Daniel Bard

MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Even after embattled reliever Daniel Bard's meltdown Wednesday night at Double-A Portland, manager John Farrell said the Red Sox are not yet considering sending him to extended spring training or...

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Want to know a few things about this Portland Sea Dogs team that comes back to Hadlock Field tonight? They have won 23 of 38 games, the best start of a Portland team since it became a Red Sox affiliate, just ahead of the vaunted 2005...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- In the absence of a proven closer, go ahead and credit the save for the Red Sox' come-from-behind 4-3 victory last night to right fielder Shane Victorino. Trailing 3-1 and down to their final strike in the ninth inning, the Sox...

Reliever Joel Carreno and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats coughed up a three-run lead and the Sea Dogs pulled into a 4-4 tie with them in the top of the ninth inning on Wednesday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. The Fisher Cats then turned...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Red Sox earned a much-needed victory over the Rays last night, but the thoughts of many in the organization were 1,500 miles away. With 3,591 fans watching in Manchester, N.H., the dissolution of Daniel Bard continued....

The first-place Portland Sea Dogs make their first appearance of the season against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats tonight at the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. Lefthander John Drake Britton (3- �2, 4.46 ERA) gets the 6:35 p.m. start against...

Instead of flying home Sunday night and having a day off, the Yankees had to fly to Cleveland to play a make-up doubleheader. It was a productive layover. They split a doubleheader with the Indians and held on to first place. Justin Masterson, the former...

Central Softball Wins1st NEC Tournament Title Behind a complete game from sophomore pitcher and NEC tournament MVP Laura Messina and the bat of junior Arielle Bruno (3-for-4, 2 RBI), the Central Connecticut softball team won its the first NEC...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Jon Lester remains unbeaten on the season, but he needed a lot of support to stay out of the loss column Tuesday. The left-hander allowed four runs in the first three innings at...

The Sports Xchange Red Sox' Hanrahan returns, but not as closer Boston reliever Joel Hanrahan returned to the Red Sox on Tuesday, but won't regain his role as the team's closer. That job will continue to belong to Andrew Bailey. With Hanrahan out...

The Sports Xchange Blue Jays 9, Red Sox 7 TORONTO -- Edwin Encarnacion hit a pair of two-run homers Tuesday, lifting the Blue Jays to a 9-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox that snapped Toronto's four-game losing streak. The Red Sox had their five-...

The Sports Xchange Encarnacion's two homers lead Jays TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays won the type of game Tuesday that they usually have been losing. An error on a likely inning-ending, double-play grounder in the seventh inning set up a three-run...