team is a joke! almost hard to fathom that early start the way they are playing....
gl to everyone if they keep getting any kind of production from the automatic out in the lineup (the catcher) vtek with a hr yesterday and salty with 3 hits today and hitting well over .300 for june after hitting something like .280 last month...this offensive production is gravy
gl to everyone if they keep getting any kind of production from the automatic out in the lineup (the catcher) vtek with a hr yesterday and salty with 3 hits today and hitting well over .300 for june after hitting something like .280 last month...this offensive production is gravy
BoSox win 9th straight.
Jon Lester wins his AL leading 9th game today while allowing 2 hits over 8 innings with a walk and 8 K's during the 14-1 Red Sox romp. The Sox sweep the Blue Jays in Toronto and never trailed during the three game set. They won the series by a combined score of 35-6.
Adrian Gonzalez connected in the first for his 13th home run. The American League RBI leader with 60 already has driven in at least one run in nine consecutive games, extending his new career-high and setting a new season-best mark for the AL. Gonzalez also had an RBI ground-out. Big Papi went deep for the 17th time this season with a 3 run bomb off Kyle Drabek in the fifth to put the game on ice at 8-1.
Showdown in Tampa begins Tuesday...3 game set..
wil..
Jon Lester wins his AL leading 9th game today while allowing 2 hits over 8 innings with a walk and 8 K's during the 14-1 Red Sox romp. The Sox sweep the Blue Jays in Toronto and never trailed during the three game set. They won the series by a combined score of 35-6.
Adrian Gonzalez connected in the first for his 13th home run. The American League RBI leader with 60 already has driven in at least one run in nine consecutive games, extending his new career-high and setting a new season-best mark for the AL. Gonzalez also had an RBI ground-out. Big Papi went deep for the 17th time this season with a 3 run bomb off Kyle Drabek in the fifth to put the game on ice at 8-1.
Showdown in Tampa begins Tuesday...3 game set..
wil..
http://www.detnews.com/article/2011...rts0104/Red-Sox-conclude-their-best-July-ever
8/1/2011
Red Sox conclude their best July ever
Associated Press
Chicago — The Boston Red Sox are aware of how little wiggle room there is in the competitive AL East, especially as they try to stay ahead of the Yankees for first place
"We've been playing good ball. We just have to keep it rolling. We don't have that big of a lead in the division, so we have to play good baseball," Dustin Pedroia said Sunday after the Red Sox wrapped up one of the best months of July in team history by beating the Chicago White Sox 5-3.
The Red Sox (66-40) finished July 20-6, a .769 winning percentage that beats their previous franchise record for the month — .741 (20-7) set in 1993.
Pedroia, whose 25-game hitting streak was snapped in Friday night's opener won by the White Sox, had a two-run, go-ahead single in the seventh Sunday. And the Red Sox bullpen was stellar with 3 1/3 innings of one-hit relief.
"I'm excited to hit with guys on base, I was just trying to drive the ball to the outfield to get one run, so I was lucky we got two," Pedroia said after the Red Sox won 2 of 3 at U.S. Cellular Field.
Jason Varitek had a two-run homer and the relief trio of Alfredo Aceves (7-1), Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon shut the White Sox out after they'd taken a 3-2 lead in the fourth.
"Aceves comes in like he's been doing, Bard came in and got four outs on not a lot of pitches and Pap came in and sewed it up. The extra run was nice to have," Boston manager Terry Francona said.
Adrian Gonzalez provided that with a ninth-inning double.
White Sox star Paul Konerko left the game with a bruised calf after being hit with a pitch by Boston starter Andrew Miller in the bottom of the fourth inning. Konerko initially stayed in the game and took his base, but left after the inning ended. X-rays were negative.
8/1/2011
Red Sox conclude their best July ever
Associated Press
Chicago — The Boston Red Sox are aware of how little wiggle room there is in the competitive AL East, especially as they try to stay ahead of the Yankees for first place
"We've been playing good ball. We just have to keep it rolling. We don't have that big of a lead in the division, so we have to play good baseball," Dustin Pedroia said Sunday after the Red Sox wrapped up one of the best months of July in team history by beating the Chicago White Sox 5-3.
The Red Sox (66-40) finished July 20-6, a .769 winning percentage that beats their previous franchise record for the month — .741 (20-7) set in 1993.
Pedroia, whose 25-game hitting streak was snapped in Friday night's opener won by the White Sox, had a two-run, go-ahead single in the seventh Sunday. And the Red Sox bullpen was stellar with 3 1/3 innings of one-hit relief.
"I'm excited to hit with guys on base, I was just trying to drive the ball to the outfield to get one run, so I was lucky we got two," Pedroia said after the Red Sox won 2 of 3 at U.S. Cellular Field.
Jason Varitek had a two-run homer and the relief trio of Alfredo Aceves (7-1), Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon shut the White Sox out after they'd taken a 3-2 lead in the fourth.
"Aceves comes in like he's been doing, Bard came in and got four outs on not a lot of pitches and Pap came in and sewed it up. The extra run was nice to have," Boston manager Terry Francona said.
Adrian Gonzalez provided that with a ninth-inning double.
White Sox star Paul Konerko left the game with a bruised calf after being hit with a pitch by Boston starter Andrew Miller in the bottom of the fourth inning. Konerko initially stayed in the game and took his base, but left after the inning ended. X-rays were negative.
TORONTO — The Red Sox didn’t save their best for last in this long, four-game series last night.
The 7-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays was their third of the four-game set, as well as their third straight series loss overall. The Sox have dropped seven of their last 10 games and are just 2-6 this month.
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The 7-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays was their third of the four-game set, as well as their third straight series loss overall. The Sox have dropped seven of their last 10 games and are just 2-6 this month.
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