Beckett & Ellsbury - Players Of The Month!

Jason Bay and Jacoby Ellsbury each had three RBI and the Boston Red Sox pounded out 17 hits to beat the Washington Nationals, 11-3. Ellsbury had two triples and Bay hit his 19th homer of the season in the win. Brad Penny was dealt a no-decision pitching 5 2/3 innings, six hits, three earned runs, three walks and six strikeouts. Boston put away the game in the top of the...

First of all, to respond to the previous post, I can assume, Denton, that you only watched the first inning? Because the Smoltz I saw from innings two through five had a remarkably low suck factor.Of course, he's no Commander Kick Ass. In fact, earlier this season, Commander Kick Ass himself was no Commander Kick Ass. But Beckett is clearly back in the groove. And even as his...

Josh Beckett ends his June with seven shutout innings against the Braves as the Red Sox take the game 4-1. Beckett posts a 1.51 ERA for the month. With no walks and six strikeouts Friday night, his June totals go to four walks and 35 K in 35 2/3 innings. Beckett is now 9-3 [...]

It was a tight game in D.C., as the last-place Washington Nationals gave the Red Sox a fight last night, but the boys from Boston came out on top, 11-3.John Lannan of the Nats pitched well, allowing just three runs in six innings, before a record crowd of 41,517 at Nationals Park. But once it got down to a battle of the bullpens, it was simply no contest. The Red Sox pummeled the...

ATLANTA (AP) — Josh Beckett threw seven more scoreless innings against the Braves and David Ortiz homered, leading the first-place Boston Red Sox past slumping Atlanta 4-1 on Friday night.

Games 67 through 70 - Red SoxBraves 8, Red Sox 2Red Sox 3, Braves 0Red Sox 6, Braves 5Red Sox 11, Nationals 3Record: 43-27The Red Sox keep on keeping on, mixing a terrific start by Josh Beckett, some luck and a Nick Green walk-off, and some more luck and a bad Nationals bullpen into a tidy little 3-game winning streak. But we come here not to praise the Bostons. Rather, we come to this place

In a tight 3-3 battle heading into the seventh inning, the Red Sox erupted for eight runs in the final three innings, including six runs in the eighth to post an 11-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Adam Kilgore has Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay and Jason Varitek standing out as the stars of this win. John Tomase says [...]Post from: Boston Sports Media Watch

Josh Beckett threw seven more scoreless innings against the Braves, and David Ortiz homered, leading the first-place Boston Red Sox past slumping Atlanta 4-1 on Friday night.

David Ortiz homered and Josh Beckett turned in seven scoreless innings as Boston tripped Atlanta, 4-1, in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Turner Field.

Jason Bay had four hits, including his 19th homer and a two-run single that helped break open the game in the eighth inning, and Jacoby Ellsbury's had the first two-triple game of his career and a pair of singles in the Boston Red Sox's 11-3 victory against the overmatched Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

Now, of course those of us in Red Sox Nation with dear memories of 2004 are predisposed to loving Dave Roberts. There's little the man could do that would cause us to turn on him. Short of kicking a puppy, insulting my mom and donning a Yankees cap, I'd say the guy's pretty golden around here. (Though my mom is a lovely women and I'm sure she and Mr. Roberts would...

Josh Beckett threw seven more scoreless innings against the Braves and David Ortiz homered, leading the first-place Boston Red Sox past slumping Atlanta 4-1 on Friday night.