This is the aspect of the game that separates the Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees from most of their peers. ...more

March 30, 2009

Jed Lowrie hit one of Boston's three homers off Roy Halladay and the Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Monday. ...more

March 16, 2009

There is little question about Justin Masterson's importance to the Boston Red Sox this season. ...more

March 2, 2009

Red Sox manager Terry Francona downplayed benching slumping leadoff man and CF Jacoby Ellsbury for Game 4 on Tuesday night. ...more

October 15, 2008

One game into the American League Championship Series, the homefield advantage the Rays carved out during a six-month season is gone. ...more

October 11, 2008

Star Of The Game: Daisuke Matsuzaka Some people were skeptical when Red Sox manager Terry Francona announced Matsuzaka as his Game 1 starter. Any questions now? Dice-K labored through a 27-pitch first inning, walking the bases loaded, but he was never seriously threatened. He took a no-hitter into the seventh inning - retiring 16 of 17 batters - as reporters scrambled to locate Don Larsen's home number. Dice-K walked four, but had nine strikeouts and he was removed after two singles in the eighth. ...more

October 11, 2008

Daisuke Matsuzaka has a dazzling array off off-speed pitches, including a two-seamer called a shuuto that sinks. ...more

October 11, 2008

Justin Masterson could be a valuable member of Boston's starting rotation in the future. He could be a strong option in the Red Sox bullpen. ...more

October 7, 2008

The Los Angeles Angels might have thought they caught a break when they didn't have to face Red Sox ace Josh Beckett in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. ...more

October 5, 2008

The Rays prevailed 2-1 on a game-winning hit by Dioner Navarro that followed outstanding pitching across the board. ...more

September 17, 2008