The Boston Red Sox hopes to get back to the winning track when they play host the dangerous Chicago Cubs on Sunday evening in the ongoing Major League Baseball season.The home-team Boston Red Sox (24-21) is picked as favorite to roll past the Chicago Cubs (20-24) in this game due to their superior MLB record. Read more
The New York Yankees hopes to end its three-game losing streak when they play host to the visiting Boston Red Sox on Saturday evening in the current Major League Baseball season.Sporting a 20-16 record, the New York Yankees is picked as favorite to roll past the Boston Red Sox (18-20) despite their losing woes due to their superior record in the ongoing MLB season. Read more
The Boston Red Sox hopes for a morale boosting victory when they play host to the New York Yankees on Sunday evening in the current Major League Baseball season.The home-team Boston Red Sox (1-7) is considered the underdog in this game due to the better record of the New York Yankees (5-3) in the young MLB season. Read more
The Boston Red Sox host the Cleveland Indians in the final game of a four-game series tonight ahead of a big weekend series with the Yankees.
Trailing the Yankees and Rays by 6.5 games, the Boston Red Sox (61-47, 33-23 home) are in need of some wins in the ferocious AL East. Starting with the Yankees, the Red Sox play the next three series on the road, so a win tonight is important with some challenges ahead.
The Cleveland Indians (46-62, 23-35 away) have already guaranteed themselves the series split with a 9-1 win over last night to take two out of the first three games. The win was also the fourth in five games for the tribe.
Andy Marte had a three-run homer while Jayson Nix had a a tow- run bomb. David Ortiz had the lone reply for the Red Sox with a solo-shot.
Getting the start for the Red Sox will be Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-3, 4.22 ERA). The righty has dominated the Indians recently going 3-0 in three starts with a 0.86 ERA.
The Indians counter with Josh Tomlin (1-0, 1.46 ERA). Tomlin’s debut, and first win, at the majors came on July 27 against the Yankees. The right-hander is coming off of a 5 1/3 innings performance against Toronto where he gave up one run on four hits in a 2-1 victory.
The Boston Red Sox visit the Cleveland Indians in the second of a four-game series after taking the first game 4-1. Tonight’s game starts at 7 PM ET.
The Boston Red Sox (34-25, 16-11 away) season looked to be headed for disaster after having high hopes for another playoff appearance in the pre-season. After winning seven of their last nine games, they are back in the race for the AL East trailing the Rays by 4 and the Yankees by 2 for the wildcard.
Victor Martinez made his first return to Cleveland yesterday after nearly seven season with the Indians. Martinez went 2-for-4 with an RBI and received a standing ovation from the Cleveland faithful.
The Cleveland Indians (21-35, 8-15 home) are coming off of their first series win since mid-May after taking two of three from the Chicago White Sox.
Starting for the Indians is David Huff (2-6, 6.08 ERA). The left-hander will try to keep the major-leagues most prolific run-producing offense. He hasn’t played well this season and is coming off of a stinker against Detroit that saw him give up five earned runs in just three innings of work. Huff has never faced the Red Sox.
Boston counters with another struggling pitcher in Tim Wakefield (1-4, 6.02 ERA). The 43-year-old will be looking to get back on track after going 0-2 in his last two starts with a painful 13.97 ERA. He played well in two starts against Cleveland last season going 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA.
The Los Angeles Angels invade Fenway Park to play the Boston Red Sox for game 2 of a four-game series.
The Boston Red Sox (12-15, 6-8 home) finally found their offense last night against the Angels torching them for 17 runs and giving hope to Red Sox backers that their early season slump is now a memory.
The offensive outburst ended a three-game skid and came as a bit of a surprise for a Boston team that was expected to get runs, but so far hasn’t delivered. Last night’s run production represented a full 13 percent of their total runs this season.
Off-season acquisitions Bill Hall and Adrian Beltre both had their first home runs of the season, but Dustin Pedroia was the big producer of the day with a three-run homer to put the exclamation mark on a sixth inning that saw the Yankees produce seven runs.
Starting for the Red Sox will be left-hander Jon Lester (1-2, 4.71 ERA). Lester struggled early in the season, but he seems to be back in the groove with 12 2/3 scoreless innings and 18 strikeouts total in his two latest starts. His latest was a seven inning gem in which he surrendered just a hit and had 11 strikeouts. Lester struggled last season versus the Angels going 1-1 in four starts with a 7.78 ERA.
The Red Sox are a disappointing 6.5 games back in the ultra-competitive AL East race and will need to build on last night’s offense if they are to reel in the Yankees and Rays and make it a three team race for the division and wild card.
The Los Angeles Angels (12-15, 4-6 away) of Anaheim are on a five-game losing streak but are still only 2.5-games back in the AL West race. No team in the AL West has really asserted itself and taken over the division as they all sit within 2.5 games. The Texas Rangers currently lead the mediocre pack with a 14-12 record.
The Angels problem all season has been their pitching and last night’s 17 runs contributed to a league-worst 138 earned runs by the Angels pitching staff.
Right hander Ervin Santana (1-2, 4.59 ERA) gets the start tonight. Santana gave up for home runs in his first two starts of the season, but he has improved significantly in his last three starts lasting at least six innings in each while recording a 3.32 ERA. His has a 0-2 career record in four starts at Boston’s Fenway park and a 6.33 ERA.
