Boston Red Sox Events

Clay Buchholz acknowledged that around this time last year, as trade rumors swirled and each day he seemed destined for a new team, the talk crept into his mind. But Buchholz stayed in...

Josh Beckett slammed a batting helmet down as bench coach DeMarlo Hale reached for him, holding him back. Beckett was heated. And he wasn’t alone. Jensen Lewis had just thrown a pitch ...

BOSTON—Justin Masterson doesn't hold a grudge against the Red Sox for shipping him to Cleveland at the trading deadline last year. Instead, he holds on to the things he learned during ...

Since the start of the season, Mike Lowell said he just wanted a chance to play every day. Now, his opportunity has come. Lowell started at first base last night for the second time in...

NEW YORK — As darkness fell in the Bronx, there appeared to be resolution among the players in the dark blue jerseys last night. They knew they had to come back from each blow dealt by th...

NEW YORK — The planets were aligned. The Rays had already lost their fourth straight game and the Red Sox were riding high after a nifty Friday night victory. Alex Rodriguez was bounced f...

NEW YORK — Another Yankee was scratched from the lineup before a game against the Red Sox, and this time Joe Buck had nothing to do with it. A day after Alex Rodriguez was struck by a ...

NEW YORK — The finale was better than the first three games. It was an epic August matinee on a sultry Monday afternoon in the new/old ballpark on 161st Street. The Red Sox and Yankees st...

TORONTO — It was only a few weeks ago that Mike Lowell, Jed Lowrie, and Jacoby Ellsbury appeared to have taken up permanent residence on the disabled list. Lowell had been felled by a ...

TORONTO — Two unruly Red Sox fans were ordered to leave Rogers Centre in the bottom of the eighth inning last night. Escorted by security guards, they marched up the aisle behind the firs...

TORONTO — The Red Sox gave John Lackey the kind of contract — five years and $82.5 million — befitting the ace of a pitching staff. But they did not ask him to take that role. With Jos...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Despite all the home runs and all the pitching changes, it seemed like it would never be enough. No matter that the Red Sox tied a season high with five home runs again...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Back in July, when he was promoted from Triple A Pawtucket to make a spot start, Felix Doubront was asked about the idea of pitching in relief for the Red Sox later in ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The decision was a bit of a flip-flop. Before the game, when asked about not using Manny Delcarmen Saturday, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he didn’t want the reli...

As John Lackey spoke to reporters in the interview room above the Red Sox clubhouse last night, a team logo affixed to the wall behind him fell off and clattered to the floor. Given hi...

BOSTON—Torii Hunter couldn't sleep at night, not with his Los Angeles Angels mired in another losing streak. Their 0-9 record against the Red Sox this season wasn't helping, either. So...

As disappointed as he was about being placed on the disabled list for the second time this season, Dustin Pedroia tried his best to encourage his Red Sox teammates, who now must forge ahe...

The chances of Carlos Delgado being able to help the Red Sox are starting to fade. The 38-year-old first baseman, who was signed to a minor league contract Aug. 7, was placed on the di...

In a season defined by the injuries that seem to occur on a weekly basis, it is no minor accomplishment that Marco Scutaro has played in all but four games for the Red Sox. Scutaro has...

BOSTON—Felix Hernandez kept the Boston Red Sox from making a big jump in the playoff race. Seattle's ace became the third youngest pitcher since 1952 to reach 1,000 strikeouts, pitched...

Not long after the gates opened last night and the hardy souls filed into Fenway Park for the second game of the doubleheader, word came that there had been a pitching change. Instead of ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The person inside the doorway of the Red Sox clubhouse was a little short to be a major leaguer. He stood there, fist pounding the Sox as they walked in from the fi...

Bucky Dent will forever reign supreme as the most unlikely villains in Red Sox history, his home run in the 1978 one-game playoff for the Yankees was that significant. But Dan Johnson ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Carlos Pena and Carl Crawford homered to back James Shields and help Tampa Bay retain a share of first place in the AL East with a 5-3 victory over Boston on Sunday n...

BALTIMORE—As the AL East race heads into September, the Baltimore Orioles aren't playing like a last-place team anymore and the Boston Red Sox no longer have the look of a contender. R...

BALTIMORE — By the time the baseball dropped into the seats, just beyond the grasp of Felix Pie, it seemed the atmosphere in the ballpark had changed. There were cheers, all over the park...

BALTIMORE — There are still some things to look forward to in this Red Sox season, and one of them is this weekend series, when the White Sox bring their brand new player — Manny Ramirez ...

There’s a scene in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’’ in which the bank-robbing title characters sit on a saloon balcony, kicking around possible career changes after a life of crime. ...

There’s a scene in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’’ in which the bank-robbing title characters sit on a saloon balcony, kicking around possible career changes after a life of crime. ...

The Red Sox are a desperate team and manager Terry Francona is willing to do most anything to make the final weeks of the season relevant. The alternative is running a glorified tryout...

The wooden temporary lockers have multiplied in the clubhouse, bringing with them fresh rookies to fill an already over-filled room. Usually, that signals the drive for the postseason in ...

There were cheers, and then there were boos. The cheers came as manager Terry Francona bounded from the dugout to remove starter Daisuke Matsuzaka. The boos were for Matsuzaka, who frustr...

BOSTON—To Tim Wakefield, winning never becomes old. So on a night when the 44-year-old knuckleballer became the oldest pitcher to win for the Red Sox, he was already looking ahead. ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — The American League West has been home for John Lackey, the place where he looks most comfortable on a mound. These are the batters he knows, the stadiums in which he’s ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Athletics announced a crowd of 19,139 for Friday night’s game against the Red Sox. They owe a debt of gratitude to the organizational skills of Diane Goettlicher. ...

SEATTLE (AP) Jon Lester has secured his place in the Boston Red Sox's record book. His preference, however, is a place in the postseason. Lester (17-8) held Seattle to just three hits ...

SEATTLE — It took just one pitch from Brandon League, a ball, before David Ortiz saw the one he wanted. He took one of his mighty cuts, a swing-and-release so familiar over the years, ...

SEATTLE — Jed Lowrie hit two home runs Tuesday, helping the Red Sox to a 9-6 victory against the Mariners. His reward was a seat on the bench yesterday for the final game of the series. ...

It was a head-scratcher for John Lackey, too. Normally, he said, if the Blue Jays were going to rough you up, they were going to do it with long ball after long ball. Last night, Lacke...

As summer dies, fans come to Fenway now to watch individual performances, catch a glimpse of the “kids’’ and players they may not see in a Red Sox uniform again. In these final two wee...

The walks killed him, as they always do. Daisuke Matsuzaka issued five walks with two of the runners coming around to score, as the pitcher known for throwing too many pitches and allowin...

While the Red Sox are not mathematically eliminated from the wild-card race, their hearts and minds are focused on next season, on getting healthy and fully preparing themselves for compe...

In the 14 seasons he has been with the Red Sox, Jason Varitek has watched it happen to almost every pitcher he has handled, from brash rookies to veterans who believe they have seen it al...

NEW YORK — This season has been, in many ways, unbelievable for Jed Lowrie. There was the bout of mononucleosis that cost him several months and delayed his comeback from wrist surgery...

It has seemed for a while that the Yankees have not been going all-out to win the American League East. But after another dismal night in the Bronx, is it getting tight enough for them to...

NEW YORK — The ball hit the heel of left fielder Daniel Nava’s glove, where leather ends and skin begins. It bounced off, landing on the grass in front of him, as Francisco Cervelli reach...

It would have been the best victory of the season for the Red Sox. The Yankees were desperate for a victory and the Red Sox were two outs away from a three-game sweep of their rivals. ...

CHICAGO — The milestone was just about unthinkable in April, when David Ortiz was mired in a slump that seemed endless. And yet, when Ortiz picked up his 100th RBI last night on a two-run...

CHICAGO — Red Sox captain Jason Varitek acknowledged last night that the coming five games could be his final ones with the team. “It’s there,’’ he said, his voice cracking with emotio...