Tim Wakefield tossed eight inning against the Detroit Tigers and only allowed two hits and then Mike Timlin pitched the ninth inning and allowed one hit.  game.  The Red Sox went onto beat the Tigers 5-0 in the game as well.

Awesome performance by Wakefield who improved to 3-1 on the season.  A great performance that saved the bullpen some innings and that is always good early in the season.

Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz both hit their seventh home runs of the season in the game.  Both home runs came in the seventh inning as well.  J.D. Drew, Kevin Cash, and Coco Crisp all had one RBI each for the Red Sox.

The Red Sox have now won five straight games and their record stands at 22-13.

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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 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 just don’t have an answer to the Toronto Blue Jays.  On Saturday, the Blue Jays beat the Red Sox 10-2 and the Blue Jays have no won six straight games against the Red Sox.

Every pitcher for the Red Sox gave up atleast one earned run besides Julian Tavarez.  Starting pitcher Taylor Buchholz have up three earned runs in five innings, Kyle Snyder allowed two earned runs in a third of an inning, and Bryan Corey allowed four earned runs in a third of an inning.  It was definately a big letdown by the pitching staff today.

Manny Ramirez and Sean Casey each had an RBI at the plate, but wasn’t even close to being enough.

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The Boston Red Sox fell behind early in the ballgame against the Oakland Athletics and were not able to provide much offense the entire game as they lost 5-1 to split the two game series over in Japan.

Starting pitcher Jon Lester wasn’t his normal self on the mound as he only lasted four innings while giving up four earned runs on five hits.  Lester also had four strikeouts, and walked three batters while giving up one homerun.  The homerun came off the bat of Emil Brown, which extended the A’s lead from one to four in the third inning.

The only offense the Red Sox were able to muster up was a solo homerun by Manny Ramirez in the sixth inning.  Other then that, the Red Sox bats were pretty silent and were unable to push across any other runs.

The Red Sox will come back to the US and play three exhibition games against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Boston Red Sox got the season off to the right start as they beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 in 10 innings as the two teams opened up the season in Japan.

Dice-K was shaky in the no decision and will need to do better throughout the season to really help out the ball team.  I’m sure he was pretty nervous pitching back in Japan, so lets see how he pitches in his next game.

Manny Ramirez led the Red Sox at the plate as he had two doubles that both plated two runners.  One being in the 6th inning, and the other coming in the 10th inning that proved to be the game winner for the Red Sox.

Jonathan Papelbon picked up his first save of the season, although it didn’t come easy either as the A’s battled back in the 10th inning but still fell one run short.

The two teams will battle it out once again before heading back to the United States.