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 — One of the reasons the Red Sox traded for Bill Hall in the offseason was because of his versatility. He can play middle infield, third base and all three outfield spots. However, they never envisioned him as a pitcher. But amid a 12-5 loss to the Royals on Friday night, that's exactly what [...]
BOSTON — Over the years, Tim Wakefield has taken pride not just in his performance, but in subtleties like preserving the bullpen on nights he knows his team needs it. And if his team should build some momentum for him by swinging the bats well early, Wakefield loves to reward them by getting his teammates [...]
BOSTON — The Red Sox have placed outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury on the 15-day disabled list with a left chest contusion. The injury is the same that caused Ellsbury to spend nearly a month on the DL beginning in April. Ellsbury was activated on May 22 and played in three games before the injury forced him [...]
BOSTON — Daisuke Matsuzaka threw 112 pitches Thursday against the Royals — the same number of pitches he needed in his best outing of the season against the Phillies on Saturday, when he limited the National League East leaders to one hit and four walks in eight scoreless innings. In that game, he had a [...]
ST. PETERSBURG — He was the man of the hour, having just scalded the Rays to the tune of four hits, including two homers, a triple and six RBIs. So naturally, Adrian Beltre had to be locked in during a performance like the one he had on Wednesday night, helping the Red Sox close out [...]
Ellsbury remains out with soreness in side Red-hot Papi returns to familiar spot Victor, Drew join Ellsbury on bench ST. PETERSBURG — In the hours leading up to Wednesday night's game, Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz was still trying to see if he could make things work logistically to attend funeral services later this [...]
PHILADELPHIA — A variety of circumstances led to the drought which Tim Wakefield ended with a terrific performance on Sunday. There was the back issue that limited the knuckleballer to just four starts in the second half of 2009. There was the bullpen which had surrendered his lead on four different occasions. And there was [...]
Cameron inching toward return to Red Sox Worth noting PHILADELPHIA — With Jason Varitek behind the plate for his starts this season, Daisuke Matsuzaka is 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA. This, compared to his 11.05 ERA in three starts with Victor Martinez. The easy conclusion to draw is that Red Sox manager Terry Francona will [...]
BOSTON — There were some flight issues coming back from New York, and the Red Sox didn't land in Boston until just after 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday. But by night time, they were back on the field, and rejuvenated enough to notch a 3-2 victory over the Twins in the opener of this brief [...]
BOSTON — Bothered by nagging soreness in his left elbow for the past several weeks, Red Sox shortstop Marco Scutaro had a cortisone shot before Wednesday night's game. He could return to the lineup by Friday night in Philadelphia. With Scutaro down for at least one more day, Angel Sanchez will be promoted from Triple-A [...]