Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:45 by Pankaj Damin
Fort Myers, Fla. -- X-rays of Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia's left wrist have come back negative, team officials said Wednesday.
The Boston star and 2008 AL MVP hurt his wrist Tuesday in a spring training contest against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Fla., while diving for a ground ball.
Red Sox Manager Terry Francona told the team's Web site Pedroia is dealing with soreness in the wrist but is expected back in the lineup Friday.
Pedroia is batting .351 in 14 games this spring.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Thu, 09/10/2009 - 11:35 by preet_20
Boston, Sept. 9: A three-run double in the seventh by Victor Martinez put Boston in front Wednesday and the Red Sox produced 15 hits in downing Baltimore 7-5.
Baltimore took a 4-3 lead going into the bottom of the sixth but the Red Sox then tied it on an RBI single by Dustin Pedroia and took the lead on the bases-loaded double by Martinez.
Boston maintained a two-game lead over Texas in the chase for the American League wild-card berth. The Red Sox are nine games behind first-place New York in the AL East with 23 games remaining.
Matt Albers (2-5) came on in the seventh for Baltimore with the score tied and gave up a leadoff single to Kevin Youkilis. Mark Hendrickson relieved Albers, struck out David Ortiz and then gave way to Danys Baez.
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Tue, 08/11/2009 - 10:38 by preet_20
Boston, Aug. 10: Nick Green drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning Monday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win over AL Central-leading Detroit.
The win ended Boston's six-game losing streak.
Green also homered, as did Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay for the Red Sox.
Ramon Ramirez (6-3) earned the win and Jonathan Papelbon recorded the final four outs for his 28th save.
Detroit's Magglio Ordonez had a triple, two doubles, a run scored and an RBI and Placido Polanco had three hits, an RBI and a run for the Tigers, who had won four of five coming in.
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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:36 by preet_20
St. Petersburg, Fla. Aug. 5" Evan Longoria's two-run homer in the 13th inning Tuesday gave the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-2 win over the AL Eastern Division rival Boston Red Sox.
Longoria, who tied the game with a solo shot in the eighth inning, slugged a 1-0 pitch from Takashi Saito (2-3) into the left-field seats with Michel Hernandez on third base to give the Rays their fifth win in their last eight games.
Lance Cormier (2-1) won it in relief as Boston's four-game winning streak came to an end.
Both teams had a chance to win the game in the 10th inning, but Dustin Pedroia hit into a double play that ended Boston's threat, and Tampa Bay failed to score with the bases loaded and no outs.
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Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:05 by surajdogra
Boston, July 27: Dustin Pedroia went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI Monday to help the Boston Red Sox post an 8-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
Josh Beckett (12-4) allowed three runs on eight hits in seven-plus innings to remain perfect at home this season. Beckett, who tied a season high with 10 strikeouts, is 7-0 in 10 starts this year home.
Jacoby Ellsbury went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Red Sox, who have won three of their past four games.
Adam LaRoche had two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Jed Lowrie had a two-run double and Jason Varitek and Jason Bay each had an RBI and two walks for Boston.
Losing pitcher Trevor Cahill (6-9) gave up six runs on 10 hits in five innings.
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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 00:45 by Salinder Kumar
Boston -- Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia will miss Tuesday's All-Star Game to be with his pregnant and hospitalized wife, the team said Sunday.
The 2007 American League Rookie of the Year had been scheduled to start Tuesday against the National League in St. Louis. However, the Red Sox said in a statement his wife was taken to a Boston area hospital last Monday after going into labor earlier than expected and will remain hospitalized for the foreseeable future.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:33 by preet_20
Boston, July 12: Kevin Youkilis homered twice and drove in four runs and scored four times Saturday, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 15-9 win over Kansas City.
Youkilis hit a two-run homer in the second and a solo shot in the eighth to go with an RBI single in the first.
Jason Varitek hit a solo homer in the third and scored three times, David Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the fourth and scored twice, Nick Green drove in two runs, Dustin Pedroia had two hits and one RBI, while J.D. Drew had one RBI for the Red Sox, who have won four of five.
The winner was John Smoltz (1-2). He went five innings, allowing one run on four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.
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Thu, 07/09/2009 - 10:39 by preet_20
Boston, July 8: David Ortiz produced three of his four RBI with a sixth-inning homer Wednesday, helping rally Boston to a 5-4 decision over Oakland.
The Red Sox overcame a one-run deficit with a four-run sixth, giving them their third win in four games.
Tim Wakefield (11-3) won his fifth straight decision, giving up one earned run while scattering 10 hits over six-plus innings. He struck out eighth.
Oakland starter Trevor Cahill (5-8) took a shutout into the sixth, but he allowed the first four batters in that inning to score.
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Sat, 07/04/2009 - 09:57 by preet_20
Boston, July 3: Rob Johnson drove in two runs in the 11th inning with his third double of the game Friday, bringing the Seattle Mariners a 7-6 decision over Boston.
Seattle overcame an early two-run deficit and took a two-run lead into the bottom of the eighth before Nick Green forged a 5-5 tie with a two-run double.
The Mariners scored the decisive runs off Ramon Ramirez (5-3), who gave up a leadoff single to Franklin Gutierrez in the 11th and walked Ryan Langerhans.
Chris Woodward moved the runners up with a sacrifice and Johnson doubled them both home. He had also driven in a run in the fourth with a double.
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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:23 by preet_20
Baltimore, July 1: Julio Lugo's 11th-inning RBI single boosted the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win Wednesday over the Baltimore Orioles.
Boston overcame a 5-1 deficit with a four-run ninth inning, led by a two-run homer by Kevin Youkilis and Rocco Baldelli's score-tying two-run single.
Dustin Pedroia also had one RBI for the Red Sox, who have won four of their last six games.
Wednesday's winner was Ramon Ramirez (5-2). Closer Jonathan Papelbon earned his 20th save with a 1-2-3 ninth, one game after he blew a save in Baltimore's 11-10 win Tuesday when the Orioles rallied back from a 10-1 deficit.
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Wed, 07/01/2009 - 11:11 by preet_20
Baltimore, July 1: The Baltimore Orioles scored five runs in both the seventh and eighth innings Tuesday to overcome a nine-run deficit to rally past the Boston Red Sox 11-10.
Oscar Salazar hit a three-run, pinch-hit homer for the Orioles and Felix Pie added a pair of RBI.
Kevin Youklis and Dustin Pedroia had three RBI apiece for the Red Sox in John Smoltz's second start of the season. Smoltz gave up one run on three hits in a start limited to four innings by a rain delay of 1 hour, 11 minutes.
Boston came out strong with a pair of runs in both the first and second innings.
The Red Sox added five runs in the fourth inning to take a 9-1 lead and were up 10-1 after seven, Baltimore roared back with five runs, including the three-run shot by Salazar.
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Thu, 06/18/2009 - 12:51 by preet_20
Boston, June 17: Dustin Pedroia drove in three runs Wednesday and Brad Penny allowed only an unearned run in bringing Boston a 6-1 inter-league victory over Florida.
Pedroia singled in two runs in the fourth to give the Red Sox a 4-1 lead and added an RBI base hit in the eighth for the final run of the game.
Boston won its second straight over the Marlins and extended its lead over the New York Yankees to three games atop the American League East.
Penny (6-2) worked only five innings, giving up three hits and walking four while striking out three. Four Boston relievers combined to throw four scoreless innings, with Jonathan Papelbon working the ninth in a non-save situation.
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