Game one of the ALCS at Tropicana Field between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox was dominated by pitching, as Boston won the contest 2-0. Game two of the ALCS had some strong performances from both teams bullpens, but this time offense ruled. The two teams combined to hit seven home runs,   more...
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Last night's game became an instant Red Sox classic.It started with Jon Lester being nothing short of dominating. He went 7 strong innings, giving up only a handful of hits and no runs.Dustin Pedroia got his first hit of the series by banging an RBI double off the wall in the 5th inning.Then there   more...
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The pressure is on the Angels to recover with a split before heading to Boston... get a preview of tonight's game at The Bottom Line.
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The Rays are baseball's feel good story of the year... but the Red Sox aren't a boring, hated dynasty yet... are they?
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Jon Lester will look to save the Sox from traveling west tonight... he's 11-1 at Fenway.
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Jon Lester does it again! The Angels failed on the suicide squeeze and Jed Lowrie drove in the series winning run in the 9th!
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Josh Beckett (12-10, 4.03 ERA )Terry Francona made it official today; Josh Beckett is the Game 3 starter."He's pitching," manager Terry Francona said before the Red Sox [team stats]' 7-5 win over the Angels in Game 2 last night. "I think we kind of needed to go about it the way we did.   more...
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Jacoby Ellsbury lead the way with a 3-5 night and a spectacular catch to preserve a 2-1 lead... get the video are recap at The Bottom Line.
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Ellsbury vs Longoria... Pedroia vs Upton... Lester vs Kazmir... Papelbon vs Balfour... shall I go on?
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Some player notes from the ALDS series, including the Papelbon debacle from last night, AJ Pierzynski hurts more than he helps, the Rays bullpen and more.
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Tony Mazz of the Boston Globe talks about the Red Sox v Rays ALCS match-up.
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Tim McCarver ways in on the Manny Saga...
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The Sox pounded the Rays for 6 homers and 13 runs last night... think the pressure is getting to them...?
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Byrd will face the Jays for the 5th time in two months when he starts for the Sox tonight...
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These are my Top 5... what say you?
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