| Red Sox clip Indians, but can't gain ground on Rays | Wed Sep 24 22:50:51 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Mark Kotsay's RBI double in the eighth inning was the difference as the playoff-bound Boston Red Sox clipped Cleveland, 5-4, in the third contest of a four-game set at Fenway Park. Kotsay finished 2-for-4 and drove in two for the Red Sox, who have won two in a row and three of four. David Ortiz, Jason Varitek and Chris Carter each knocked in a run. After clinching their fifth playoff berth in six seasons on Tuesday, the Red Sox are chasing Tampa Bay for the AL East | |
| Eliminated Yanks continue series in Toronto | Wed Sep 24 11:16:41 2008 EST |
| 1-year-old Arkansas native, whose previous best single-season win total was 12, has won 18 times in 34 appearances (33 starts) in 2008 and recorded a 6-1 mark in his last 10 outings. Burnett strung together wins over the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox on September 9 and 13, allowing four hits in 13 scoreless innings. His last loss came August 29 against the Yankees, when he allowed seven hits and two runs in eight innings of a 2-1 defeat. Lifetime against New York, however, Burnett is 6-3 | |
| Boston's Byrd squares off against former club | Wed Sep 24 10:49:36 2008 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Paul Byrd gets to face the team he started the 2008 season with when the veteran hurler takes the mound for the playoff-bound Boston Red Sox in tonight's clash with the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park. Byrd was traded by the Indians to Boston on August 12 after the Tribe fell out of contention and has been pretty solid for the Red Sox since the deal. The right-hander has posted a 4-2 record with a 4.50 earned run average in seven starts for the defending world champions, who | |
| Red Sox edge Tribe to clinch playoff spot | Tue Sep 23 22:26:30 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run homer, while Jason Bay's RBI single in the fifth inning was the difference, as the Boston Red Sox clinched a postseason berth with a 5-4 win over the Cleveland Indians in the second installment of a four-game set from Fenway Park. Dustin Pedroia collected two hits and drove the other two runs for the Red Sox, who earned a spot in the playoffs for the second consecutive season and for the fifth time in the last six campaigns. Since 2003, | |
| Indians' Marte leaves game | Tue Sep 23 20:13:29 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Cleveland Indians third baseman Andy Marte left Tuesday's game against the Boston Red Sox with a strained right calf. Marte apparently suffered the injury during his third-inning at-bat, as he stumbled out of the batters' box and landed awkwardly on his leg. Jamey Carroll moved from second base to third in Marte's place. | |
| Red Sox to retire Pesky's No. 6 | Tue Sep 23 18:51:57 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Boston Red Sox mainstay Johnny Pesky will have his uniform No. 6 retired on Friday, the club announced Tuesday. Pesky has played with, managed and served the Red Sox for almost six decades, and he will have his number unveiled on the right field facade of Fenway Park prior to Friday's Red Sox-Yankees game. Pesky turns 89 years old on Saturday. "From the time he first put on a Red Sox minor league uniform in 1940 to the present day, Johnny's impact on the Red Sox or | |
| Playoff-hopeful BoSox face tough test in Indians' Lee | Tue Sep 23 10:40:42 2008 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The Boston Red Sox try once again to nail down a playoff spot this evening, when they continue their four-game series with the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. However, that may be easier said than done for the Red Sox, who face a red-hot Indians team who will have American League Cy Young Award front-runner Cliff Lee on the hill. Lee, who is 22-2 with an AL-best 2.41 earned run average, is unbeaten in his last 13 starts and has not lost since falling to the Minnesota | |
| Beckett aims to pitch Boston into postseason against Indians | Mon Sep 22 10:51:44 2008 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Josh Beckett hopes to pitch the Boston Red Sox into the postseason for the fifth time in the last six years this evening when they open a four-game series with the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park. Boston needs just a win or a loss by the New York Yankees to lock up a playoff berth. On Sunday, the Red Sox clinched at least a tie for the final playoff spot, as David Ortiz belted a two-run homer and Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched seven shutout innings, helping Boston to a 3-0 victor | |
| Dice K gets 18th win, Red Sox blank Jays to move closer to playoffs | Sun Sep 21 16:08:09 2008 EST |
| Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - David Ortiz belted a two-run homer and Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched seven shutout innings, as the Boston Red Sox crept closer to a playoff berth with a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the finale of a three-game set from the Rogers Centre. Jacoby Ellsbury went 3-for-4 with a triple, two doubles and a pair of runs scored for Boston, which ensured no worse than a playoff for a wild card berth with just its second win in five games. The defending World Series c | |
| Rays continue quest for division title against Twins | Sun Sep 21 10:41:02 2008 EST |
| . Tampa Bay clinched at least a wild card berth in the American League's postseason with a defeat of the Twins in game three on Saturday, while also seeing its magic number for the AL East Division title trimmed to seven when the second-place Boston Red Sox lost in Toronto. The Rays have the second-best record in the major leagues in 2008 after having entered the year having never won more than 70 games in any single season. Sonnanstine, a 25-year-old right-hander, won three straight decisions t | |
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