Beckett tops Devil Rays for his 12th win
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Coco Crisp hit a grand slam in the first inning, and Josh Beckett earned his 12th win as the Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 15-4 on Thursday night, the Devil Rays' 11th consecutive loss.
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Bobby Abreu homered and drove in a season-high five runs, helping Chien-Ming Wang overcome a shaky first inning to win his seventh straight decision with a 6-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Saturday night.
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Josh Beckett continued his postseason dominance as the Boston Red Sox overwhelmed the Colorado Rockies.
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A big Texan with a blistering fastball, Boston Red Sox's Josh Beckett hurled himself into an elite group on Wednesday when he became only the third pitcher to strike out at least four batters to start a World Series.
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John Lackey picked up where Jose Contreras left off. Lackey followed up his near perfect game before the All-Star break with another gem on Friday night, holding the visiting Tampa Bay Devils Rays to five hits in the Los Angeles Angels&#039; 4-0 victory that gave the right-hander his fourth straight win and second straight shutout.
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Carlos Pena homers twice, including a grand slam, and drives in a team-record seven runs as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays hammer the stumbling Orioles, 17-2.
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OAKLAND, CALIF. - David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to their 12th win in 13 games, a wild 8-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
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The Skinny: Beckett is facing the Padres for the first time in San Diego. In two career starts in Florida, Beckett is 2-0 against the Padres with a 1.93 ERA.
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The 20-year-old rookie struck out a career-high nine in his fourth major league start, leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the Boston Red Sox and Pedro Martinez 5-2 Tuesday night.
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Carlos Guillen hit for the cycle and rookie Justin Verlander won his seventh consecutive decision to become the major leagues' first 14-game winner, leading the Detroit Tigers over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-4 on Tuesday night.
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When Josh Beckett was traded to the Red Sox from the Florida Marlins, he expected to be making meaningful starts in September and hopefully into October. Instead, making his first start of September, Beckett became the human white flag in the team's battle to make the playoffs, which took another blow with a 6-1 loss to Toronto yesterday at Fenway ...
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Much to the Florida Marlins' regret, Josh Beckett was right.
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Shelley Duncan homered twice, including a three-run drive that capped a 10-run fourth inning Sunday in the surging New York Yankees' 21-4 rout of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Alex Rodriguez, batting with sunglasses on a sunny afternoon, hit his major league-leading 34th homer and No. 498 of his career.
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Alex Rodriguez hit his 34th home run this season and the 498th of his career, one of the many offensive highlights Sunday during the Yankeesâ thrashing of the Devil Rays.
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Somehow, perhaps using his vast powers of persuasion, Josh Beckett managed to wrest control of the clubhouse stereo away from its traditional keepers, David Ortiz and Manny Ram&#xED;rez, before the start of yesterday's doubleheader. That was how country music thumped through the mess of the visitors' digs at U.S. Cellular Field, prompting J.D. Drew to lip synch along. ...
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Josh Beckett has 10 strikeouts and ties for the major league lead with his 13th win as the Red Sox snap a three-game losing streak with a 10-3 victory over the White Sox on Friday night.
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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.