak that sort of coincided with Jimmy Bulger's capture on Wednesday in California. Okay, that's a stretch. But, the Sox have run into some trouble with the National League this week, going 1-3 versus the Padres and Pirates. That's three straight losses to two teams the Red Sox should crush. A 3-1 loss on Friday followed a 5-1 defeat on Wednesday. Two runs in two games won't cut it.
A weekend dedicated to honoring the Bruins' first Stanley Cup in 39 years ended with the Boston Red Sox resounding 12-3 rout over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. The Sox joined in the city-wide celebration by welcoming the Bruins, the Stanley Cup and the duck boats to Fenway Park for a pre-game homage to the champs.
The Red Sox winning streak ended at nine games with a 4-0 loss to Tampa Bay last night. They've lost all three games with the Rays this season. That streak lives.
Boston returns to the field tonight in Tampa Bay after the most poorly timed day off ever. The Red Sox, winners of nine straight games, are now an offensive juggernaut and have turned a historically bad start into a rather memorable run for a team loaded with expectations. Gordon Edes wrote that this team could be the best Red Sox team ever in the regular season with a 37-16 record since starting 2-10. He could be right.Jacoby Ellsbury was named Player of the Week after batting .467 with 10 runs scored and at least two teammates could have won that honor. David Ortiz had 13 RBI and four RBI last week. Adrian Gonzalez has an RBI in each of his last nine games. Carl Crawford and Ortiz were named Player of the Week the two previous weeks. Tim Wakefield (3-1) starts tonight.
On Monday, Vancouver held a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final, Nathan Horton was knocked out of the series and the Bruins looked ready to be beaten. Since Horton's injury, Boston took complete control of the series and have outscored the Canucks 12-1 in five subsequent periods and have now tied the series at 2-2. Rich Peverley joined Milan Lucic and David Krejci on the top line in Horton's stead and scored twice in Wednesday's 4-0 rout. Krejci assisted on both Peverly goals. Michael Ryder and Brad Marchand also scored goals.
Tim Wakefield gave the Red Sox (25-21) more than could have been expected by allowing one run and four hits in 6.2 innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Cubs. Boston won two out of three from Chicago and is now on an 8-1 streak.
Milan Lucic scored his first two playoff goals as the Bruins swept Philadelphia 4-0 with a 5-1 win last night. The victory advances the Bruins, who have home-ice advantage, to the conference finals for the first time since 1992 where they face the Tampa Bay Lightning. Boston rolls into the conference finals having won seven of their last eight playoff games.
Well, Boston. We wanted the Heat and we got the Heat. Miami was too hot for the Celtics to handle yesterday and the result was a 99-90 win in game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Dwyane Wade was the decisive player for Miami with a 38-point effort. James Jones added 25 points and five three-pointers.
The State police, in light of the latest injury to an on-duty trooper, said troopers being struck by cars is largely due to "impaired and reckless drivers." A federal report says 25% of Massachusetts middle-schoolers and 16% of high school students are bullied. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
- Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield won the 2010 Roberto Clemente Award for community service. [Globe]
Now that our early morning moment of sheer panic has settled into wondering what happened and trying to decide if making a joke about our QB hitting harder than our secondary is in poor taste, we can relax. Deep breaths. He'll be OK.
Josh Beckett improved to 4-3 after stopping Seattle, 5-3. Beckett went 6.1 innings and allowed three runs on four hits. Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon closed the game out with 2.2 hitless innings. Daniel Nava delivered a two-RBI single in the sixth for the winning tally.
The Baltimore Orioles come to Boston just as the Red Sox appear to be coming apart at the seams. Despite Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez and Clay Buchholz getting injured against the Giants, and Jason Varitek and Manny Delcarmen joining an already crowded and talented disabled list, the Sox can still beat the O's, 3-2, in a remarkably quick (2:07) game. Bostonist wonders if the DL Sox would beat Baltimore, or the regular Sox.
Miami.Cleveland.Orlando.
For the second time in three seasons, the Boston Celtics have reached the NBA Finals. After taking a commanding 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals and staggering into the sixth game, the Celtics reasserted their playoff mojo with a 96-84 win that was way more decisive than a 12-point margin might indicate. The Celtics are off until Thursday when the Finals begin in L.A. or Phoenix. After beating the NBA's two best regular season teams, and getting beaten up by Bill Laimbeer Rick Mahorn Lex Luthor Dwight Howard and Orlando, - ask Glenn Davis, Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce, Rasheed Wallace, Marquis Daniels and his father - they need the time off.
Was Paul Pierce telling the truth? We, not to mention the Orlando Magic, will know soon enough if a sweep happened here. We know what Shaughnessy thinks. The last time Boston played Orlando, it looked like the Celtics were scrimmaging with Everett High School. Sorry, Everett. Orlando completely quit on Saturday in a 94-71 no-show loss. It was over before Rajon Rondo got up off the floor. You saw the play.
When the 2010 Boston Red Sox are finally buried for good (and you might have noticed a backhoe or two headed towards Kenmore Square this morning, possibly with a shock of curly red hair flopping out from under a hard hat), May 17th is going to shine out as a key day in their march towards the grave.
Sometimes you just lose. Sometimes a great player plays a great game and carries his undeserving teammates to a win that you never thought would happen.