Better outing for Wakefield
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Ah, the big inning. It's been the hot topic around Daisuke Matsuzaka, that one inning that can cost a team a game in a pitcher's inability to get the final out. Or anyone out.
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You&#39;ve already got two of the hottest pitchers in the National League facing one another. How could the under be any sweeter? Try knocking the clean-up hitter out of each club&#39;s lineup.
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The Baltimore Orioles apparently have stumbled upon the formula for beating the Boston Red Sox: send Erik Bedard to the mound against knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
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TORONTO -- Last night, Doug Mientkiewicz was on call as the Red Sox' emergency catcher in case calamity befell Doug Mirabelli , raising the uncomfortable specter of the one-time minor league catcher trying to corral Tim Wakefield's knuckleball. He escaped that duty, serving only as a pinch runner and defensive replacement at first base for Kevin Millar in last night's ...
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Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield continues his late season struggles, and Tampa Bay edges the Red Sox, making the AL East race even tighter.
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Tim Wakefield tossed a three-hitter over eight innings to inspire the Boston Red Sox to their sixth straight victory, a 6-1 defeat of the Detroit Tigers in the American League Sunday.
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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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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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C.C. Sabathia was the second-best ace on the mound. Again. Outpitched by Boston's Josh Beckett for the second time in the AL championship series, Sabathia can only hope for a chance to redeem himself in the World Series.
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The Yankees activated RF Gary Sheffield from the 15-day disabled list yesterday. Meanwhile, closer Mariano Rivera threw a bullpen session and said he hopes to return this weekend.
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This season, Tim Wakefield's performance has fluttered like his knuckleball, fluctuating unpredictably between great and ugly.
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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 Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Wakefield (11-7) gave up only Nook Logan's double in the third, Craig Monroe's 10th homer in the fifth and Logan's single in the eighth.
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David Ortiz and Manny RamÃ­rez roughed up Roy Halladay early, Tim Wakefield won his third straight start and the Boston Red Sox opened the second half with a 7-4 victory against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays last night.
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With all the questions that have flowed through Josh Beckett's initial season with the Red Sox -- Why all the home runs? When is he going to live up to his potential? Why did Anibal Sanchez, and not Beckett, throw the first no-hitter between the two? -- the final effort of the season from the prize trade acquisition seemed strangely ...
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Shortly before throwing the first pitch in Saturday night&#39;s opening game of the World Series, Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield will pause for just a second to locate his wife
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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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The Red Sox manager pieced together another makeshift lineup last night at Fenway Park, in a game that no longer has significant ramifications for his team.