Red Sox players have had a lot of tension building up in them over the past week or so, with losing streaks, scoring droughts, steroid scandals and a revolving door of players creating a perfect storm of upheaval and anxiety for the frazzled ballclub. Tuesday night at Fenway, that bubbling cauldron of emotional turmoil boiled over, and [...]
D-Train derails as Sox sweep Tigers
Remember a few years ago, when Dontrelle Willis of the Florida Marlins was the talk of baseball, with his sideways cap, high leg kick, smiling swagger and mesmerizing stuff? He won 14 games in his rookie year of 2003, then wowed the baseball world with a 22-10 campaign two years later that was good enough [...]
Sloppy finish nearly ruins Beckett’s great start
For the second time this week, Boston combined a great effort by a starter with an offensive outburst from its revamped lineup. But unlike Sunday’s contest in Toronto, when Jon Lester struck out 12 Jays and Boston bashed four homers in an easy 8-2 win, tonight Josh Beckett’s near-no hitter and a 10-run explosion were [...]
Despite rocky start and finish, Sox win in Detroit
Take away the first inning and the ninth inning of tonight’s series-opening game against the Tigers, and the Red Sox pretty much dominated Detroit. But those bookend innings made this game seem a lot closer than the final 5-1 score would indicate. Daisuke Matsuzaka earned his first win of the season by pitching his usual five [...]
