Ramirez's return sparks Red Sox past A's
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Manny Ramirez returned to the Boston Red Sox lineup after a 24-game absence and helped cut their magic number to four to clinch the AL East title.
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Curt Schilling pitched 6 2/3 innings and Manny Ramirez hit a three-run homer in a seven-run fourth frame to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 win over the host Anaheim Angels in their American League Divisional Series opener Tuesday.
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Just play. Just have fun. That is what Manny Ramirez has done in leading the resurgent Red Sox within whispering distance of the Yankees.
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The Boston Red Sox erupted for five runs in the sixth inning on the way to a 9-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
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The emotional return to the Red Sox was all well and good for Jon Lester, but the cancer-beating lefthander needed some tweaks after six inconsistent starts. So the Red Sox sent him down to Double A Portland for a start, and he returned yesterday afternoon with something the big club hadn't seen before.
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The Boston Red Sox clinched their second straight trip to the playoffs, rallying past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-3 Monday night behind Manny Ramirez's AL-leading 43rd home run.
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Manny Ramirez will arrive late to Red Sox camp &#151; again. Now the question is, why?
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Johnny Damon hit a first-inning home run in his return to the Red Sox lineup after missing four games with a jammed right pinkie, sparking Boston&#39;s 7-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
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Mike Lowell drives in five runs to lead Boston's revived hitting and the Red Sox cut their magic number to clinch the AL East title to two by beating the A's.
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Pedro Martinez pitched seven innings and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly to power the Boston Red Sox to an 8-3 win over the Anaheim Angels in the American League Divisional Series (ALDS) Wednesday.
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BOSTON, Sept. 25  â Manny RamÃ­rez returned to the Boston Red Soxâ lineup after a 24-game absence and helped cut their magic number to four to clinch the American League East title.
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The Seattle lefty gives up his 40th and 41st homers of the season as Boston wins 9-0. By Kirby Arnold. SEATTLE - One day after he joined baseball&#39;s 40-home-run club, Manny Ramirez dragged Jamie Moyer into it.
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The Red Sox open a crucial seven-game West Coast road trip with an 8-to-3 victory over the Athletics in Oakland. David Ortiz hit a solo homer and had four RBI&#39;s for Boston.
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ANAHEIM, Calif.  - Pedro Martinez pitched seven  innings and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a  sacrifice fly to power the Boston Red Sox to an 8-3 win over  the Anaheim Angels in the American League Divisional Series  (ALDS) Wednesday.
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It was, by his own admission, not a vintage performance. But it was workmanlike. And in the end, after almost six hours of baseball and a 5-4, 14-inning victory that sent the Red Sox back to New York for tonight's sixth game of the American League Championship Series, Pedro Martinez felt he had done what he needed to do.
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The Boston Red Sox blew out the Yankees and made sure New York can't clinch the AL East in Fenway Park. Manny Ramirez doubled in the tiebreaking run during a seven-run eighth on Saturday night and the Red Sox beat New York 12-5 to preserve their chances of an AL East title. Jason Varitek and Doug Mirabelli each doubled in two runs in the inning.
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ANAHEIM - Pedro Martinez did his part, the bullpen did theirs and now the Boston Red Sox are heading home with a big lead in the AL playoffs.