Boston Fries Florida, 6 to 4

FLORIDA: 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 4 9 1

BOSTON: 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 x - 6 12 0

A win for the Boston Red Sox two days in a row and two days in a row the same score. Amazingly, the Red Sox had no homers against the Florida Marlins today, yet Boston had four more hits than yesterday. Getting the job done one bag (or two) at a time. Wakefield pitched six innings (the regular season is approaching) and had strikeouts, base on balls, homerun in pursuit of today's victory at City of Palms Park. Boston gets to stay put for another day. Will there actually be some home field advantage tomorrow?

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FLORIDA: Starting Pitcher: Chris Volstad, Losing Pitcher: Chris Volstad

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Tim Wakefield, Winning Pitcher: Tim Wakefield (3)

BOSTON: Save: Scott Atchison (1)

FLORIDA: Homerun: Dan Uggla

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RED SOX: Wins: 13, Losses: 12

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Next Spring Training game: Friday 26 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Toronto Blue Jays, City of Palms Park, Jon Lester

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Red Sox Maul Marlins, 9 to 0

BOSTON: 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 9 13 0

FLORIDA: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1

In Roger Dean Stadium, the Boston Red Sox came out swinging against the Florida Marlins and recorded their second road win and second shutout of the pre-season. The perfect combination of good pitching and good hitting was displayed by the Red Sox today. Boston has done very well during this first week of Spring Training, having lost just two games. Currently the Red Sox are tied for third place in the Grapefruit League. Tomorrow Boston is home and will strive to continue their home winning streak.

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Tim Wakefield, Winning Pitcher: Tim Wakefield (1)

FLORIDA: Starting Pitcher: Anibal Sanchez, Losing Pitcher: Anibal Sanchez

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RED SOX: Wins: 7, Losses: 2

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Next Spring Training game: Wednesday 10 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Tampa Bay Ray, City of Palms Park, Jon Lester

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Florida Fells Boston

FLORIDA: 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 8 1

BOSTON: 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 0

Rain was the downfall for the Boston Red Sox not sweeping the Florida Marlins in tonight's weather-shortened game. All the runs scored in Fenway Park were longballs and the Marlins had one more of them than the Red Sox. However, there is some sunshine for Boston. They did win the three-game series, still have the best record in the American League and have a three game lead over the New York Yankees in the AL East. The Yankees were beaten twice in their three-game series against the Washington Nationals (who have the worst record in the Major Leagues). Yes, despite the prevailing weather, the sun does reign for Boston.

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FLORIDA: Starting Pitcher: Ricky Nolasco, Winning Pitcher: Ricky Nolasco

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Losing Pitcher: Jon Lester (6)

FLORIDA: Homerun: Dan Uggla, Ronny Paulino

BOSTON: Homerun: Kevin Youkilis (12)

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RED SOX: Wins: 40, Losses: 26, AL East Standings: Boston, New York, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Baltimore

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Next game: Friday 19 June 2009, 4:1o p.m. PT, Atlanta Braves, Fenway Park, Daisuke Matsuzaka

Red Sox Mash Marlins, 6 to 1

FLORIDA: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0

BOSTON: 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 x - 6 9 1

Streaks and milestones were the underlying themes of today's Boston Red Sox game against the Florida Marlins. Jacoby Ellsbury's Major League career errorless streak ended in the first inning out of two hundred thirty-two games with five hundred fifty-four chances. The milestone at Fenway Park was the five hundredth straight regular season home sellout - a new Major League record and the soldout streak will continue. Brad Penny recorded his one hundredth career win and Boston has a two-game winning streak. Outside of this game, Ivan Rodriguez of the Houston Astros passed former Red Sox Carlton Fisk's Major League record for games caught with his two thousand two hundred twenty-seventh game today. At the end of the day, the Red Sox maintain the best record in the American League and they go for the sweep against the Marlins tomorrow. More streaks and milestones to come.

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FLORIDA: Starting Pitcher: Andrew Miller, Losing Pitcher: Andrew Miller

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Brad Penny, Winning Pitcher: Brad Penny (6)

BOSTON: Homerun: Jacoby Ellsbury (3)

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RED SOX: Wins: 40, Losses: 25, AL East Standings: Boston, New York, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Baltimore

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Next game: Thursday 18 June 2009, 4:10 p.m. PT, Florida Marlins, Fenway Park, Jon Lester

Boston Fries Florida, 8 to 2

FLORIDA: 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1

BOSTON: 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 x - 8 13 0

The Boston Red Sox highlights of this Interleague game against the Florida Marlins were the two-run pitching of Tim Wakefield, the fifth homerun of the season by David Ortiz to start off the batting around, six-run scoring fourth inning, and the no runs allowed relief pitching. I guess the highlights for the Marlins would be the fact that they did have some hits and a couple of runs. The Red Sox are back at Fenway Park and start off, where they ended at the ball field on Thursday, with a win. Boston plays the second game of this three-game series tomorrow and will be trying for the series win.

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FLORIDA: Starting Pitcher: Chris Volstad, Losing Pitcher: Chris Volstad

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Tim Wakefield, Winning Pitcher: Tim Wakefield (9)

BOSTON: Homerun: David Ortiz (5)

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RED SOX: Wins: 39, Losses: 25, AL East Standings: Boston, New York, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Wednesday 17 June 2009, 4:10 p.m. PT, Florida Marlins, Fenway Park, Brad Penny

Red Sox Mash Marlins

Despite having to travel to Jupiter and enduring a long rain delay before the game could begin, the Boston Red Sox managed to return to Fort Myers with a win over the Florida Marlins. The Marlins produced the first run of the game in Roger Dean Stadium with a single run in the bottom of the third inning. The Red Sox put runs on the board with one run in the top of the fifth inning and two runs in the top of the sixth. Florida scored their last runs of the game with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Boston scored one run in the top of the eighth which was their last run of the game. The final score was Boston four and Florida three.

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BOSTON: four runs, five hits, zero errors

FLORIDA: three runs, eight hits, two errors

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Michael Bowden, Winning Pitcher: Fernando Cabrera

FLORIDA: Starting Pitcher: Anibal Sanchez, Losing Pitcher: Ryan Tucker

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 13, Spring Training Losses: 11

Sox Soak Marlins

At the City of Palms Park, the Boston Red Sox hosted the Florida Marlins in the first of two Spring Training games between these two teams. The Sox began the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the second inning. It wasn't until the top of the fifth inning that the Marlins were able to reply to the Sox runs with two runs of their own. And in the bottom of the fifth, Boston put three more runs across the plate. Florida scored the last run of the game with one run in the top of the seventh inning. The Red Sox won the game five to three.

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FLORIDA: three runs, ten hits, two errors

BOSTON: five runs, ten hits, zero errors

FLORIDA: Starting Pitcher: Chris Volstad, Losing Pitcher: Taylor Tankersley

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Winning Pitcher: Hideki Okajima

BOSTON: Save: Adam Mills, Homerun: Zach Daeges

FLORIDA: Homerun: Cameron Maybin

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RED SOX: Spring Training wins: 5, Spring Training Losses: 6