Baseball Roundup: Former Reliever Helps Royals Top Wakefield and Red Sox
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Leo Nunez took a shutout into the fifth inning in his first career start, outpitching the 15-year veteran Tim Wakefield last night to help the visiting Kansas City Royals defeat the Boston Red Sox, 9-3.
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Pedro Martinez picked the New York Mets over the Boston Red Sox, and the Chicago White Sox dealt Carlos Lee to Milwaukee for Scott Podsednik and a reliever on Monday as baseball's annual winter meetings finished with many top stars still searching for teams.
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BOSTON - Tim Wakefield finished off the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Now comes the real challenge for the streaking Boston Red Sox. Boston beat Detroit 6-1, ending a stretch of 26 games - 23 against teams below
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It's been a while since David Ortiz has gotten the best of Fenway Park. The Red Sox slugger hadn't homered at home since April 21 &#151; a span of 129 at-bats over 34 games. He ended that slump on Saturday night, and Eric Hinske and Jason Varitek also homered for Boston to help Daisuke Matsuzaka overcome a rough outing and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4.
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Mariano Rivera had it all in his hands: the save, the sweep, the pennant. He just let it slip away. Baseball's most reliable closer blew his second lead of the postseason Sunday night, and the Boston Red Sox staved off elimination by rallying for an improbable 6-4, 12-inning victory over the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the AL championship series.
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When he departed last night's 6-4 victory over the Blue Jays, Tim Wakefield was treated to a rousing ovation from the Fenway Park crowd of 34,867. It was no faint praise, either, for the Sox knuckleballer.
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No need to check with your primary care provider about the origin of that nervous tic you woke up with this morning, on the first full day of autumn. Ninth-inning home runs allowed in three consecutive games by Sox closer Keith Foulke, who also was tagged with blown saves in each of the last two games, were enough to leave ...
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After his team ended a five-game losing streak, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen decided the time was right for a meeting with the players. Javier Vazquez pitched eight shutout innings to win for the first time since April 13 as the White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Friday night.
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The way the Boston Red Sox are playing these days, nothing seems to be able to stop them. Not even Mariano Rivera. Orlando Cabrera and Johnny Damon hit RBI singles in the ninth inning off the majors' top reliever, and the Red Sox stormed past New York 3-2 Friday night to cut the Yankees' AL East lead to 2 1/2 games.
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Tim Wakefieldâs knuckleball baffled the White Sox and sent the surging Boston Red Sox to another victory in Chicago.
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Tim Wakefield allowed three hits in eight innings and the Boston Red Sox won their sixth straight game with a 6-1 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers yesterday.
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Curt Schilling got himself in extra trouble against Kansas City. Boston's ace tied the AL record by allowing 10 extra-base hits, and the Royals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning for a 5-4 win Thursday night. The win completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox.
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White Sox closer Bobby Jenks got Mike Sweeney to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded, and Chicago increased its AL wild-card lead by holding off the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday.
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As much as the Red Sox relished thumping the Yankees, they took special satisfaction from the outings of two key pitchers who recently have struggled, Keith Foulke and Tim Wakefield .
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Tim Wakefield allowed two runs in six innings for his first victory since August, and Johnny Damon and David Ortiz homered to power the Boston Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 8-3 on Friday night.
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When Mariano Rivera pitches against Boston, it is a close encounter of a different kind for the Yankees closer. Rivera is regarded as the best pressure pitcher in baseball, but he has nine blown saves against Boston, including the postseason, since 2001.
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The Boston Red Sox have finalized a three-year, $25.5-million contract with free-agent right-hander Matt Clement. He helps fill the spot in the rotation that opened when Pedro Martinez left.