Pirates Come Back Against Red Sox

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Runs	Hits	Errors
Red Sox	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	12	0
Pirates/td>	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	X	6	12	1

Red Sox higlight: Two homeruns
Red Sox lowlight: Eight men left on base
Pirates highlight: Two homeruns
Pirates lowlight: Throwing error

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester; Losing Pitcher: Andrew Bailey (1)
PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Kevin Correia; Winning Pitcher: Evan Meek
PITTSBURGH: Save: Juan Cruz
BOSTON: Homeruns: Jarrod Saltalamacchia (1), Mauro Gomez (1)
PITTSBURGH: Homeruns: Matt Hague, Nate McLouth

RED SOX: Wins 11, Losses 7, Ties 2, Percentage: .611

Next game: Thursday 22 March 2012, 4:05 p.m.PT/7:05 p.m.ET, New York Yankees, JetBlue Park, Aaron Cook

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Pirates Pounce On Red Sox

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Runs	Hits	Errors
Pirates	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	7	10	1
Red Sox	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	12	0

Pirates highlight: Four runs in the fifth
Pirates lowlight: Throwing error
Red Sox highlight: Two homeruns
Red Sox lowlight: Eight men left on base

PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Shairon Martis; Winning Pitcher: Shairon Martis
BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz; Losing Pitcher: Clay Buchholz (1)
PITTSBURGH: Save: Tim Wood
BOSTON: Homeruns: David Ortiz (2), Darnell McDonald (1)

RED SOX: Wins 5, Losses 2, Tie 1, Percentage: .714

Next game: Saturday 10 March 2012, 4:05 p.m.PT/7:05 p.m.ET, Tampa Bay Rays, JetBlue Park, Alfredo Aceves

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Error-Filled Rubber Game Gives Boston Win, 4 To 2

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Runs	Hits	Errors
Red Sox	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	6	2
Pirates	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	4

Red Sox highlight: Andrew Miller's pitching
Red Sox lowlight: Ten men lest on base
Pirates highlight: Two runs
Pirates lowllght: Four errors

My Comment: It was an ugly game, but it was a Red Sox victory. The total number of runs equalled the total number of errors and Boston was fortunate enough to have the majority of the runs and the minority of the errors. After a day off, the Red Sox head into another Park (all the venues on this road trip are Parks) and they will be looking for better results against the Phillies. The Philadelphia series is being seen as a pre-cursor to the World Series. No matter what happens four months from now, Tuesday should be the start of a good series.

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Andrew Miller; Winning Pitcher: Andrew Miller (1)
PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: James McDonald; Losing Pitcher: Tim Wood
BOSTON: Save: Jonathan Papelbon (14)

RED SOX: Wins 45, Losses 32, Percentage .584

Next game: Tuesday 28 June 2011, 4:05 p.m.PT/7:05 p.m.ET, Philadelphia Phillies, Citizens Bank Park, Josh Beckett

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Red Sox Over Taken By Pirates And Lose Second Game

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Runs	Hits	Errors
Red Sox	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	9	1
Pirates	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	X	6	8	2

Red Sox highlight: Three homeruns
Red Sox lowlight: Dustin Pedroia's fielding error
Pirates highlight: Two homeruns
Pirates lowlight: Two errors

My Comment: On second loss to Pirates, the Boston Red Sox move to second place in the AL East. More hits and more homeruns by Boston were not enough to overcome Pittsburgh. The Red Sox will try to salvage a victory tomorrow to end the series on a positive note. Speaking of positive notes - congratulations to Josh Reddick on his first homerun of the season!

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Tim Wakefield; Losing Pitcher: Tim Wakefield (3)
PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Jesff Karstens; Winning Pitcher: Jeff Karstens
PITTSBURGH: Save: Joel Hanraham
BOSTON: Homeruns: Adrian Gonzalez (16), Josh Reddick (1), Jacoby Ellsbury (9)
PITTSBURGH: Homeruns: Lyle Overbay, Garrett Jones

RED SOX: Wins 44, Losses 32, Percentage .579

Next game: Sunday 26 June 2011, 10:35 a.m.PT/1:35 p.m.ET, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, Andrew Miller

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Red Sox Lose Lead And Pirates Prevail

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Runs	Hits	Errors
Red Sox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
Pirates	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	3	9	0

Red Sox highlight: Nine hits
Red Sox lowlight: Eleven men left on base
Pirates highlight: Relief pitching
Pirates lowlight: Seven men left on base

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester; Losing Pitcher: Jon Lester (4)
PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Paul Maholm; Winning Pitcher: Paul Maholm
PITTSBURGH: Save: Joel Hanrahan

RED SOX: Wins 44, Losses 31, Percentage .587

Next game: Saturday 25 June 2011, 4:05 p.m.PT/7:05 p.m.ET, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, Tim Wakefield

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Red Sox Repel Pirates, 6 to 4

BOSTON: 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 6 8 0

PITTSBURGH: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 7 0

Today the Boston Red Sox experienced an event that had eluded them for some time - a win! Not only a win, but a road victory. And Josh has apparently completely recovered from his recent illness. He pitched five innings and only gave up one run to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Great! There were also some Boston homers out of McKechnie Field in today's game that accounted for fifty percent of the Red Sox runs scored. Now the questions is, can they repeat the feat tomorrow at home? It would be wonderful if the Red Sox could have as long a winning streak to begin the finish of the pre-season, as their recent losing streak.

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Winning Pitcher: Josh Beckett (1)

PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Paul Maholm, Losing Pitcher: Paul Maholm

BOSTON: Homeruns: Victor Martinez (1), Bill Hall (1), Mike Cameron (2)

PITTSBURGH: Homeruns: Jeremy Farrell, Delwyn Young

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RED SOX: Wins: 12, Losses: 12

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Next Spring Training game: Thursday 25 March 2010, 10:05 a,m,PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Florida Marlins, City of Palms Park, Tim Wakefield

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Pittsburgh Passes Boston

BOSTON: 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 7 14 1

PITTSBURGH: 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 x - 9 13 1

A half dozen homers cleared McKechnie Field today, unfortunately two-thirds of them were by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Thank you Ortiz and Hermida for your combined three runs producing yardsters. It was only in the number of hits that the Boston Red Sox outdid the Pirates in the game. Well, the hitting came back to the Red Sox and they scored one run for every two hits, but it just wasn't enough against the Pirates. As his outing today was poor, perhaps Beckett came back too soon from his illness, though he does need the innings. Come on Boston - five losses in a row?? You can do better. You MUST do better!

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Losing Pitcher: Jorge Sosa (1)

PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Paul Maholm, Winning Pitcher: Jeff Karstens

PITTSBURGH: Save: Jean Machi

BOSTON: Homeruns: David Ortiz (3), Jeremy Hermida (1)

PITTSBURGH: Homeruns: Delwyn Young, Garrett Jones, Steve Pearce, John Raynor

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RED SOX: Wins: 10, Losses: 8

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Next Spring Training game: Saturday 20 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Baltimore Orioles, City of Palm Park, Tim Wakefield

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Red Sox Plank Pirates, 3 to 2

PITTSBURGH: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 4 0

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

It was pitchers duel day at the City of Palms Park. Hitters were effectively shutdown by Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates pitching through the fifth inning. However, it was a homerun in the sixth that was the breakthrough hit and allowed the Pirates to get on the board first. They would also score the last run of the game, but in between the Red Sox managed to score three runs and secure their win. Boston is now in second place in the Grapefruit League standings, behind the first place Tampa Bay Rays. For what seems like the umpteenth (actually fourth) time this pre-season, tomorrow Boston will play Minnesota. The Twins will be doing the hosting and the Red Sox, one hopes, will be doing the winning.

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PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Paul Maholm, Losing Pitcher: Chris Jakuauskas

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Winning Pitcher: Brian Shouse (1)

BOSTON: Save: Michael Bowden (1)

PITTSBURGH: Homerun: Delwyn Young

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RED SOX: Wins: 9, Losses: 3

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Next Spring Training game: Sunday 14 March 2010, 10:05 a.m.PT/1:05 p.m.ET, Minnesota Twins, Hammond Stadium, Josh Beckett

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Red Sox Pound Pirates

The Boston Red Sox hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates at the City of Palms Park for a preseason game. Playing in this Fort Myers ball field would not prove to be a pleasant experience for the Pirates. It was the Red Sox who prevailed today. Boston posted the first runs of the game with one run in the bottom of the first and a three-run homer by Jason Varitek in the bottom of the second inning. Pittsburgh put their first run on the board with one in the top of the fifth inning. The Pirates also scored two runs in the top of the sixth and one run in the top of the seventh. The Red Sox scored runs from the fifth through the eighth innings. They produced one run each in the fifth and sixth innings, scored three runs in the seventh inning (two of them on a two-run homer by Chip Ambres), and added two final runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Boston beat Pittsburgh by a score of eleven to four.

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PITTSBURGH: four runs, eleven hits, one error

BOSTON: eleven runs, eleven hits, two errors

PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Jeff Karstens, Losing Pitcher: Jeff Karstens

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Losing Pitcher: Clay Buchholz

BOSTON: Homeruns: Jason Varitek, Chip Ambres

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 12, Spring Training Losses: 11

Sox Surpass Pirates

Bradenton was the site of the Boston Red Sox's first extra-inning game of the preseason and second game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was a run-fest for both teams and resulted in a Boston victory. There was scoring in every inning except the second and the Red Sox began with three runs in the top of the first and five runs in the top of the third. The Pirates responded with four runs in the bottom of the third and one run in the bottom of the fourth. Boston continued to produce runs in the fifth (three), seventh (one), nineth (two), and tenth (one - the winning run) innings. While Pittsburgh produced runs in the sixth (two), eighth (four), and nineth (three). The final score was Boston fifteen and Pittsburgh fourteen.

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BOSTON: fifteen runs, fifteen hits, two errors

PITTSBURGH: fourteen runs, sixteen hits, one error

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Winning Pitcher: Wes Littleton

PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Tom Gorzelanny, Losing Pitcher: Juan Mateo

BOSTON: Save: B. Maxwell, Homeruns: Josh Bard, Nick Green, Brad Wilkerson (grand slam), Dusty Brown

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 7, Spring Training Losses: 7

Pittsburgh Pirates Prevail

In the City of Palms Park, the Red Sox hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates for this pre-season game. And, for the first time in this Spring Training season, the Sox put up runs first. They scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and kept that lead until the top of the ninth. That's when the Pirates scored three runs and, as the Sox were unable to come back in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Pirates won the game three to two.

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PITTSBURGH: three runs, five hits, one error

BOSTON: two runs, three hits, one error

PITTSBURGH: Starting Pitcher: Ian Snell, Winning Pitcher: Tyler Yates

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Losing Pitcher: Richie Lentz

PITTSBURGH: Save: Daniel Haigwood

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 1, Spring Training Losses: 2