Red Sox rally, but come up short
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To paraphrase an old saying, when you keep going back to the bullpen, eventually it&#39;s going to come up dry. That&#39;s what happened to the Red Sox on Thursday night, when
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Manny Ramirez had four hits and keyed a five-run sixth inning with an RBI triple to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 Saturday night. The Red Sox fell behind 4-2 in the fifth before they rallied for a big inning against the team with the worst record in the American League.
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After three games, the Red Sox had fallen so far back that they were nothing more than a mere speck in the Yankees&#39; rearview mirror.
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BOSTON Go figure this World Series. An old maxim in baseball is you always give away more runs with shoddy defense than you gain with torrid bats.
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NEW YORK -- Don't expect the Red Sox to buy the theory that the Yankees' pitching has declined. Not after the Sox managed only eight runs on 20 hits over three of the most important games of the season. While the Yankees hit .308 and scored 27 runs, the Sox mustered only a .200 average as two of their core ...
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Curt Schilling and the pitchers are clicking. Little Mark Bellhorn and the hitters are delivering. Manager Terry Francona is making all the right moves. And despite a defense that can't quite seem to catch the ball, the Boston Red Sox are halfway to capturing something that's slipped just out of reach since 1918 &#151; the World Series trophy.
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Red Sox pitcher bounces back from September slump to pitch seven strong innings and put the Angels in an 0-2 hole. By John Nadel. Pedro Martinez was awful at the end of the regular season.
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Boston beat Detroit 6-1, ending a stretch of 26 games -- 23 against teams below .500 at the time of the game -- in which the Red Sox won 20.
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What a difference a week makes. Two debates. Two games. Two wins. The Yankees sure are looking tough. A week ago the Boston Red Sox looked like world beaters, or at least Yankee-beaters.
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The Orioles trail 7-0 after Red Sox starter Bronson Arroyo pitches three shutout innings, but rally only to fall short in a 7-5 loss in the opener of a split doubleheader Saturday.
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For quite a spell, Red Sox starting pitcher Tim Wakefield just wasn't able to make it through six innings.
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BOSTON - Down to their last three outs of the season, the Boston Red Sox rallied - against Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees and decades of disappointment. Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory over the Yankees on Sunday night that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series...
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Mark Bellhorn singled to deep center with two men gone in the ninth inning to plate the decisive runs and help the Boston Red Sox rally for a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Tuesday.
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The Boston Red Sox used a seven-run inning to win at Anaheim 9-3 in their American League Division Series opener. David Ortiz put the Sox ahead with an infield RBI single in the first.
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Errors and walks make for a frustrating opener for the Red Sox, who were fortunate to escape with a victory. By Steve Wilstein. BOSTON -- Game 1 of the 100th World Series should have been rated &quot;R&quot; for Little Leaguers.
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With two easy victories, the Yankees did something they had not done in the previous 16 days. They gained ground on the Boston Red Sox.
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There's a lot going on in Red Sox camp, but the Yankees aren't far behind.