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.
TORONTO — With the Red Sox's bullpen taxed over the past few days, Boston needed Clay Buchholz to chew up innings, deliver a strong performance and give the club's overworked relief corps a breather Tuesday night. Buchholz delivered, as he turned in his best outing of the season. "That was a gutsy performance," manager Terry [...]
Wakefield following normal routine Cameron, Ellsbury hit off tee Sox tied franchise record in slugfest TORONTO — Fabio Castro's time with the Red Sox lasted less than 24 hours Tuesday, as the left-hander was sent back to Triple-A Pawtucket to make room for southpaw Alan Embree, who will join the club Wednesday. With Clay Buchholz [...]
The Red Sox made a change to their pitching staff on Tuesday, recalling left-hander Fabio Castro from Pawtucket and optioning right-hander Scott Atchison. Castro, 25, was expected be active in time for Tuesday night's game against the Blue Jays. The young hurler will wear No. 55. Before getting the call to the Majors, Castro made [...]
TORONTO — The Red Sox announced on Tuesday that Minor League outfielder Ryan Westmoreland was released from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital last Saturday. General manager Theo Epstein made the announcement. Westmoreland will continue to undergo physical and occupational therapy as an outpatient at Spaulding. "He has been making steady progress and is in great spirits," said [...]
BOSTON — There had already been two walk-off celebrations at Fenway Park this week, and the Red Sox seemed poised for a third. This, even though they trailed by three runs in the bottom of the 10th in a topsy-turvy game they once led by three runs. Could it be that Marco Scutaro was going [...]
BOSTON — Tim Wakefield, who last pitched out of the bullpen in 2004, will go back to that role later this week. The fact that Wakefield knew that before taking the ball for Sunday afternoon's start made for a strange backdrop to the day. The knuckleballer, who trails only Cy Young and Roger Clemens in [...]
Cameron, Ellsbury to join club on road trip Lowrie making some progress Worth noting BOSTON — After a day of rest, J.D. Drew was back in the Red Sox's lineup on Sunday, hoping the hits will start falling. The left-handed hitter is hitting .158 with two homers and seven RBIs, the bulk of that production [...]
Darnell McDonald conditioned himself to never stop dreaming, 13 years after signing his first professional contract with the Baltimore Orioles. So when he showed up at Fenway Park on Tuesday, homered in his first Red Sox at-bat and an inning later hit a walk-off wall-ball that got him mobbed by a bunch of guys with [...]
BOSTON — The Red Sox signed Adrian Beltre because he is a superb defender. They also got him because when he is going well at the plate, he can put the ball over the wall. His plate discipline was not in the top 10 or 15 reasons why they signed him. But in a nice [...]
Dice-K returning to rotation next weekend Pedroia trying to break out of mini funk BOSTON — It has been a strange week for David Ortiz, the slumping slugger of the Boston Red Sox. On Tuesday night, Ortiz was pinch-hit for by Mike Lowell with the game on the line. Then, with the Rangers throwing back-to-back [...]