Beckett keeps Boston alive with 7-1 win
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Back to Boston they go. Just the Red Sox being the Red Sox. Josh Beckett, blocking out everything but Jason Varitek's target, dominated the Cleveland Indians for the second time and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a 390-foot single as the Red Sox stayed alive in the AL championship series with a 7-1 win Thursday night in Game 5.
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BOSTON - Down to their last three outs of the season, the Boston Red Sox rallied - against Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees and decades of disappointment. Bill Mueller singled home the tying run off Rivera in the ninth inning and David Ortiz homered against Paul Quantrill in the 12th, leading Boston to a 6-4 victory Sunday over the Yankees that avoided a four-game sweep in the AL championship series...
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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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CLEVELAND, Ohio  - 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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One of Boston&#039;s long streaks survived. Dontrelle Willis and the Florida Marlins ensured the Red Sox streak of greater importance did not.
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Fox ran away with the night again on Tuesday as the Boston Red Sox kept their pennant hopes alive by prevailing in Game 6 against the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
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Not since Babe Ruth was pitching for Boston had the Red Sox won a pair of games like this. Josh Beckett held the punchless Kansas City Royals to four hits over eight innings and Manny Ramirez homered Wednesday, leading Boston to its second consecutive 1-0 victory.
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Fenway Park erupted last night at the sight of Josh Beckett walking to the bullpen in the middle of the second inning. With the Red Sox breaking open a tight game by scoring eight times in their last two at-bats, Red Sox manager Terry Francona never had to summon him during the game. But Beckett still got last call when ...
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An incredible catch by Coco Crisp and another big hit by David Ortiz extended Boston&#039;s winning streak to 12 games.
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Josh Beckett had 10 strikeouts and tied for the major league lead with his 13th win as the Boston Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak with a 10-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
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David Ortiz hit his 31st homer, Josh Beckett got his 11th win despite giving up three homers and the Boston Red Sox used timely two-out hitting Saturday to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-6.
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Curtis Granderson tripled off Josh Beckett on the first pitch of the game, and the Detroit Tigers went on to stop their season-worst losing streak at five, beating the Boston Red Sox 7-4 Monday night.
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St. Louis lets martinez off the hook. Bosox 4, Cardinals 1; Controls Game 3 with seven innings of 3-hit, shutout ball. Home-plate umpire Brian Gorman looks in as Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek tags out Cardinals
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The Boston Red Sox recorded a fourth straight victory when Josh Beckett out-pitched Roy Halladay to give the AL East leaders a 5-3 home triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - Fox ran away with the  night again on Tuesday as the Boston Red Sox kept their pennant  hopes alive by prevailing in Game 6 against the New York  Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
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Even the hitters who do well against Josh Beckett don&#039;t want to face him. Vernon Wells hit three homers in a game for the first time in his career &amp;#151; two off Beckett &amp;#151; and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-5 on Tuesday night.