Sat, 10/10/2009 - 10:51 by shalini.bahadur
Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 10: An RBI single by Maicer Izturis in the seventh put Los Angeles in front Friday and the Angels took control of their playoff series with a 4-1 win over Boston.
The Angels got to John Beckett for three runs in the seventh to break a 1-1 tie and grab a 2-0 advantage in the best-of-five American League Division Series.
Los Angeles will try to win the series Sunday when the action moves to Boston.
Beckett brought a 7-2 career post-season record into the game and limited the Angels to a run on four hits through six innings in a duel with Los Angeles starter Jered Weaver.
Vladimir Guerrero drew a walk off Becket to start the big Los Angeles seventh and Howie Kendrick came on to run for Guerrero.
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Thu, 09/24/2009 - 09:46 by shalini.bahadur
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 23: Jacoby Ellsbury and Jason Bay both had two RBI during a six-run fifth Wednesday that vaulted the Boston Red Sox to a 9-2 win over Kansas City.
David Ortiz added a three-run homer in the ninth to help bring the Red Sox closer to the American League's wild-card playoff berth. Boston opened the night owning a seven-game lead over Texas in the wild-card chase.
Kansas City had a 2-0 lead before the Red Sox sent 10 men to the plate in the fifth. Ellsbury tripled in two runs in the inning and Bay had a two-run single.
Luke Hochevar (7-11) stayed in for the entire inning, giving up six runs on seven hits to take the loss.
The win went to Josh Beckett (16-6), who allowed two runs on 12 hits in six innings.
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Tue, 09/22/2009 - 10:14 by shalini.bahadur
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 22: Yuniesky Betancourt stroked a two-run single to ignite a six-run sixth inning Monday and the Kansas City Royals beat Boston 12-9.
Mike Jacobs had a three-run home run and Billy Butler, Alberto Callaspo and Alex Gordon drove in two runs apiece for the Royals, who erased an 8-2 deficit and earned their 11th win in 14 games.
Jason Bay had a three-run home run for the Red Sox, who lead Texas by 7 1/2 games in the AL wild-card chase, pending the outcome of the Rangers' game in Oakland Monday.
Victor Martinez had two RBI and ran his hitting streak to a career-best 20 games. Jacoby Ellsbury knocked in two runs for Boston.
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Wed, 08/26/2009 - 11:00 by preet_20
Boston, Aug. 25: Jason Bay hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth Tuesday and Jacoby Ellsbury set a team stolen base record to lead Boston past the Chicago White Sox 6-3.
The Red Sox won their second straight and stayed 1 ½ games in front of Texas for the top spot in the American League wild-card chase.
Victor Martinez singled in a run in the seventh to rally the Red Sox to a 3-3 tie and Bay hit a one-out home run in the eighth off Scott Linebrink (3-6) for what turned out to be the winning score.
Boston went on to add two more runs in the inning on a single by Nick Green, a double by Martinez and a single by Ellsbury. Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 30th save, the fourth straight season he has reached 30 saves.
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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 10:38 by Jaspreet Virk
Toronto, Aug. 18: David Ortiz had a homer, three RBI and three runs scored Tuesday to help the Boston Red Sox outslug the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9.
Jacoby Ellsbury added two hits and three RBI for the Red Sox. Jason Bay homered and Victor Martinez and Alex Gonzalez each added an RBI.
Boston's Hideki Okajima (4-0) earned the win by pitching a scoreless seventh inning. Jonathan Papelbon had a four-out save, his 29th of the season, allowing two hits and walking three.
Boston starter Josh Beckett gave up seven runs and nine hits -- including three homers -- over 5 1/3 innings.
Rod Barajas had a two-run homer for the Blue Jays, who have lost five of their last six games.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 12:01 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 8: Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer with two out in the 15th inning Friday, giving the New York Yankees a dramatic 2-0 victory over Boston.
The teams combined to score 19 runs Thursday -- eight of them by the Yankees in one inning -- but it took them almost six hours to produce a single run Friday.
Rodriguez, who had been mired in his longest home run drought as a Yankee, came up with Derek Jeter on first and Junichi Tazawa on the mound, making his major league debut.
Tazawa, called up from Class AAA when Boston released John Smoltz Friday, gave Rodriguez a pitch to hit on a 2-1 count, and Rodriguez slammed it over the wall in left field. He had not had a home run in 71 at bats.
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Sat, 08/01/2009 - 09:55 by preet_20
Baltimore, July 31: David Ortiz hit his second homer in as many games Friday and a seventh-inning blast by Kevin Youkilis put Boston in front en route to a 6-5 win over Baltimore.
The power surge for Ortiz has come after he was named in a New York Times story as being among those who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. He hit a three-run homer against Oakland Thursday and hit a two-run shot in the third inning Friday to give the Red Sox a 3-0 lead.
Ortiz has 15 home runs for the season.
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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, 07/06/2009 - 04:27 by Salinder Kumar
Boston -- Jacoby Ellsbury's bases-loaded walk highlighted a five-run seventh-inning Red Sox rally Sunday in Boston's 8-4 win over the Seattle Mariners.
Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz hit solo homers. Ellsbury, Ortiz and Mark Kotsay had two RBI apiece and Pedroia had three of the nine hits for the
Red Sox, who avoided a three-game sweep at Fenway Park.
The winner was reliever Justin Masterson (3-2).
Southpaw ace Jon Lester surrendered four runs -- one earned -- and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings with three walks and nine strikeouts.
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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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Sun, 06/14/2009 - 11:01 by preet_20
Philadelphia, June 14: Jason Bay had four hits and two RBI Saturday when the Boston Red Sox recorded an 11-6 inter-league win over Philadelphia.
Boston scored five times in the top of the first inning before the contest was delayed 95 minutes by rain.
Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits -- one a ninth-inning solo homer -- and two RBI.
Julio Lugo had two RBI singles among four hits, and Mike Lowell added a run and three hits for the Red Sox, who can complete a three-game sweep Sunday.
The winner was Hideki Okajima (3-0).
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Sat, 06/13/2009 - 10:02 by preet_20
Philadelphia, June 13: Jacoby Ellsbury drove in the game-winner in a three-run 13th inning Friday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-2 inter-league win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Ryan Howard's one-out solo homer off Boston reliever Ramon Ramirez in the bottom of the ninth created a 2-2 tie and extra innings.
Boston's Kevin Youkilis and J.D. Drew hit solo homers. Ellsbury and Jason Bay had two hits apiece for the Red Sox, who have won their last four games.
The winner was reliever Takashi Saito (2-0), the fifth of six Boston hurlers after starter Jon Lester had given up just a run and two hits in seven innings with two walks and 11 strikeouts.
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