Major League Roundup: Blue Jays Rookie Outduels Beckett and the Red Sox
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Jesse Litsch did not need a weather report to come up with a game plan for his first career start in Fenway Park.
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The New York Yankees took a day off Monday. At least, that's how it looked. The Yankees' drive for a playoff spot paused, with Andy Pettitte falling behind early and a smallish crowd watching Toronto rookie Jesse Litsch pitch the Blue Jays to a 4-1 victory.
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A.J. Burnett came within one out of a complete game and Russ Adams drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double in the eighth inning, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the faltering Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night.
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The Celtics are selling more tickets than last season despite an abysmal record; the Toronto Blue Jays want Major League Baseball to expand its draft to include players from overseas; and the kids at MIT, well, they're into analyzing the numbers behind it all.
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While Jake Peavy got dirty, Josh Beckett's stuff was simply filthy. Beckett topped Peavy in a matchup of two of baseball's top pitchers, becoming the first 11-game winner in the majors and leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 victory Sunday over the San Diego Padres.
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Manny Ram&#xED;rez missed his 20th straight game with a strained left oblique, with rookie Brandon Moss playing left field last night against the Blue Jays. The Sox were without three regulars: Kevin Youkilis (wrist), Coco Crisp (back), and Ram&#xED;rez.
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The Boston Red Sox made their first game in the desert one to remember. J.D. Drew hit a pair of three-run homers and drove in a career-high seven runs, and Josh Beckett improved to 9-0 with a five-hitter as Boston routed Arizona 10-3 Friday night in the Red Sox' first regular-season visit to Chase Field.
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Josh Beckett became the major leaguesâ first 16-game winner Friday, surviving a shaky first inning when he walked three batters to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
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Tim Wakefield pitched eight strong innings and the Boston Red Sox moved a season-high 15 games over .500 with a 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.
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Josh Beckett gets his major-league leading 12th win as Boston throttles Tampa Bay, 15-4, sending the Devil Rays to their 11th straight loss.
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Josh Beckett pitched six strong innings to become the first 20-game winner in the majors since 2005, and first Red Sox winner in nearly a week.
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C.C. Sabathia joined the Red Sox' Boston's Josh Beckett as the majors' only 11-game winners and finally beat his hometown team again, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics last night.
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Josh Beckett's so locked in it would surprise few if he were led to the mound blindfolded and still hit Jason's Varitek's mitt location spot on. No matter that the Red Sox scored 13 runs last night, Beckett could have been staked to 1 1/2 runs and he could have held on to the lead. The fact that the Rockies ...
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The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers nearly came to blows after Josh Beckett hit Magglio Ordonez in the side of the head with a breaking ball. Mark Prior had his own problems on the mound &#151; he couldn't get the Kansas City Royals out.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Josh Beckett scattered four hits over seven solid innings and Miguel Cabrera homered Monday as the Florida Marlins snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Montreal Expos.
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David Ortiz homered twice and drove in four runs, and Curt Schilling earned his 16th win in the Boston Red Sox's 11-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.
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The rookie Kason Gabbard pitched a three-hitter for Bostonâs second shutout of the season and the host Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals, 4-0, last night with the help of three home runs.