Boston Red Sox timeline
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Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 6-5
The most treacherous 41 minutes of the Red Sox season occurred late Sunday night, and it was not during their collapse at Yankee Stadium. Their... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 7-5
It took a benches-clearing brawl and the ejection of Kevin Youkilis to get Mike Lowell into the game, but what a welcome tradeoff for the Red Sox... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 8-2
For months now, the agony has outweighed that long-ago memory of the ecstasy. It has been strikeouts, and fly balls, and ground outs. Hits have... Read more
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Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 2-0
The Red Sox thought they had a chance against Justin Verlander in the eighth inning yesterday. Jacoby Ellsbury stood on second base after a leadoff... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 8-4
ARLINGTON, Texas - Covered in dirt, Clay Buchholz walked back into the dugout, his awkward, facefirst belly flop into home plate having yielded... Read more
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Texas Rangers defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-2
ARLINGTON, Texas - The final one didn’t even draw a throw. Julio Borbon chugged into second base, still standing, and Jason Varitek could do... Read more
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Texas Rangers defeat Boston Red Sox, 4-3
ARLINGTON, Texas - The Red Sox, despite their recent woes, are not so deflated that they can’t still crack a joke here and there. But the jokes... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 10-9
TORONTO - The Red Sox were stuck. They had their rock, the just-completed series against the Rangers, in which they lost the final two games and... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 6-1
TORONTO - Up until Tuesday night, when he caught a glimpse of Ricky Romero’s name as that evening’s Toronto starter, Clay Buchholz thought he had... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 8-1
TORONTO - While desperation might not have crept into their minds as they limped out of Texas Sunday, the games have become more urgent for the Red... Read more
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New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 20-11
As Brad Penny walked off the field, failure in his wake, boos suffused the hot, sticky air in Fenway Park. He had just begun a meltdown that was... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 14-1
Before yesterday’s game, as Terry Francona discussed his upcoming rotation, he asked for patience. Patience from Brad Penny, and patience from the... Read more
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New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-4
There was little for Josh Beckett to say. Little he needed to say. “It was a pretty good [butt] whipping, to sum it up,’’ Beckett said. “[Butt]... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago White Sox, 12-8
The Red Sox began the seventh inning last night with a whimper, a strikeout by Jason Bay and a groundout by Mike Lowell. The bases were empty. Both... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago White Sox, 6-3
As Jason Bay sauntered into the clubhouse an hour after the final pitch had been thrown by Jonathan Papelbon, he expressed surprise that there were... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago White Sox, 3-2
David Ortiz’s trot was slow and steady, until he joined the mosh pit. Then he was submerged under his teammates, finally ripping himself from the... Read more
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Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-5
The Red Sox knew the Texas Rangers had won earlier in the day, and for two reasons last night they could assume their lead in the wild-card race... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5
Jason Varitek rooted his left leg in the wet dirt 6 inches to the left of home plate, at the mercy of a 235-pound man sprinting at full speed, and... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2
The boos came down quickly. They accompanied Terry Francona on his walk from the dugout to the mound, and on the walk back. But for once, they... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 7-0
Paul Byrd shuffled a baseball through his fingers, a brief nervous tick, as he sat in front of the lights and cameras and questioners. Most... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 8-4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - It was notable that the cat wasn’t black, instead a combination of grays, though the color was hard to determine as it... Read more
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Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The bases were loaded. The dugout was filled with extra players, including Mike Lowell and Rocco Baldelli, and yet Alex... Read more
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Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 6-3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coming into the series, in a place that had given the Red Sox nightmares the past two years, one could have been excused for... Read more
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Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 12-2
CHICAGO - It had seemed meant to be, the way that Paul Byrd walked off the coaching staff of his kid’s U-13 team and onto the mound in Fenway... Read more
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Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-1
CHICAGO - Nothing is certain for Tim Wakefield at this point in the season, at this point in his career, at this point in the pain. He can barely... Read more