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Oct 19, 2008 4:28 AM CDT

Gutsy Red Sox Force Game 7

Comeback kings 'played like it was their last game'

(Newser) - The Boston Red Sox, playing like the defending champs they are, came out swinging and beat Tampa Bay 4-2 last night to force a seventh game in an American League championship series that the Rays had all but wrapped up two days ago. "We went out there and played...

Red Sox Alive After Miracle Rally

Oct 16, 2008 11:31 PM CDT

Red Sox Alive After Miracle Rally

(Newser) - The Red Sox stayed alive tonight with a stunning 8-run rally over the last 3 innings, the Globe reports. Boston trailed Tampa 7-0 after 6 innings but scored 4 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to tie the game. In the bottom of the 9th, a base hit...

Rays Rout
Boston, 13-4;
Lead Series 3-1

Oct 14, 2008 10:32 PM CDT

Rays Rout Boston, 13-4; Lead Series 3-1

(Newser) - Tampa Bay rocked Tim Wakefield and the Boston Red Sox tonight in a 13-4 victory at Fenway that put the defending champs on the brink of elimination. Evan Longoria hit his rookie-record fifth home run of the playoffs, and Carlos Pena and Willie Aybar also homered off aging knuckleballer Wakefield....

Red Sox Send Angels Packing

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Oct 6, 2008 11:02 PM CDT

Red Sox Send Angels Packing

(Newser) - When it turns to October, no one dominates like Boston. Jason Bay slid headfirst into home plate to score on Jed Lowrie's two-out single in the ninth inning tonight as the defending World Series champs beat Los Angeles, 3-2, in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series. The Sox advance...

Rays Win 6-2, Earn ALCS Berth

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Oct 6, 2008 7:49 PM CDT

Rays Win 6-2, Earn ALCS Berth

(Newser) - B.J. Upton and these Tampa Bay Rays are headed home — to get ready for the American League championship series. Worst in the majors last year, the Rays will play for a spot in the World Series after finishing off the Chicago White Sox 6-2 today in Game 4...

Byrd's HGH
Use Was News
to Mitchell

Oct 23, 2007 12:13 AM CDT

Byrd's HGH Use Was News to Mitchell

Baseball investigator denies leaking info on Indians pitcher

(Newser) - Baseball investigator George Mitchell denied a report that he leaked information on Cleveland pitcher Paul Byrd’s use of human growth hormone. News broke before Cleveland lost Game 7 to Boston that Byrd had bought HGH online; he said it was used to treat a pituitary tumor. Mitchell said he...

Pedroia Powers Sox Into Series

Oct 22, 2007 3:02 AM CDT

Pedroia Powers Sox Into Series

Rookie second baseman hits big blows in win over Tribe

(Newser) - The smallest guy on the field struck the biggest blows last night as the Red Sox turned a tense ALCS Game 7 into a late-inning laugher. With the Sox leading the Indians 3-2, rookie second baseman Dustin Pedroia hit a 2-run HR in the 7th inning, then a bases-loaded double...

Red Sox Cruise Behind Beckett

Oct 13, 2007 12:53 AM CDT

Red Sox Cruise Behind Beckett

Smash Cleveland 10-3 to take 1-0 ALCS lead

(Newser) - Game 1 of the ALCS did not prove to be the pitching duel between Cy Young candidates that many had expected, as the Red Sox battered Cleveland starter C.C. Sabathia en-route to a 10-3 victory, the Providence Journal reports. Sabathia was rocked for eight runs in four and a...

Ramirez, Sox Walk Off With Win

Oct 6, 2007 1:18 AM CDT

Ramirez, Sox Walk Off With Win

Manny's three-run shot off K-Rod ends game in bottom of the ninth; Sox take 2-0 series lead

(Newser) - Manny Ramirez sent a 96-mph Francisco Rodriguez fastball hurtling out of Fenway Park for a walk off home run, and game 2 of the Red Sox-Angels ALDS ended in a 6-3 Sox victory. The Sox now lead the series 2-0. "Man, it feels great. This is the best...