Kevin Youkilis hit a game winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning that scored David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 1-0.  Talk about a nice pitching duel between Jon Lester and Roy Halladay.

Lester tossed eight innings and only gave up one in the no decision.  Jonathan Papelbon threw the ninth inning to pick up the win.  Papelbon gave up a hit but kept that runner from crossing the plate.

Besides Youkilis’s single in the ninth inning the Red Sox didn’t have too much offense.  Only five hits in the game for the Red Sox.  I look for them to have a better outing tomorrow against the Blue Jays.

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David Ortiz connected on a two run home run in the ninth inning but the Boston Red Sox were unable to score two more runs to send the game to extra innings as they lost to the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Thursday afternoon.

Besides Ortiz’s two RBI, Coco Crisp also had two RBI as he had RBI’s in the second and fourth innings.  Kevin Cash also had a RBI in the fourth inning when he hit a ground rule double that scored Crisp.

Manny Delcarmen took the loss for the Red Sox as he gave up two runs and one hit without recording a hit.  Javier Lopez also pitched in the seventh inning and gave up two runs before Delcarmen.  David Aardsma also gave up a run out of the bullpen.

Justin Masterson started the game for the Red Sox and pitched six innings.  Masterson only allowed two hits and one run.  It’s really too bad that the bullpen stunk it up so much after Masteron left the game.

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Jacoby Ellsbury led the Boston Red Sox past the Los Angeles Angles 8-7 on Tuesday night as he hit two home runs.  Ellsbury started the game off with a solo home run and then added another solo shot in the sixth inning.

Besides Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis also had two RBI in the game.  Dustin Pedroia went 4-5 and had one RBI.  Pedroia doubled in Ellsbury for the game winning hit and run in the eigth inning.

Josh Beckett was scratched from his scheduled start so David Pauley made the emergency start for the Red Sox.  Pauley pitched 4.1 innings and gave up seven hits and five earned runs.    Julian Tavarez, Hideki Okajima, Mike Timlin, and Jonathan Papelbon all seen action out of the bullpen.  Okajima blew the save, Timlin picked up the win, and Papelbon recorded save which was his eigth of the season.

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The Boston Red Sox won at home against the Texas Rangers with a score of 8-3 sweeping them in the four game series.  This makes Boston’s fifth game won in a row.  With David Ortiz coming out of his hitting slump and bad pitching from the Texas bullpen, it was an easy game for the Red Sox getting on base 11 times with walks.  Good win for the Red Sox on Patrios Day.

Ortiz who has been struggling to connect with the ball for the early part of the season seems to be coming out of his slump with two doubles giving him his first two of the season.  Dustin Pedroia and Julio Lugo each hit a double yesterday too.  Pedroia had two RBIs during the game and Ortiz had three RBI.  Jacoby Ellsbury and Lugo each picked up a RBI as well. 

Clay Buchholz was the opening pitcher for Boston throwing for six innings and only giving up five hits and two walks but was able to get six strikeouts bringing him to 1-1 for the year.  David Aardsma, Javier Lopez, and Manny Delcarmen were brought it to finish off the Rangers.  The bullpen did have some trouble as Aardsma gave up two runs and Delcarmen gave up one run.

Boston will take on the Los Angeles Angels tonight at home for the first game of a three game series.  This should be a very good series as the Angels are playing some good baseball just like the Red Sox.  If you have a chance, get out there and watch this series and root the Red Sox on.

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The Red Sox appear to like coming back from behind as they have in the last few games and it seems to be working as they were able to win over the Rangers in Boston 6-5 on Sunday afternoon putting them at 13-7 for the season and still leading the American League East. 

Tim Wakefeild came out for Boston to get the night going and ended up staying most of the night going eight innings for the Red Sox and giving up only one hit put picking up his second win of the season putting him at 2-0.  Jonathan Papelbon was brought in to close and got his 7th save of the year giving up no hits. 

Five Boston hitters got RBIs including David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Dustin Pedroia, Sean Casey, and Jed Lowrie. 

With Boston taking on Texas one more time tomorrow afternoon and one game away from a four game sweep, do you think they have what it takes?

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The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 7-5 on Thurday night to improve their record to 10-7 on the year.  The Red Sox were all over Mike Mussina as they knocked him out of the game after only three innings where he gave up seven hits and three earned runs.

Manny Ramirez led the Red Sox with two home runs and three RBI.  J.D. Drew wasn’t too far behind Ramirez as he had two RBI.  Dustin Pedroia and Jason Varitek both had one RBI.

 Josh Beckett pitched eight strong innings for the Red Sox to pick up the win.  Jonathan Papelbon pitched the ninth inning to pick up his save of the season even though he allowed two runs to score.

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The Boston Red Sox used a ninth inning rally to score two runs and break a 3-3 tie and defeat the Cleveland Indians by the score of 5-3.  Jason Varitek’s big solo home run in the ninth inning proved to be too much for the Indians to handle.

Veritek wasn’t the only player to have a big night for the Red Sox as Jed Lowrie went one for three and three RBI.  It was Lowrie’s first major league hit and a big one that really helped out the team.  Lowrie said he could hardly stand at first base after the hit he was so excited.  Kevin Youkilis had an RBI insurance run after the Varitek home run as well.

Tim Wakefield pitched six innings and gave up seven hits and two earned runs to get the no decision.  David Aardsma picked up the win and Hideki Okajima grabbed the save for the Red Sox.

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The Boston Red Sox scored five runs in the final three innings of Monday nights game against the Cleveland Indians and went on to beat the Indians by the score of 6-4.  Wow, what a comeback by the Red Sox!  With the come from behind win, the Red Sox record is now 8-6 on the season.

Manny Ramirez hit a two run home run in the 9th inning for the game winning hit and runs.  Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis also had two RBI’s to go along with Ramirez’s two RBI.

Mike Timlin pitched the 8th inning to record the win.  Jonathan Papelbon picked up his fifth save of the season after closing down the Indians in the 9th inning.

Starting pitcher Jon Lester got rocked in his 4.1 innings.  He allowed five hits and four earned runs.  Lester was wild the entire game as he also walked five batters.  Julian Taverez pitched 2.2 scoreless innings as he came in after Lester.

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The Boston Red Sox had 13 hits on the night, and they scored 12 runs, now that is what I call production at the plate!  Up and down the lineup, Red Sox batters piled on the RBI’s and the Red Sox went on for the 12-6 victory.

Sean Casey went 2-5 with a game high three RBI.  Manny Ramirez, Kevin Youkilis, J.D. Drew, and Coco Crisp all had two RBI each.  Kevin Cash didn’t want to be left out and had one RBI.

Tim Wakefield pitched five innings to pick up the win.  He only allowed one earned run on the night.  One other run did score but that was helped out by a Red Sox error.

One player that did have some problems pitching was Julian Tavarez who pitched .2 innings and gave up three earned runs.

The Red Sox record is now 5-5 after the victory over the Tigers.

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The Boston Red Sox got blown out by the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night by the score of 7-2.  It was the first win for the Tigers and the fifth loss of the season for the Red Sox.  The Red Sox are now a game under .500 as their record is 4-5.

Losing pitcher Jon Lester allowed four earned runs in only 5.1 innings.  He was pretty wild as he also had  four walks and give hits allowed.  Bryan Corey allowed two more earned runs as he pitched terrible.

Jacoby Ellsbury and Julio Lugo were the only Red Sox players that were able to knock in any runs.

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