Red Sox Ark Angels, 4 to 1

L. A. ANGELS: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 1

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 x - 4 9 0

Battle of the Pitching Stars! Yes, another game where the pitchers controlled the game. What is happening at the end of the season with all these duels? Good tune up for the postseason. Matsuzaka had a great return to Fenway Park. Welcome back Daisuke! Anyway, the Boston Red Sox broke the battle in the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Angels. Between the starter and the bullpen, the Angels were only able to score once on Boston pitching. Although I prefer games with lots of hitting, I do appreciate the artistry of pitching, after all I was a catcher in another life. And the Boston defense has been marvelous of late - great hands guys!

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L. A. ANGELS: Starting Pitcher: John Lackey, Losing Pitcher: John Lackey

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Winning Pitcher: Daisuke Matsuzaka (2)

BOSTON: Homerun: David Ortiz (24)

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RED SOX: Wins: 85, Losses: 58, AL East Standings: New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Wednesday 16 September 2009, 4:10 p.m. PT, Los Angeles Angels, Fenway Park, Paul Byrd

Boston Red Sox 2010 Game Schedule - Initial

APRIL 2010

Monday 5
New York Yankees HOME
Tuesday 6
DAY OFF
Wednesday 7, Thursday 8
New York Yankees HOME
Friday 9, Saturday 10, Sunday 11
Kansas City Royals AWAY
Monday 12
Minnesota Twins AWAY
Tuesday 13
DAY OFF
Wednesday 14, Thursday 15
Minnesota Twins AWAY
Friday 16, Saturday 17, Sunday 18, Monday 19
Tampa Bay Rays HOME
Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21, Thursday 22
Texas Rangers HOME
Friday 23, Saturday 24, Sunday 25
Baltimore Orioles HOME
Monday 26, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28
Toronto Blue Jays AWAY
Thursday 29
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Friday 30
Baltimore Orioles AWAY

MAY 2010

Saturday 1, Sunday 2
Baltimore Orioles AWAY
Monday 3, Tuesday 4, Wednesday 5, Thursday 6
Los Angeles Angels HOME
Friday 7, Saturday 8, Sunday 9
New York Yankees HOME
Monday 10, Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12
Toronto Blue Jays HOME
Thursday 13
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Friday 14, Saturday 15, Sunday 16
Detroit Tigers AWAY
Monday 17, Tuesday 18
New York Yankees AWAY
Wednesday 19, Thursday 20
Minnesota Twins HOME
Friday 21, Saturday 22, Sunday 23
Philadelphia Phillies AWAY
Monday 24, Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26
Tampa Bay Rays AWAY
Thursday 27, Friday 28, Saturday 29, Sunday 30
Kansas City Royals HOME
Monday 31
DAY OFF

JUNE 2010

Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2, Thursday 3
Oakland Athletics HOME
Friday 4, Saturday 5, Sunday 6
Baltimore Orioles AWAY
Monday 7, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9, Thursday 10
Cleveland Indians AWAY
Friday 11, Saturday 12, Sunday 13
Philadelphia Phillies HOME
Monday 14
DAY OFF
Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16, Thursday 17
Arizona Diamondbacks HOME
Friday 18, Saturday 19, Sunday 20
Los Angeles Dodgers HOME
Monday 21
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23, Thursday 24
Colorado Rockies AWAY
Friday 25, Saturday 26, Sunday 27
San Francisco Giants AWAY
Monday 28
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30
Tampa Bay Rays HOME

JULY 2010

Thursday 1
DAY OFF
Friday 2, Saturday 3, Sunday 4
Baltimore Orioles HOME
Monday 5, Tuesday 6, Wednesday 7
Tampa Bay Rays AWAY
Thursday 8
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Friday 9, Saturday 10, Sunday 11
Toronto Blue Jays AWAY
Monday 12
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Tuesday 13
ALL-STAR GAME ANGEL STADIUM
Wednesday 14
DAY OFF/TAVEL DAY
Thursday 15, Friday 16, Saturday 17, Sunday 18
Texas Rangers HOME
Monday 19, Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21
Oakland Athletics AWAY
Thursday 22, Friday 23, Saturday 24, Sunday 25
Seattle Mariners AWAY
Monday 26, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28
Los Angeles Angels AWAY
Thursday 29
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Friday 30, Saturday 31
Detroit Tigers HOME

AUGUST 2010

Sunday 1
Detroit Tigers HOME
Monday 2, Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5
Cleveland Indians HOME
Friday 6, Friday 7, Sunday 8, Monday 9
New York Yankees AWAY
Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12
Toronto Blue Jays AWAY
Friday 13, Saturday 14, Sunday 15
Texas Rangers AWAY
Monday 16
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18, Thursday 19
Los Angeles Angels HOME
Friday 20, Saturday 21, Sunday 22
Toronto Blue Jays HOME
Monday 23, Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25
Seattle Mariners HOME
Thursday 26
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Friday 27, Saturday 28, Sunday 29
Tampa Bay Rays AWAY
Monday 30
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Tuesday 31
Baltimore Orioles AWAY

SEPTEMBER 2010

Wednesday 1, Thursday 2
Baltimore Orioles AWAY
Friday 3, Saturday 4, Sunday 5
Chicago White Sox HOME
Monday 6, Tuesday 7, Wednesday 8
Tampa Bay Rays HOME
Thursday 9
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12
Oakland Athletics AWAY
Monday 13, Tuesday 14, Wednesday 15
Seattle Mariners AWAY
Thursday 16
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Friday 17, Saturday 18, Sunday 19
Toronto Blue Jays HOME
Monday 20, Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22
Baltimore Orioles HOME
Thursday 23
DAY OFF/TRAVEL DAY
Friday 24, Saturday 25, Sunday 26
New York Yankees AWAY
Monday 27, Tuesday 28, Wednesday 29, Thursday 30
Chicago White Sox AWAY

OCTOBER 2010

Friday 1, Saturday 2, Sunday 3
New York Yankees HOME
Monday 4 through Sunday 31
POSTSEASON

Red Sox Ruin Rays, 4 to 0

TAMPA BAY: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0

BOSTON: 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 x - 4 7 0

Well the second game of today's doubleheader not only had a similar outcome to the first game, but the second game actually had a better score. The Boston Red Sox shutout the Tampa Bay Rays in their last encounter of the season and have their second sweep of this current homestand in Fenway Park. Five straight victories and counting. The Red Sox and Rays will not meet again until 2010, as the Rays have been eliminated from postseason play - the Red Sox have not. Oh and yes, the afternoon was quieter in the bar than in the morning. Before the start of game number two, the Eagles fans left, happy it seems. And I headed home after the second game began, because apparently the game was blacked out in this area for some reason. Guess having having a double dose of the Red Sox is too much for some satellite/cable providers (must be Yankee fans)! Boston has their last regular season day off tomorrow and then Tuesday begins the final push of the remaining three weeks of the season. Postseason - we're on our way!

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TAMPA BAY: Starting Pitcher: James Shields, Losing Pitcher: James Shields

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Winning Pitcher: Jon Lester (13)

BOSTON: Homerun: Jason Bay (32)

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RED SOX: Wins: 84, Losses: 58, AL East Standings: New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Tuesday 15 September 2009, 4:10 p.m. PT, Los Angeles Angels, Fenway Park, Daisuke Matsuzaka

Boston Tames Tampa Bay,3 to 1

TAMPA BAY: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0

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

Another Sunday in my favorite New England sports living bar and today the overflow of Eagles fans from the Philly bar across the street are joining us today. Hasn't been this noisy on Sundays all season. A revelation - there's an Eagles fight song (heard it many times this morning). An early start to the day as the Boston Red Sox are playing a doubleheader and this is the first game. A pitching duel of a game, which makes this a very long game in a very long day. It took until the sixth inning, but a Red Sox run finally scored on a Martinez single that drove in Pedroia from second. Then the Tampa Bay Rays brought the game back to being even. In the end it was an Ortiz pinch hit that made the difference in the game. The pitching, of course, was good on both sides and Papelbon was not scary today. Another game will be played in Fenway Park today and let's hope for a similar outcome. The Eagles game is still on and the Philly bar fans are still singing. Perhaps the afternoon will be quieter.

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TAMPA BAY: Starting Pitcher: Matt Garza, Losing Pitcher: Matt Garza

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Winning Pitcher: Hideki Okajima (6)

BOSTON: Save: Jonathan Papelbon (36)

BOSTON: Homerun: Dustin Pedrioa (13)

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RED SOX: Wins: 83, Losses: 58, AL East Standings: New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Sunday 13 September 2009, 2:00 p.n. PT, Tampa Bay Rays, Fenway Park, Jon Lester

Happy 29th Birthday Daisuke Matsuzaka!!!

Daisuke Matsuzaka is a right-handed batting and throwing pitcher. He is a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Daisuke made his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox on Thursday 5 April 2007 when he was twenty-six years, six months, and twenty-three days old. The Red Sox played the Kansas City Royals in Kauffman Stadium that day and Daisuke pitched seven innings and gave up one run in the four to one victory. He pitched for the World Baseball Classic champion Japan 2006 and 2009, named World Baseball Classic MVP 2006 and 2009, and has a ring for the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox 2007. Daisuke wears number eighteen.

Red Sox Reign Rays, 9 to 1

TAMPA BAY: 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 0

BOSTON: 0 0 8 1 0 - 9 8 0

Yesterday it rained (water) in Fenway Park - no game. Today it rained (runs) in Fenway Park - won game. Great at bats for Boston in the third. And although the rain (water) came in the middle of the game to delay the inevitable, the Boston Red Sox won their third game in a row and have taken the first game of a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. It was a short game - an official five innings - and it allowed Beckett a "complete" game victory. I know, it's a stretch, but I do like it when pitchers have complete games. And the Red Sox have increased their lead over the Rangers for the AL Wild Card and have also gained ground on the Yankees.

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TAMPA BAY: Starting Pitcher: Wade Davis, Losing Pitcher: Wade Davis

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Winning Pitcher: Josh Beckett (15)

BOSTON: Homerun: Kevin Youkilis (25)

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RED SOX: Wins: 82, Losses: 58, AL East Standings: New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Sunday 13 September 2009, 9:00 a.m. PT, Tampa Bay Rays, Fenway Park, Clay Buchholz

Red Sox, Rays - POSTPONED Until Sunday 9/13

Per the notification below, today's Boston Red Sox versus Tampa Bay Rays game in Fenway Park has been postponed because of inclement weather and will be played on Sunday 13 September as part of a doubleheader.

"Rays' rainout forces twin bill SundayFirst game at Fenway to start at noon ET, second at 5 p.m.

By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
09/11/09 9:56 PM ET
BOSTON -- Friday night's Rays-Red Sox series opener was postponed due to rain.
The game will be played as part of a Sunday doubleheader at noon and 5 p.m. ET.
The start of Friday night's game was delayed by six minutes due to rain before starting at 7:16 p.m. Twelve minutes later, after the Rays had loaded the bases with one out, the tarp was put on the field.
After a lengthy delay, the game finally was called at 9:50. Sunday's game will start from the beginning, meaning the Rays will lose the bases-loaded situation.
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs"

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RED SOX: Wins: 81, Losses: 58, AL East Standings: New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Saturday 12 September 2009, 4:10 p.m. PT, Tampa Bay Rays, Fenway Park, Josh Beckett