Boston Red Sox

The lack of offense from David Ortiz to start the season has returned to haunt him in the playoffs. His Boston Red Sox teammates are looking just as punchless. And it's proving costly, with Boston facing elimination after losing 4-1 to the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. The club that has owned the Angels in the playoffs most of this decade heads east trailing 0-2 in the best-of-5 AL series. Game 3 is Sunday at Fenway Park. Ortiz went 0 for 4 Friday, extending his hitless streak to 0 for 8 in these playoffs. With Boston clinging to a 1-0 lead, he stranded ... Read Full Story

Josh Beckett and Jered Weaver both pitched shutout ball during the first three innings Friday night in Game 2 of the AL playoff series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels. After scrawling the initials of late teammate Nick Adenhart with his finger on the back of the mound — a routine he has followed since the car crash that killed his friend back in April — Weaver retired his first nine batters and struck out two. Beckett received a little defensive help from second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who made a diving stop of Bobby Abreu's first-inning grounder in the hole and ... Read Full Story

Mike Jacobs hit a three-run homer and Alberto Callaspo's two-run double keyed Kansas City's biggest inning in almost a year, rallying the Royals past the Boston Red Sox 12-9 on Monday night. After falling behind 6-0 in the third and 8-2 in the fifth, the Royals seized an 11-9 lead with six runs in the sixth, the most they've scored in one inning since Sept. 24, 2008. Billy Butler had an RBI double off Manny Delcarmen and then Callaspo hit a two-run double. Yuniesky Betancourt finished it off with a two-run single off Daniel Bard (2-2). Butler had another RBI double in the seventh, ... Read Full Story

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The addition of Victor Martinez to the Boston Red Sox lineup has proven to be mutually beneficial to the team and its grateful newcomer. Martinez had a career-high tying five hits and four RBIs, Josh Reddick and Rocco Baldelli homered, and the Red Sox reached season highs in runs and hits Sunday in a 18-10 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Eight different players had multiple hits for the Red Sox, although no one was as productive as Martinez. Obtained from Cleveland on Friday before the non-waiver trade deadline, Martinez singled in a run in the second inning, got two hits in a seven-run fourth, ... Read Full Story

Since Theo Epstein was hired as general manager after the 2002 season, the Boston Red Sox have won two World Series titles, lost in Game Seven of the ALCS twice and reached the ALDS two times. Not a bad track record for a seven-year tenure, six of those with manager Terry Francona. I bring up Epstein's resume as GM of the Red Sox for one reason. With help from an ownership group led by John Henry, who is willing to spend money; and guidance from an on-field staff headed by Francona, Brad Mills and John Farrell; Epstein has earned the trust of Red Sox ... Read Full Story

Red Sox announcer Jerry Remy is suffering from depression, and the popular broadcaster said Wednesday the condition is delaying his return to the booth. The Boston color commentator took an indefinite leave of absence in May after cancer surgery but hopes to be back on the air soon. "It all started to crash down on me. I have been fighting depression the past couple of months," he said before Boston played Detroit. "We all decided that a leave of absence was the best thing to do." "Physically I'm back, but mentally they've been trying to get the right combination of meds," he said. "I ... Read Full Story