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RHP Ryan Dempster will get the start against the Indians on Thursday at Fenway Park coming off an outing in which he threw a whopping 127 pitches in just 4 2/3 innings at Minnesota. There were some who wondered whether Dempster might get pushed back in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Clay Buchholz is enjoying himself on the mound these days, and for good reason. He's 7-0 with a league-leading 1.73 ERA after pitching seven sharp innings Wednesday in the Red Sox's 6-2...

The Sports Xchange By Brian Hedger, The Sports Xchange Red Sox 6, White Sox 2 CHICAGO -- Hector Santiago was impressive for the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night, but Boston Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz was even better. Powered by another strong...

The Sports Xchange By Brian Hedger, The Sports Xchange Buchholz beats White Sox, improves to 7-0 CHICAGO -- Hector Santiago was impressive for the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night, but Boston Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz was even better....

MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH All along, the assumption was that the anticipation of free agency after this season would inspire Jacoby Ellsbury to once again reach MVP-caliber heights for the Red Sox. But as two of Ellsbury's...

Adam Dunn looked like his career was coming to a sad end in the first six weeks of the season. When the Chicago White Sox host the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, Dunn will be trying to keep one of the best power streaks in the majors going. Dunn clubbed a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Jacoby Ellsbury is 8-for-60 (.133) over his last 13 games, hardly what the Red Sox expect from their leadoff hitter and the 2011 AL MVP runner-up. But manager John Farrell isn't ready to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Every chance he gets, David Ortiz reminds the Minnesota Twins about the one that got away. Ortiz signed with the Red Sox after the 2002 season, when the Twins declined to tender him a...

The Red Sox began the season with two All-Star closers -- an embarrassment of riches! -- and barely a month later have handed the ninth inning to Junichi Tazawa, a former member of the Japanese Industrial League with exactly one career save. Welcome...

The Sports Xchange 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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH After seeing righty Andrew Bailey uncork 15 pitches without incident in a simulated inning Thursday, Red Sox manager John Farrell admitted to at least some temptation to activate the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Andrew Bailey's return to the mound for the Red Sox may be only a few days away. Bailey threw a 20-pitch bullpen session Tuesday and didn't feel any lingering effects from the...