After an early flurry of runs, the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox struggled to generate any offense until Kevin Kouzmanoff finally came through. Kouzmanoff's two-out RBI single capped a wild 10th inning and the Oakland Athletics rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night. The 10th inning featured a slick double play by Oakland, three Boston pitchers in the bottom half and a…

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The floor of the Red Sox clubhouse was filled with black equipment bags as players packed for their 10-day West Coast trip. Amid the clutter, the stuff that revealed the team's current condition was still hard to miss. The protective boot on Dustin Pedroia's broken left foot. The splint on Victor Martinez's fractured left thumb.

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After watching Daisuke Matsuzaka struggle so much in the first inning this season, Boston manager Terry Francona was quite pleased with how his starter looked right from the start against Oakland. Matsuzaka pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and Adrian Beltre homered to help the Red Sox snap the Athletics five-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory Monday night.

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Texas starter C.J. Wilson threw the ball a lot better than Boston's fielders. The left-hander struck out a career-high 10 and the Rangers capitalized on the Red Sox throwing problems for a 4-2 win Sunday. "We didn't finish a couple of plays, and the way Wilson was pitching, that ended up being too much," Boston manager Terry Francona said.

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Kevin Youkilis spoiled Cliff Lee's bid for his second straight complete game. Then he ruined the Texas Rangers' chance for their third consecutive win over the Boston Red Sox. Youkilis doubled in the tying run in the ninth inning then drove in the winner with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the 11th and the Red Sox rallied for a 3-2 win Saturday night.

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Josh Beckett has allowed three runs in his second rehab start in preparation for his return to the Boston Red Sox. Beckett left after giving up a single and a walk to the first two batters in the fifth inning on Saturday night. The right-hander threw 81 pitches and allowed five hits with three strikeouts and a walk.

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BOSTON – Bengie Molina of the Texas Rangers hit for the cycle against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.

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When slow-footed Bengie Molina went to the plate needing a triple to hit for the cycle in cozy Fenway Park, his manager had a question for Michael Young. "Where do you think he has to hit it for a triple?" Ron Washington asked his third baseman. "He said, `Nowhere in this ballpark."' Ian Kinsler, the last Texas Ranger to hit for the cycle, was equally pessimistic.

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Boston Red Sox infielder Mike Lowell came thisclose to becoming a member of the Texas Rangers last offseason,…

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