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MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH The wheels are coming off for right-hander Ryan Dempster. A bright spot in April, when only some bad luck and a lack of run support kept him from winning on a pace with top two starters Jon Lester and...

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 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...

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 Boston Red Sox are on a roll. They will be looking for their sixth straight win when they visit the Chicago White Sox for the opener of a three-game series on Monday. The Red Sox have received strong starting pitching throughout the bulk of their...

Red Sox 5, Twins 1: John Lackey took a perfect game into the fifth inning and Will Middlebrooks homered as visiting Boston sat through a three-hour, one-minute rain delay in the seventh and completed a three-game sweep of Minnesota. Lackey (2-4) ended...

The Sports Xchange By Joe Oberle, The Sports Xchange Red Sox complete sweep of Twins MINNEAPOLIS -- After waiting out a three-hour rain delay in the seventh inning, the Boston Red Sox expanded the lead they built before the storm and beat the Minnesota...

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...

With eight weeks until the All-Star Game in New York, a campaign has begun on the Internet to get Yankees closer Mariano Rivera to start for the American League. Clay Buchholz wouldn't object. Buchholz is 6-0 with a 1.78 ERA for the Red Sox, putting...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Red Sox 12, Twins 5 Red Sox 12, Twins 5: David Ortiz homered twice and drove in six as visiting Boston pounded Minnesota en route to its fourth straight victory. Daniel Nava homered and drove in three and Dustin Pedroia doubled...

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...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Will Middlebrooks' slump finally died last night. It happened at about 10:30 p.m., so you probably missed it, considering the Bruins were thundering away in overtime back home. But down to his last strike, and with the Red Sox...