BoSox Rip N.Y. 12-5, Protect AL East Hope
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The Boston Red Sox blew out the Yankees and made sure New York can't clinch the AL East in Fenway Park. Manny Ramirez doubled in the tiebreaking run during a seven-run eighth on Saturday night and the Red Sox beat New York 12-5 to preserve their chances of an AL East title. Jason Varitek and Doug Mirabelli each doubled in two runs in the inning.
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BOSTON, Sept. 25  â Manny RamÃ­rez returned to the Boston Red Soxâ lineup after a 24-game absence and helped cut their magic number to four to clinch the American League East title.
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The Tampa Bay Devil Rays damaged Boston's slim chances of winning the AL East, beating Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox 9-4 Wednesday night.
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The slumping New York Yankees scored a  key victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, as Johnny  Damon&#39;s two-run homer earned them a 5-3 win over the American  League East leaders.
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Josh Beckett carries Boston Red  Sox World Series hopes to the mound on Thursday for a must-win  Game Five against the Cleveland Indians and they could not be  in safer hands.
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BOSTON - The infield at Fenway Park was covered with a dirty white tarp on a dreary day. Unless the Boston Red Sox start winning soon, the gloom will last all winter...
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NEW YORK New York City can be a lonely place. Especially if you&#39;re a Boston Red Sox fan. But as baseball&#39;s fiercest rivalry is renewed in a series for the American League pennant, there are a few spots where
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NEW YORK -- Tracing the tracks of their tears back to the ballpark in the Bronx where all the horrible things happened last October, the Red Sox returned to the American League Championship Series last night, fell behind, 8-0, then rallied mightily before again succumbing to the Yankees, 10-7.
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at Yankee Stadium, New York Records: Boston is 80-51 (first in the American League East); New York is 72-59 (second in AL East, 8 games behind).
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NEW YORK -- Another August sweep of the Boston Red Sox put the New York Yankees in prime position for a September playoff run. Chien-Ming Wang took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Robinson Cano homered twice off Curt Schilling and the Yankees beat Boston 5-0 Thursday for their third straight...
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No need to watch the out-of-town scoreboard anymore. What the Yankees and White Sox and Twins and everybody else in sanitary hose are doing will be irrelevant if the town team keeps losing life-and-death games with last-place ball clubs.
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The Boston Red Sox are gaining ground on the New York Yankees in the AL East, and they&#39;re brimming with confidence. &quot;I think we can beat any team right now,&quot; outfielder Johnny Damon said after the Red Sox
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BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox historic victory over the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the AL championship series Wednesday night sent thousands of elated Red Sox fans rampaging into the streets of Boston.
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The Red Sox lost for the first time in 11 games, falling to the Texas Rangers, 8-6, yesterday and missing a chance to pull within 1 1/2 games of the Yankees in the AL East.
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Jon Lieber stopped the charging Boston Red Sox in what could turn out to be a key game in the AL East race. Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz's two-out home run in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees beat up on Derek Lowe in a 14-4 win Saturday that restored their division lead to 3 1/2 games.
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BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Weather permitting, the Boston Red Sox will attempt to take another bite out of the New York Yankees&#39; lead in the American League East Division standings when the two teams continue a three-game series Saturday.
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Manny Ramirez hits in the tiebreaking run in the eighth, and the Red Sox win, 12-5, to cut the Yankees' lead in the AL East to 4 1/2 games.