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| Red Sox SS Lowrie out 6-to-8 weeks |
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04/21/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (Sportsbooks) - Boston Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie had successful surgery on his left wrist Tuesday morning and will miss the next 6- to-8 weeks of action. Lowrie had a procedure done that scoped the wrist and removed the ulnar styloid. "The big good news is that there's no damage to the TFCC, which is the cartilage, which is the potential problem," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "Everything that was done today puts him on track to start swinging the bat in six weeks, which is what the h |
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| Streaking BoSox open quick set vs. Twins |
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04/21/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - After a slow start the Boston Red Sox seem to have found their way. Tonight, they try to win their sixth straight game when they open a brief two-game series with the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park. Boston completed a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, as Dustin Pedroia went 4-for-6 with three RBI and three runs scored in a 12-1 blowout on Patriots Day. Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits and scored three times, while David Ortiz and Mike Lowell each drove in two runs for the R |
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| Red Sox complete sweep of Orioles in Patriots Day blowout |
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04/20/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (Sportsbooks) - Dustin Pedroia went 4-for-6 with three RBI and three runs scored as the Boston Red Sox completed a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 12-1 blowout on Patriots Day at Fenway Park. Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits and scored three times, while David Ortiz and Mike Lowell each drove in two runs for the Red Sox, who have won their last five games. Boston scored nine runs in the sixth and seventh innings combined to come away with the big win. "That's why you don't panic t |
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| Orioles' Freel leaves game |
MLB Baseball |
04/20/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (Sportsbooks) - Baltimore Orioles third baseman Ryan Freel left Monday's 12-1 loss against the Boston Red Sox after getting hit in the head with a ball. In the top of the third, Freel was on second base and Justin Masterson threw to the bag in a pick-off attempt. The ball, though, hit off the right side of Freel's head and he then smacked his face into the ground. After being attended to by trainers for several minutes while laying on the ground, Freel was eventually helped off the field and in |
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| Red Sox ready to run with Orioles in Patriots Day clash |
MLB Baseball |
04/20/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Boston Red Sox will be hoping to celebrate Patriots Day with a series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon, when the two American League East foes wrap up a four-game series from historic Fenway Park. The Red Sox seem to have started to turn things around after losing six of their first eight games to begin this season. The club has ripped off four victories in a row since, the last three of which have come at the expense of the suddenly-struggling Orioles. Boston received a t |
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| Beckett suspension reduced to five games |
MLB Baseball |
04/19/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (Sportsbooks) - Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett had his six-game suspension reduced to five contests after an appeal. The league originally handed down the penalty against Beckett earlier this week, saying the right-hander threw intentionally toward the head area of the Angels' Bobby Abreu in the first inning of last Sunday's 5-4 loss to LA. The suspension will begin Sunday, and he will start the team's game Saturday against the Yankees. In three starts this season, Beckett is 2-1 with a 3. |
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| Red Sox continue set with O's at Fenway |
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04/19/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Jon Lester hopes to put two poor starts behind him this afternoon when the Boston Red Sox continue their four-game series with the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park. Lester, a 16-game winner a year ago, has gotten off to a rough start this season, losing both of his starts, while pitching to a 9.00 earned run average. In his most recent trip to the hill on Monday in Oakland, Lester was charged with the loss, as he allowed six runs and 10 hits in six innings. He also struck out five without |
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| Lefty matchup on tap in White Sox-Rays battle |
MLB Baseball |
04/18/2009 |
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| s in 5 1/3 innings against the Sox last October, scoring a 6-2 triumph to give the Rays a two-game lead in a series they eventually won in four games. He's gotten off to a strong start against two of the AL's heavy hitters this spring, defeating the Boston Red Sox on April 8 and the New York Yankees five days later on April 13. Overall, he's allowed 11 hits and four runs in 12 2/3 innings. Kazmir started twice against Chicago during the 2008 regular season, going 1-0 with a 2.08 earned run average in 13 innin |
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| With suspension on hold, Boston's Beckett squares off with Orioles |
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04/18/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Josh Beckett tries to pitch the Boston Red Sox to a season- high third straight victory this evening when they play the second of four games against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park. After a dominating effort to start the season, Beckett was charged with the loss in Anaheim on Sunday, as he allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings. Beckett was also involved in a benches-clearing fracas early in the contest. The incident started when Angels outfielder Bobby Abreu called time. Bec |
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| Bay leads Sox in comeback win over O's |
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04/18/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (Sportsbooks) - Jason Bay hit a two-run homer and the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, as the Boston Red Sox battled back from an early seven-run deficit to upend the Baltimore Orioles, 10-8, in the opener of a four-game set amongst AL East foes. J.D. Drew hit a solo blast and scored three runs, while Nick Green went 2- for-4 with two RBI for the Red Sox, who were coming off a disappointing 2-4 road trip. "It was a big day for us," Bay said. "As an offense we have the ability to have |
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