Hochevar, Royals beat Red Sox

Game 84: July 8, 2009 Athletics4L: Trevor Cahill (5-8)35-48, 2 game losing streak Red Sox5W: Tim Wakefield (11-3)H: Manny Delcarmen (4)H: Hideki Okajima (16)S: Jonathan Papelbon (22)51-33, 2 game winning streak Highlights: Documentarian Ken Burns appeared on the pre-game show and talked about how his watershed series Baseball is going

by Gary WashburnFiled under: Mariners, Royals, MLB TransactionsThe Seattle Mariners, trying to shore up their defense and acquire young talent at the same time, dealt enigmatic shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt to the Kansas City Royals for two minor leaguers. Betancourt, once considered a staple at short for Seattle, played his way out of the favor of management with his impatient hitting...

The Boston Red Sox have activated shortstop Jed Lowrie from the 60-day disabled list and then optioned him to Single-A Lowell so he could continue to play as he recovers from a sprained left wrist.

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BOSTON | Royals manager Trey Hillman is already sifting the lineup possibilities in anticipation not only of Yuniesky Betancourt's post-All-Star Game arrival but also the return of third baseman Alex Gordon.

Game 83: July 7, 2009 Athletics2L: Dana Eveland (1-3)35-47, 1 game losing streak Red Sox5W: Josh Beckett (10-3)H: Hideki Okajima (15)H: Justin Masterson (6)S: Jonathan Papelbon (21)50-33, 1 game winning streak Highlights: On July 18, 2006 Beckett signed a 3-year, $30M extension, a personnel move that has paid huge dividends.

First-time All-Star Tim Wakefield earned his AL-leading 11th victory, and David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Wednesday night.

BOSTON | The Royals spotted the Boston Red Sox a four-run lead Thursday night at Fenway Park and goosed their production-challenged attack into a rousing comeback for an 8-6 victory.

We bet Brad can’t stand to watch Manny Delcarmen and Masterson blow the game either.

Masslive.com finally posted up a tribute to the one and only legendary sports columnist Garry Brown Tuesday afternoon.Almost two weeks ago I wrote an article here saluting Brown on his tremendous career and happy retirement.We almost got mentioned at the bottom of Greg Saulmon's post, but since I wrote my piece for both here and SOX and Dawgs, it looks like Google found SOX and Dawgs...