First-time All-Star Tim Wakefield earned his AL-leading 11th victory, and David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Wednesday night. ...more

July 9, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG Perhaps making it interesting to the point that everyone dismissed their chances was the only way for the Rays to do it. ...more

October 20, 2008

"Big Game" James Shields wasn't big enough Saturday night against a Boston Red Sox team that looked nothing like it did earlier in the American League Championship Series. ...more

October 19, 2008

When Mama's happy, everybody's happy, the old saying goes. And so it is with the Red Sox that when David "Big Papi" Ortiz is hitting and driving in runs, good things are happening for Boston. ...more

October 18, 2008

Star Of The Game: J.D. Drew Drew led the Red Sox's dramatic 8-7 comeback victory against the Rays on Thursday night in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Drew's two-run homer in the eighth inning pulled Boston within 7-6. In the ninth with two outs, Drew's RBI single drove in the winning run. Drew's heroics overshadowed Rays center fielder B.J. Upton, who smashed his sixth home run of the playoffs. Only Barry Bonds (eight in 2002), Carlos Beltran (eight in 2004) and Troy Glaus (seven in 2002) have more in a single postseason. Overall, Upton went 3-for-4 with four RBIs. ...more

October 17, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Dan Wheeler may not be a true closer, but he may have saved the Rays' season Saturday night. ...more

October 12, 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

The Rays have their homefield advantage going for them in Game 1 of the ALCS tonight, and the Red Sox counter with a pitcher who hasn't lost on the road this year. ...more

October 10, 2008

The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news. ...more

October 7, 2008

The Boston Red Sox will have to wait at least one more day to clinch their fifth postseason trip in six years. ...more

September 23, 2008