Boston Red Sox Baseball Blog » Mike Lowell http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com a blog about Boston Red Sox Baseball Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Red Sox sweep the Mariners with 6-3 victory in 13 innings http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-sweep-the-mariners-with-6-3-victory-in-13-innings/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-sweep-the-mariners-with-6-3-victory-in-13-innings/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:00:59 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/?p=67 The Boston Red Sox had to play extra innings on Wednesdsay but they were able to come away with the 6-3 victory in 13 innings and complete a three game sweep of the Seattle Mariners.  Mike Lowell had a two run single and Sean Casey added a rbi single in the 13th inning to provide the winning runs for the Red Sox.  It was awesome to see the Red Sox come back and win this game!

Lowell finished the game with two rbi while Casey, Coco Crisp, and Kevin Youklilis all had one rbi each.  There wasn’t a whole lot of offense for the Sox today but they did enougn to pull out the victory.

Jonathan Papelbon ended up getting the win and is now 4-3 on the season.  Craig Hansen pitched the bottom of the 13th inning to record his second save of the season.  Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz pitched 5 1/3 innings to get the no decision.  He allowed seven hits and three runs in the game.

The Yankees will now be coming into Boston for big series.  Hopefully the Red Sox swing the bats better then they did on Wednesday or else they will find themselves losing to the Yankees.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-sweep-the-mariners-with-6-3-victory-in-13-innings/feed/ 0 Dice-K throws into the eighth as Red Sox beat Mariners 4-2 http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/dice-k-throws-into-the-eighth-as-red-sox-beat-mariners-4-2/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/dice-k-throws-into-the-eighth-as-red-sox-beat-mariners-4-2/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:20:00 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/?p=66 Daisuke Matsuzaka picked up his 11th win of the season and improved to 11-1 as he 7 1/3 innings and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-2.  It was another good win for the Red Sox out in Seattle as they have now taken the first two games of the three game series and will be looking for the sweep on Wednesday.

It was a quality start for Dice-K as he gave up five hits and two runs.  He did walk three batters but struckout six others.  His era now sits 2.63 after the game.

Hideki Okajima recorded the final two outs in the 8th inning after Dice-K left the game.  Jonathan Papelbon recorded his 30th save of the season as he shut the door on the Mariners in the 9th inning.  Great job by Okajima and Papelbon.

J.D. Drew went 2-3 with a solo home run and a rbi sac fly to lead the team with two rbi.  Drew has been on fire as of late and is really swinging the bat very good.  Mike Lowell hit a rbi double while Jed Lowrie added a rbi sac fly.  Both Lowell’s and Lowrie’s rbi’s came in the 5th inning.

I like the Red Sox chances Wednesday afternoon to pick up another win and sweep the Mariners.  What do you think about the game?

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/dice-k-throws-into-the-eighth-as-red-sox-beat-mariners-4-2/feed/ 0 Red Sox have no problems beating the Twins on Wednesday http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-have-no-problems-beating-the-twins-on-wednesday/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-have-no-problems-beating-the-twins-on-wednesday/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:11:44 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/?p=64 The Boston Red Sox had no problems beating the visting Minnesota Twins on Wednesday as they defeated them by the score of 18-5.  The Red Sox used a seven run 7th inning to really blow the game wide open and finish off the the three game game sweep of Twins.

Dustin Pedroia extended his hitting streak once again as he had three rbi in the game to go along with three rbi from Manny Ramirez.  Kevin Youkilis however led the team with four rbi has had a two run home run in the 9th inning to go along with a rbi double and rbi sac fly.  Mike Lowell, and Sean Casey all had two rbi as well.  Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Kevin Cash, and Julio Lugo all had one rbi to help out.  Everybody except Brandon Moss and Jeff Bailey had a rbi in the game.

Josh Beckett earned the win even though he didn’t throw the ball that well.  Beckett only pitched five innings as he gave up eight hits and five runs.  Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel both took Beckett deep to account for three of the five runs that he gave up.  However, Beckett was still able to improve his record to 9-5.

Javier Lopez, Craig Hansen, Manny Delcarmen, and Mike Timlin all pitched great out of the bullpen as the held the Twins to the five runs that Beckett had allowed.  Great job today out of the bullpen!

The Red Sox are now off on Thursday and will pick things back up Friday against the Baltimore Orioles.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-have-no-problems-beating-the-twins-on-wednesday/feed/ 0 Red Sox lose again to the Rays this time by the score of 3-1 http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-lose-again-to-the-rays-this-time-by-the-score-of-3-1/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-lose-again-to-the-rays-this-time-by-the-score-of-3-1/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:06:55 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/?p=61 Once again the Boston Red Sox struggled against the Tampa Bay Rays as they two teams battle it our for first place in the division.  On Tuesday night, the Red Sox were unable to come up with a big hit late in the game when they had chances to score and ended up losing by the score of 3-1.

The Red Sox had a great chance to score some runs in the eighth inning when they had the bases loaded but Mike Lowell grounded out to shortstop and the Sox were unable to score a run.

J.D. Drew had the only rbi for the Red Sox and that came in the fourth inning when he hit a rbi sac fly that scored Jacoby Ellsbury.  Other then that, the Red Sox only had six hits in the game and were unable to score any more runs.  Terrible outing for the offense when the team really needed them to step up.

Tim Wakefield pitched a good game as he threw seven innings and only gave up five hits and two runs.  One of those two runs were earned.  Wakefield walked three and struck out four batters in the game as well.  It was too bad that Wakefield took the loss and fell to 5-6 on the season.  Craig Hansen started the eighth inning for the Sox and was pulled after two runners reached base.  Manny Delcarmen then came in and gave up a rbi single.  The run was charged to Hansen.

So now the Red Sox find them selves down 0-2 in the series to the Rays and 2.5 games out of first place in the division.  I don’t want to say that Wednesday’s game is a must win, but it is pretty high up there if you ask me.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-lose-again-to-the-rays-this-time-by-the-score-of-3-1/feed/ 0 Red Sox suffer a 5-4 lose to the Rays http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-suffer-a-5-4-lose-to-the-rays/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-suffer-a-5-4-lose-to-the-rays/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:34:59 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-suffer-a-5-4-lose-to-the-rays/ The Boston Red Sox suffered a dissapointing loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night by the score of 5-4.  The three game series against the Rays is going to be a very big one as far as the standings go.  With the loss on Monday night, the Rays are now up 1.5 games on the Red Sox in the division.

Red Sox starting pitcher Justin Masterson lasted six inning as he gave up five hits and four runs.  Five walks and two home runs really hurt Masterson as he took the loss in the game to fall to 4-2 on the season.  B.J. Upton and Gabe Gross both took Masterson deep in the game.

Chris Smith gave up three walks and one run in only 1/3 of an inning.  Javier Lopez was then called in to pitch the final 1 2/3 innings of the game.  Lopez did a good job by holding the Rays at five runs.

Mike Lowell had a rbi single in the fourth inning and then J.D. Drew hit a solo home run in the sixth inning.  Drew is swinging a very hot bat this month, and could very well be the player of the month the way he swung the bat in June.  The Sox just ran into James Shields who was wheeling and dealing on the mound.

The Sox did make it interesting in the ninth inning as they scored two runs off of Troy Percival and had the tying run on third base when Julio Lugo came to bat against J.P. Howell. However Lugo  Brandon Moss and Jason Varitek both had rbi’s for the Red Sox in the ninth inning as they came up big. 

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-suffer-a-5-4-lose-to-the-rays/feed/ 0 Red Sox score four in the eighth and beat the Diamondbacks 5-4 http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-score-four-in-the-eighth-and-beat-the-diamondbacks-5-4/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-score-four-in-the-eighth-and-beat-the-diamondbacks-5-4/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:31:46 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-score-four-in-the-eighth-and-beat-the-diamondbacks-5-4/ The Boston Red Sox were able to score four runs in the eighth inning as they came back and defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks by the score of 5-4.  Dustin Pedroia had a huge game as he had two rbi in the game including a solo home run.  Mike Lowell had a two run double and Jason Varitek had a rbi single to finish the scoring in the eighth inning.

Besides that four run eighth inning, the only run the Red Sox had was the Pedroia solo home run in the first inning.  The bats were asleep all game until the eighth inning which wasn’t very good.  Luckily they were able to wake up however and atleast score enough runs to get the win.

Justin Masterson pitched the first six innings of the game as he got a no decision.  Masterson allowed seven hits and four runs in the game.  The big hit that hurt Masterson was a three run home run by Chad Tracy in the third inning.  Other then that one pitch he pitched pretty good.

Chris Smith ended up picking up this win as he pitched the seventh and eighth innings without allowing a run to score.  Smith is now 1-0 on the season.  Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 22nd save of the season in the game.

Good come from behind win for the Red Sox.  Tomorrow I expect the bats to get going before the eighth inning however.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-score-four-in-the-eighth-and-beat-the-diamondbacks-5-4/feed/ 0 J.D. Drew has four hits as Red Sox beat the Phillies 7-4 http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/jd-drew-has-four-hits-as-red-sox-beat-the-phillies-7-4/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/jd-drew-has-four-hits-as-red-sox-beat-the-phillies-7-4/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:40:29 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/jd-drew-has-four-hits-as-red-sox-beat-the-phillies-7-4/ J.D. Drew who was booed everytime he came to bad led the Boston Red Sox past the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 7-4.  Drew went 4-5 and fell only a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.  Drew also had four rbi in the game to lead the Red Sox in that category.

Drew and Mike Lowell went back to back when they both hit home runs in the first inning and the Red Sox never looked back from there.  Brandon Moss contributed with two rbi’s in the game as well.  Moss had a two run single in the third inning.

Justin Masterson pitched five innings and allowed four hits and two runs while picking up the win.  Masterson walked two batters, struckout one, while improving his record to 4-1.  It was a quality outing for Masterson and that is all you can ask out of him at this point.

Javier Lopez pitched a scoreless inning before Craig Hansen came in during the seventh inning and gave up two hits and two runs withour recording an out.  Manny Delcarmen ended up pitching the seventh and eighth innings before Jonathan Papelbon came in for the ninth inning.  Papelbon had no problems picking up his 21st save of the season.

With the win, the Red Sox took two out of three games from the Phillies so it was a really good series overall.  Now the Red Sox will be off on Thursday before starting a series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/jd-drew-has-four-hits-as-red-sox-beat-the-phillies-7-4/feed/ 0 Red Sox hammer the Orioles 9-2 to finish up the series http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-hammer-the-orioles-9-2-to-finish-up-the-series/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-hammer-the-orioles-9-2-to-finish-up-the-series/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:47:30 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-hammer-the-orioles-9-2-to-finish-up-the-series/ The Boston Red Sox hammered the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night by the score of 9-2 and take two out of three games in the series.  It was nice to see the Red Sox come out and not only pitch good but hit good as well.

J.D. Drew stayed hot as he he was one of three Red Sox batters to hit home runs in the game.  Drew went deep for a two run hot in the ninth inning to score the final two runs for the Red Sox.  Kevin Youkilis also had a two run home run that came in the seventh inning when the Red Sox blew the game open.  However, the big home run of the night came off the bat of Mike Lowell who hit a grand slam in the fifth inning.  Lowell’s grand slam made the score 5-1 and the Red Sox lead the rest of the way.

I should also mention that Julio Lugo contributed with one rbi as well.

Jon Lester earned the victory to improve to 5-3.  Lester allowed seven hits and two runs as he pitched a very good game.  Lester has really looked good out there on the mound and on Thursday night there was no question he was going to get the win in the game.

Manny Delcarmen pitched a scoreless eighth inning and then Mike Timlin came in to pitch the ninth inning and finish off the game.  Good job by Delcarmen and Timlin to come in and get the job done even though they had a big lead to work with.

The Red Sox will now travel to Cincinnati where they will take the Reds on this weekend. I would expect atleast two out of three wins against the Reds.  What do you think?

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-hammer-the-orioles-9-2-to-finish-up-the-series/feed/ 0 Big first innings propels Red Sox to 6-3 victory over the Orioles http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-first-innings-propels-red-sox-to-6-3-victory-over-the-orioles/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-first-innings-propels-red-sox-to-6-3-victory-over-the-orioles/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:55:10 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-first-innings-propels-red-sox-to-6-3-victory-over-the-orioles/ The Boston Red Sox scored five runs in the first inning and then went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 6-1 on Wednesday night.  With the win the three game series now tied 1-1 and the rubber match will be Thursday evening.

Bartolo Colon improved to 4-1 on the season as the threw six innings to pick up the win.  Colon allowed five hits on only one run in his six innings of action.  Very good outing by Colon everyone at the Red Sox Blog thinks!

David Aardsma pitched a scoreless seventh inning and then turned things over to Javier Lopez who threw a scoreless eighth inning.  Mike Timlin came in to pitch the ninth inning and had some trouble as he gave up a rbi double to Kevin Millar and then another run scored on an error by Dustin Pedroia.  The Red Sox finally brough in Jonathan Papelbon to record the final out and pick up the save which was his of the season.

Jason Varitek hit a three run home run in the first inning to have the big hit for the Red Sox on the night.  The home run gave the Red Sox a 5-0 lead after the first inning and after that it was all Red Sox.  Mike Lowell also added on a solo home run for the Sox.  J.D. Drew didn’t want to be left out as he had a rbi single and also scored on a wild pitch in the first inning.

I really like the Red Sox’s chances on Thursday evening as they take on the Orioles once again.  What do you think Red Sox fans?  Do they take the series over the Orioles 2-1?

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-first-innings-propels-red-sox-to-6-3-victory-over-the-orioles/feed/ 0 Red Sox give up four runs in the eighth and lose 6-3 to the Orioles http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-give-up-four-runs-in-the-eighth-and-lose-6-3-to-the-orioles/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-give-up-four-runs-in-the-eighth-and-lose-6-3-to-the-orioles/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:02:04 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-give-up-four-runs-in-the-eighth-and-lose-6-3-to-the-orioles/ The Boston Red Sox battled back after getting down 2-0 to the Baltimore Orioles and had a 3-2 lead heading in to the eighth inning but then the wheels fell off and the Red Sox ended up losing the game 6-3.  Tough way to lose a game especially to the Orioles.

Hideki Okajima gave up all four runs in the eighth inning as he gave up a scan fly and then a bases loaded double to Adam Jones of the Orioles.  Starting pitcher Tim Wakefield pitched pretty good as he tossed seven innings and only gave up five hits and two runs.

At the plate for the Red Sox, they got single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings.  Manny Ramirez got things started in the sixth inning with his 12th home run of the season.  Kevin Cash had a rbi double in the seventh and then Mike Lowell had a rbi single in the eighth inning.  That was all the offense the Red Sox could get going in the game.

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