Drew And Ortiz Carry Red Sox Past A's 6-5
Stephen Drew hit a two-run triple, David Ortiz had two hits and drove in a run and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon to take a three-game series.
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Stephen Drew hit a two-run triple, David Ortiz had two hits and drove in a run and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon to take a three-game series.
Bartolo Colon allowed three hits and the Oakland Athletics capitalized on eight walks, two balks and two errors to beat the Boston Red Sox 13-0 in a rain-shortened seven-inning game Tuesday night.
Jon Heyman joined Gresh and Zo on Tuesday to talk some baseball. The guys hit on the current closer situation for the Red Sox, Mike Napoli's red hot start and Robinson Cano's link to the Biogenesis clinic in Miami.
After an emotional weekend at Fenway Park where what happened "off" the field mattered way more than what occurred "on" it, it was nice to see the Red Sox open up their series with the Oakland A's with a victory.
Mike Napoli hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, Will Middlebrooks busted out of a slump with a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox rebounded from a doubleheader sweep by beating the Oakland Athletics 9-6 on Monday night.
If the A's are going to make the playoffs again, it will be on the strength of their pitching. A.J. Griffin will be a big part of that.
The last week of MLB's season is all great theater, sure, but it's all terribly, wildly unfair.
It's been a miserable season for the Boston Red Sox, but Dan Roche says they can make the Yankees playoff life pretty difficult over the next three days.
Dan Shaughnessy joined Gresh & Zo in studio to talk about the slumping Red Sox. A year and three days ago the Sox were 30 games above .500 now they are one of the biggest disappointments in MLB at 12 games below .500.
Boston dropped its sixth straight and remained winless on this West Coast swing, which finishes with a three-game series at Seattle beginning Monday.
The Red Sox lost 7-1 to the Oakland A's.
The Boston Red Sox may not be able to get much lower than last September, but this August came close.
The A's had a season-best 19 hits and scored 20 runs for the fourth time in Oakland history, while Boston allowed 20 for the first time since Aug. 21, 2009, against the Yankees.
Former Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon of the Oakland Athletics was suspended for 50 games Wednesday after testing positive for testosterone.
Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz smacked his 400th career home run Wednesday in Boston's 3-2 loss to the Athletics in Oakland.
Jemile Weeks hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh following Coco Crisp's leadoff triple, and the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 3-2 win Wednesday.
Josh Reddick and Brandon Moss homered against their former team to send Daisuke Matsuzaka to an early exit.
Former Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez, who was released by the Oakland A's over the weekend, spent most of the season with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. Apparently a fan that watches the games was not impressed with Manny's choice of hair style and thinks long hair is ruining America.
Manny Ramirez is a free agent again after he asked the Oakland Athletics to release him and the team granted his request on Friday.
Felger and Massarotti opened the day talking about the Boston Red Sox, their struggles, and the sellout streak at Fenway Park.
While the Red Sox dropped their second in a row to the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Wednesday night, it was a promising debut for third baseman Will Middlebrooks.
Brandon McCarthy beat an AL East opponent once again, holding Boston to one run over 6 2-/3 innings as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Red Sox 4-2 Wednesday night.
Jarrod Parker scattered four hits over 6 2-3 innings and picked up his first Major League win as the Oakland Athletics stopped a three-game losing streak by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night.
David Ortiz looks to continue his torrid start as the Red Sox seek their eighth win in nine games Tuesday night in the middle game of a three-game set against the A's at Fenway Park.
Bobby Valentine continues to be amazed by the hard-nosed play of Dustin Pedroia.
