The Boston Red Sox, based in Boston, Mass., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League East Division. The Red Sox were founded as the Boston Somersets in 1901.
BOSTON — First, they escaped, thanks to the clutch relief of Hideki Okajima and Manny Delcarmen. Then, they delivered, with Jason Bay unloading for a one-out solo homer in the bottom of the eighth that snapped a tie and fueled the Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday night at [...]
BOSTON — Hoping that the end result will be the first World Series ring of his illustrious career, power left-hander Billy Wagner decided at the proverbial 11th hour to waive his no-trade rights, paving the way for the Mets to deal him to the Boston Red Sox. The process started on Friday, when the Red [...]
BOSTON — The eruption has been sustained and welcomed by the Red Sox, who have been nothing short of an offensive juggernaut for the past week. A new opponent came to town, but the crooked numbers continued, as Boston scored a 12-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox in Monday night's opener of a four-game [...]
BOSTON — Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka started his road back to Boston by pitching three shutout innings in a Gulf Coast League game in Fort Myers, Fla, on Monday. Thanks to the satellite system the Red Sox use to track all their Minor League affiliates, manager Terry Francona was able to watch Matsuzaka's performance. [...]
BOSTON — Eight innings from Josh Beckett, more often than not, is a sign that things have gone very right for the Red Sox. On Sunday night at Fenway Park, that couldn't have been further from the truth. Sure, Beckett gave the Red Sox some distance. But the Yankees spent the entire night going long-distance [...]
BOSTON — Six shutout innings against the Yankees has earned 23-year-old righty Junichi Tazawa at least one more start, which will come Thursday night against the White Sox. So with Tim Wakefield coming off the disabled list and starting Wednesday, where does that leave struggling right-hander Brad Penny? The Red Sox don't have a long-term [...]
BOSTON — For one sparkling Saturday afternoon at Fenway, all the inconsistencies that had plagued the Red Sox since the All-Star break vanished from memory. The recent frustration was replaced by clinical precision on both sides of the ball, resulting in a near-flawless 14-1 romp over the Yankees. On the heels of a 20-11 blowout [...]
BOSTON — The Red Sox appear to have a Japanese pitcher for every occasion. In this way, they are essentially the Yomiuri Giants of New England. Even with their most publicized Japanese pitcher — Daisuke Matsuzaka — missing 87 games in two stays on the disabled list, the Red Sox have a reserve supply of [...]
BOSTON — Payback is what the Red Sox were hoping for. Instead, they got a flashback. Two weeks after being swept in a four-game series at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox renewed acquaintances with their rivals, only to take a sound 20-11 beating in the Friday night opener of a three-game series. Liners found gaps. [...]
BOSTON — Jacoby Ellsbury ran his way into the Red Sox's history books in the first inning in Boston's 20-11 loss to New York on Friday night at Fenway Park, swiping his 54th base of 2009 to match the single-season club record. With the theft, Ellsbury tied Tommy Harper's franchise mark of 54 stolen bases [...]