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| Red Sox-Yankees game postponed by rain |
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09/27/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Saturday's game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox was postponed because of rain. It will be made up on Sunday as part of a day/night doubleheader at Fenway Park. The teams will play Sunday's regularly scheduled game at 1:35 p.m. (et), then play Saturday's makeup game at 7:35 p.m. (et). New York won Friday's series-opener, 19-8, to end Boston's slim chance of winning the American League East division. The Red Sox will enter the postseason as the wild card. |
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| Red Sox, Yankees to battle again at Fenway |
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09/27/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - With their chances of an AL East title now gone by the wayside, the Boston Red Sox tune up for the postseason in the second of three games against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. In the opener of this set on Friday, Cody Ransom belted a pair of homers to highlight a 20-hit attack as New York routed Boston, 19-8, in a rain-soaked affair. The loss eliminated the Red Sox from the AL East race, giving Tampa Bay its first division title in franchise history. Boston is in the postseason, ho |
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| BoSox scratch Dice-K |
MLB Baseball |
09/26/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Inclement weather has forced the Boston Red Sox to scratch star pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka from his scheduled start against the New York Yankees on Friday. Rain delayed the start of the game and the Red Sox, who have already cliched a postseason berth but trail the Tampa Bay Rays by two games in the AL East, decided to err of the side of caution with Matsuzaka (18-2). David Pauley was tabbed to start in the Japanese star's place. |
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| Falling White Sox aim to get on track versus Indians |
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09/26/2008 |
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| n Sunday against Detroit, which managed three runs and eight hits off of him in five innings. Lewis, who has never faced the White Sox, has pitched to a 1.42 ERA this season. Cleveland enters this series on the heels of dropping three of four to the Boston Red Sox, including Thursday's 6-1 setback at Fenway Park. Jamey Carroll knocked in the lone run for the Indians, losers in three straight after a seven-game win streak. Jeremy Sowers (4-9) gave up five runs on seven hits with three walks and one strikeout o |
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| Red Sox try to stay in AL East race against Yanks |
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09/26/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox try to keep their AL East title hopes alive this evening when they start a three-game series with the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Boston has already secured a playoff spot, but would be eliminated from division title consideration with a loss or another win by the Tampa Bay Rays, who hold a two-game advantage in the East. After Tampa lost earlier in the day on Thursday, the Red Sox did their part, as Jon Lester took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Kevin Youkil |
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| Rays bungle chance to clinch AL East in loss to Tigers |
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09/26/2008 |
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| ory with a 7-5 win over Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series. Ben Zobrist homered twice and drove in four for the Rays, who could have clinched the AL East with a win. Instead Tampa Bay will have to wait at least another day to celebrate. A Boston Red Sox loss to the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night would have handed the division title to the Rays, who have already locked up the first playoff spot in franchise history, The Red Sox, though, beat the Indians, 6-1. Mike Hessman, Dusty Ryan, and Curti |
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| Halladay tries for win No. 20 in finale with Yanks |
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09/25/2008 |
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| arts, Halladay is 7-3 and has pitched at least seven full innings six times. For the Yankees, injury-riddled right-hander Carl Pavano makes the seventh start of his latest comeback. The 32-year-old Connecticut native - a 13th-round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox in 1994 - made 17 starts with New York in 2005 before missing all of 2006 and appearing in just two games last season. He made his 2008 debut on August 23 in Baltimore, winning a 5-3 verdict after allowing seven hits and three runs in five innings. |
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| Lester leads BoSox in series finale vs. Tribe |
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09/25/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Jon Lester makes the final regular-season start of what's been a terrific 2008 campaign for the young pitcher when the Boston Red Sox conclude a four-game series with the Cleveland Indians tonight at Fenway Park. Lester has won 15 games so far during his breakthough year and ranks among the American League leaders with a 3.26 earned run average as well. The left- hander has been especially dominant on the Fenway Park mound, where he's amassed an excellent 10-1 record and a 2.54 ERA in 16 s |
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| Snow to sign contract with Giants, then retire once more |
MLB Baseball |
09/25/2008 |
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| y of Arizona product joined the San Francisco front office, where he is currently employed. A six-time Gold Glove winner, Snow spent nine seasons as a Giant and helped San Francisco to four postseason appearances before finishing his career with the Boston Red Sox in June, 2006. He joins Hall of Famer Willie McCovey as the only two Giants first basemen to start nine straight Opening Days since the team moved to the Bay Area in 1958. The Long Beach, California native ranks in the top 15 in San Francisco histor |
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| Red Sox clip Indians, but can't gain ground on Rays |
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09/24/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Mark Kotsay's RBI double in the eighth inning was the difference as the playoff-bound Boston Red Sox clipped Cleveland, 5-4, in the third contest of a four-game set at Fenway Park. Kotsay finished 2-for-4 and drove in two for the Red Sox, who have won two in a row and three of four. David Ortiz, Jason Varitek and Chris Carter each knocked in a run. After clinching their fifth playoff berth in six seasons on Tuesday, the Red Sox are chasing Tampa Bay for the AL East crown. The Re |
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