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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Fri, 09/04/2009 - 11:44 by preet_20
St. Petersbutg, Fla. Sept. 3: Jason Bay's two hits and two RBI Thursday led the Boston Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Both RBI came on his two-out, first-inning double.
Later, Kevin Youkilis had three hits and one RBI and Victor Martinez had two hits and one RBI. Rocco Baldelli and Mike Lowell each batted in a run.
Winner Clay Buchholz (4-3) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings for the Red Sox, who won two of the three games in the series.
Closer Jonathan Papelbon earned his 34th save, striking out two of the three batters he faced in the bottom of the ninth.
Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria had two of Tampa Bay's six hits and one RBI.
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Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:20 by preet_20
Boston, Aug. 29: Jonathan Papelbon struck out two batters with the bases loaded in the ninth Friday, allowing Boston to escape with a 6-5 victory over Toronto.
The teams sat through a rain delay in the eighth inning with the score deadlocked at 5-5, but the Red Sox managed a run soon after play resumed.
David Ortiz scored from third on a bases-loaded ground out by Casey Kotchman, and Papelbon, despite a major scare, made the one-run lead stand up in the ninth.
After striking out Adam Lind to open the ninth, Pepelbon gave up singles to Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells. The Boston reliever then hit Randy Ruiz with a pitch to load the bases.
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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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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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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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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 10:44 by surajdogra
Boston, July 29: Adam Kennedy had five hits Tuesday, including the game-winner in Oakland's 9-8 win over Boston in 11 innings at Fenway Park.
Kennedy went 5-for-7 to lead the 21-hit Oakland attack, including an RBI single in a two-run 11th that resulted in Jonathan Papelbon's third blown save of the season.
Rajai Davis drove in two runs for the Athletics and Mark Ellis scored four times.
Ellis opened the 11th with a one-out double and scored on a Davis single to break a 7-7 tie. After Takashi Saito came on in relief of Manny Delcarmen (2-2), Davis stole second and came home on Kennedy's base hit.
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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 10:52 by surajdogra
Toronto, July 17: Clay Buchholz, in his first start of the season, allowed a lone run over 5 2/3 innings Friday to help Boston win its fourth straight game -- 4-1 over Toronto.
Buchholz (1-0) was called up from Class AAA Pawtucket to make the start and gave up only four hits with three strikeouts.
The Blue Jays produced a single hit against three Boston relievers. Jonathan Papelbon threw eight pitches while working a perfect ninth for his 24th save.
Boston managed just six hits, but one of them was a two-run homer by Kevin Youkilis in the first and another was a two-run double by David Ortiz in the fifth.
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Wed, 07/15/2009 - 10:29 by preet_20
St. Louis, July 15: Mariano Rivera set an All-Star saves record with his fourth Tuesday and the American League once again beat the National League, this time 4-3.
Rivera broke a tie for most All-Star saves with Dennis Eckersley.
Adam Jones drove in the winning run in the eighth inning after Curtis Granderson tripled off the base of the left-field fence.
The American League is now 12-0-1 in the last 13 All-Star games and will have home field in the World Series. The American League's unbeaten streak is the longest in the game's history.
Jonathan Papelbon (1-0) got the win thanks to Carl Crawford's homer-saving catch in left. Crawford's catch earned him the All-Star Game MVP Award.
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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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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 11:15 by preet_20
Boston, July 7: Jason Varitek knocked in a pair of runs, and Jason Bay homered and scored twice, Tuesday to power the Boston Red Sox' 5-2 win over Oakland.
Josh Beckett (10-3) got the victory by holding the Athletics to two runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings. Jonathan Papelbon got the final three outs for his 21st save.
Scott Hairston homered and Adam Kennedy drove in the other run for the Athletics.
Dana Eveland (1-3) took the loss after giving up four runs on six hits in 2 2/3 innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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