Monday, August 29, 2005
The Red Sox beat Tigers 11-3.
David Welles pitched a great game yesterday and that helped the Red Sox beat the pesky Tigers 11-3. The day before the Sox blew a 6-0 lead to the same Tigers and ended up losing 12-6 when their trusty bullpen took over. The bullpen gives up at least one run every time they are called upon to protect...
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Monday, August 22, 2005
The Red Sox beat Angels 5-1!
Red Sox Shortstop Edgar Rentereia hit a three run home run in the eighth inning off Angel starter Paul Byrd and Manny Ramirez followed with a second home run after David Ortiz first bunt hit of his career to build a 5-0 lead after Byrd had pitched seven masterful innings against the Sox. Sox rookie...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Sox win 10-7!
Jonathan Papelbon pitched a great game allowing two runs in five innings before Terry Francona lifted him so that the young pitcher could have a bad experience that might shake his confidence and the Red Sox, behind clutch meister David Ortiz ended up turning a pitcher's duel into a slugfest that...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Sox blow one to Tigers 7-6!
Curt Schilling blew a save opportunity last night to the Detroit Tigers in the ninth inning. The Sox were ahead 6-4 when the ninth inning started, but unfortunately for Schilling and the Sox that did not last until the end of the inning. Placido Polanco singled, then Dimitri Young launched a triple,...
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Sunday, August 14, 2005
The Red Sox beat the White Sox 7-4.
Tim Wakefield pitched well and the Red Sox hitters jumped on Jon Garland, the best pitcher in the league last night so the Red Sox won 7-4 to insure a series sweep against the team with the best record in all of baseball. Roberto Petigine had a home run and another rbi as the Red Sox had jumped to a...
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Saturday, August 13, 2005
The Red Sox beat the White Sox 9-8
Powered by David Ortiz's three run home run in the eighth, the Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 9-8 even thogh the White Sox made a gallant three run rally in the ninth inning. Closer Curt Schilling almost lost the game but the Red Sox hung on for the win. Their record now stands at 67-47, twenty...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
The Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 8-7.
After blowing a five run lead, the Red Sox righted themselves in extra innings to beat the Texas Rangers 8-7 in the tenth.. They won on the strength of an Edgar Rentereia single that scored Bill Mueller. Renteriea had made two errors in the game and wanted to avoid goat's horns and ended up wearing...
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Saturday, August 6, 2005
Sox get smoked by Twins 12-0!
The Boston Red Sox blew an eight game winning streak by losing to the Minnesota Twins 12-0 last night. The first inning was reminiscient of an inning last week in which the Sox scored three runs on bone headed Minnesota defense. This time the Twins scored the runs on Red Sox defensive lapses. Huge...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Sox beat Royals 6-4
The Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 after they spotted the Royals a 3-0 lead in the first. KC first baseman Matt Stairs hit a three run home run off starter Tim Wakefield who later gave up yet another home run, in the third inning to Chip Ambres, the strong hitting left fielder that...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2005
The Red Sox sweep Twins with Manny's big hit.
With Edgar Rentereia on second via a double and David Ortiz on first via a walk, Manny Ramirez came off the bench to delvier a game winning single up the middle for the Red Sox against the Twins on Sunday. This resolves the Trade Manny issue at least for the rest of the season and both Manny and Red...
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