Jeter Hits 250th HR To Lead Yanks Over Red Sox 6-4
Derek Jeter hit his 250th home run, Nick Swisher connected twice and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on a lightning-filled Friday night for their eighth win in 10 games.
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Derek Jeter hit his 250th home run, Nick Swisher connected twice and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on a lightning-filled Friday night for their eighth win in 10 games.
While the Red Sox-Yankees weekend series in the Bronx has little luster, one story to follow will be Derek Lowe facing his former team for the first time wearing pinstripes.
Late-summer series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees typically carry a postseason buzz about them. Not this year.
The drama from the Red Sox clubhouse has continued and this time names have been named. Jeff Passan, of Yahoo! Sports, broke a story of a mutiny by the players over Bobby Valentine.
"John Lackey doesn't need to be with the team," Heyman said of Lackey, who hasn't played this year due to Tommy John surgery. "And if he is with the team, he doesn't need to be drinking beer."
CBS baseball insider John Heyman called in to Gresh & Zo to talk about the state of the Boston Red Sox right now. The team is now sitting back at .500 with only 52 games left in the regular season, but Heyman says that they can still make the post season.
Pedro Ciriaco has been with Boston for less than a month and already he is a New York Yankees nemesis.
Despite their struggles against the New York Yankees this season, the Boston Red Sox have plenty of fight left when it comes to facing their archrival.
Boston had wasted a five-run lead by the time Pedro Ciriaco stepped to the plate in the ninth inning Saturday night and hit a hard fly ball toward center field. He thought Curtis Granderson would catch it.
Whether at Fenway Park or in the Bronx, the New York Yankees continue to pile up the runs against the rival Boston Red Sox. That likely doesn't bode well for Jon Lester.
New York powered past the Boston Red Sox 10-3 on Friday night.
This weekend we will discover what happens when the so-called greatest rivalry in sports takes place in the Bronx and nobody in Boston is around to care.
With an important three-game set against the Yankees in the Bronx beginning Friday night, the Red Sox know they need to start winning games.
The pitching matchups for Boston's three-game series against the Yankees in New York this weekend.
The Red Sox dropped their first game in Texas, which made it four losses in a row, and once again fell below .500. What happens if the Sox drop the series to the Yankees and should they just start to focus on next season if the struggles continue?
Red Sox starter Jon Lester will make his next scheduled start against the New York Yankees Saturday in the Bronx, manager Bobby Valentine announced Monday.
The Seattle Mariners traded outfielder Ichiro Suzuki to the New York Yankees Monday.
Zolak and Goucher talked with CBS Baseball Insider Jon Heyman who is in Kansas City for the All-Star Game. The guys discussed whether or not the Red Sox can catch the Yankees and what the Sox need to do to get better.
The Yankees left town Sunday night, but the bad blood between Vicente Padilla and Mark Teixeira won't be going away any time soon.
The Yankees took three of four at Fenway Park and boosted their record to 52-33 and their AL East lead to seven games over Baltimore.
Newcomers Pedro Ciriaco and Mauro Gomez had three hits each and the Sox gained a split of their doubleheader with a 9-5 win over the Yankees.
Andruw Jones hit two of New York's four homers, Freddy Garcia pitched 6 2-3 solid innings in muggy conditions and the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 in the opener of a split doubleheader on Saturday.
Manager Bobby Valentine dubbed Friday's loss - the fifth straight for the Red Sox - "rock bottom" at the time, but if Boston gets swept Saturday it will be mired in a season-high six-game skid.
Mark Teixeira hit a two-run single in the Yankees' five-run first inning and a two-run triple in the seventh to give them the lead for good on Friday night as New York beat the Boston Red Sox 10-8.
Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is heading to the disabled list.
A buzzer-beater by Norwell High School senior Nick Fein that stunned a packed Swampscott gym is now going viral.
The Charlotte Hornets extended their win streak to six games with a 118-89 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.
In the last four years there were 168 threats made against trial court judges in Massachusetts, according to state records.
A Peabody, Massachusetts couple has been living in Israel since January, and now with the conflicts in Iran, have repeatedly been taking shelter.
Marshfield police officer Richard Perry is accused of driving drunk and causing a head-on crash.
More ice and snow are in the weather forecast for Massachusetts, and it could cause treacherous travel Thursday into Friday.
The New England Patriots are set to release star wide receiver Stefon Diggs, according to reports.
A grand jury has indicted a former bus driver for Boston Public Schools on three charges in the death of 5-year-old Lens Arthur Joseph.
A buzzer-beater by Norwell High School senior Nick Fein that stunned a packed Swampscott gym is now going viral.
A fire station in Westwood, Massachusetts has been shut down after engineers determined the building is no longer safe.
Two Massachusetts residents have been diagnosed with measles, the Department of Public Health confirmed Friday.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Flu cases are rising rapidly, especially among kids in Boston, where hospitalizations of children under five have increased 150% over the last two weeks.
Four children have died from the flu in Massachusetts so far this season, public health officials say.
In the last four years there were 168 threats made against trial court judges in Massachusetts, according to state records.
A former staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage student's arm.
The ads for the Find Mass Money website in Massachusetts make it seem easy. But one couple struggled to get their $11,000.
Four Massachusetts State Police instructors have been charged following an investigation into the 2024 death of state police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
After I-Team reports about a Foxboro woman's frustration with her GE gas range, the company has agreed to give her a refund.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The restaurants at View Boston are closing this spring.
Uno Pizzeria and Not Your Average Joe's are closing more restaurants in Massachusetts.
Kowloon is expected to draw big crowds to Revere, Massachusetts when it opens a new tiki bar.
Two more movie theater chains are closing locations in Massachusetts. Experts say megaplexes need to make major changes.
The Neiman Marcus store at Copley Place in Boston is closing, Saks Global announced.
Just steps from the water's edge along Lake Winnipesaukee, a spectacular estate mixes modern architecture with breathtaking views.
An innovative craft winery located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire, Hermit Woods is taking a different approach to winemaking.
Located on the water's edge along New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mill Falls blends elegant luxury with spectacular vistas.
Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
James Beard-nominated pastry chef and co-founder of Bakey in Boston gives insight on how to make his world-famous babka.
The Charlotte Hornets extended their win streak to six games with a 118-89 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.
The New England Patriots are set to release star wide receiver Stefon Diggs, according to reports.
Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt scored less than a minute apart early in the first period and the Boston Bruins held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.
Payton Pritchard scored 25 points and the Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee 108-81 on Monday night to spoil Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo's return from a right calf strain.
Luke Kornet has called on the Atlanta Hawks to cancel their upcoming collaboration with Magic City.
The MSPCA-Angell is looking to find homes for 163 rats that were surrendered in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
Snowmobilers came to the rescue of a moose that was buried up to its neck in snow off a New England trail on Tuesday.
Raising Cane's claims a Boston landlord has threatened to evict one of its locations in the Back Bay because the restaurant "smells like chicken fingers."
A tegu lizard was found buried beneath the snow in Providence, Rhode Island.