Lily shuts down Red Sox
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The last the Red Sox had seen of Ted Lilly, he was serving up tape-measure home runs and hitting Sox sluggers with pitches in a Blue Jay loss at Fenway Park.
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The Cubs suffered a stunning loss yesterday, and their closest rival in the wild-card race took advantage of the situation, the Giants beating Los Angeles to close
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Roger Clemens shuts down his original team, allowing only two hits and outpitching a much younger ace in leading the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
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Living in Boston as a Red Sox fan for the last year has been like riding a rollercoaster of epic proportions. Beginning with Bostonâs 6-5, extra-inning ,heartbreaking defeat in Yankee Stadium in Game 7 of
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Ted Lilly's three-hit shutout against the surging Boston Red Sox was barely the best pitching performance in the American League. Detroit's Jeremy Bonderman struck out a career-high 14 Monday night in a 7-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox, and Scott Kazmir pitched five scoreless innings to win his major league debut for Tampa Bay...
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The Boston Red Sox thought they were exhausted when they got into their Bay Area hotel at dawn Monday after losing two of three to the Yankees. They had no idea their longest day of the year was just beginning &#151; and that it would end with a 225-minute, 11-inning, improbably dramatic loss to the Oakland Athletics.
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David Ortiz was frustrated as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays won the first three games against his Boston Red Sox. Five players in the outfield in a severe shift against the left-handed slugger had him 2-for-10 with a solo homer and six strikeouts. He broke out Thursday night with his 28th and 29th home runs, the latter a grand slam in the ninth inning of Boston&#039;s sweep-avoiding 12-5 victory Thursday night. Nobody could argue with his strategy.
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These are the facts: The Yankees blew a three-games-to-none lead in the American League Championship Series to the Boston Red Sox last month.
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Jon Lieber pitched 6 2/3 innings of no-hit ball and Alex Rodriguez belted a three-run homer, leading New York to a 14-4 demolition of the division-rival Boston Red Sox at a damp Yankee Stadium.
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this the season.
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DAVID ORTIZ lofted a two-run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning as the Boston Red Sox fended off elimination in the American League championship series with a 6-4 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday in Boston.
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The New York Yankees took a 2-0 lead over Boston after three innings of play as they looked to complete a shocking sweep of the Red Sox in Game 4 of the AL championship series Sunday.
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It took nearly 11 hours and 26 innings for the Red Sox to shed the humiliation of falling behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven ALCS via an unholy 19-8 shellacking, but shed it they did.
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Boston couldn&#39;t be more confident heading back to Fenway Park, looking to close out the once-hot Angels. By MARC TOPKIN, Times Staff Writer.
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Ted Lilly thoroughly enjoyed ending Boston&#39;s six-game winning streak with a record performance. Lilly struck out a career-high 13 in a three-hitter, pitching the Blue Jays past Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox 3-0 Monday night.
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The Chicago Cubs found a good way to make up for their poor hitting -- a shutdown pitching performance by Kerry Wood. Wood&#39;s eight shutout innings made up for another listless performance by the Cubs&#39; offense
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For the second straight game, all Julio Lugo got to do was pinch run. Coming in for Dustin Pedroia (walk) in the ninth inning, Lugo never got a chance to advance, as Kevin Youkilis flied to short right field and David Ortiz popped to first to end the Red Sox' 2-1 loss to the Rangers yesterday.