Ryan Dempster Battles Hard, Gives Red Sox Very Important Start Despite Another Loss to Orioles
Ryan Dempster gave the Red Sox everything they needed — except for a win.
Dempster, whose season has been a mixed bag thus far, allowed just two runs, and, more importantly, pitched into the eighth inning in a 2-0 loss to the Orioles on Friday. He was ultimately outpitched by Chris Tillman and three others in the losing effort, but we shouldn’t lose sight of his start’s importance...
Ryan Dempster Outdueled by Chris Tillman, Who ‘Pitched His Tail Off’ (Video)
Ryan Dempster has allowed three runs or fewer in each of his last four starts. Unfortunately for the veteran, though, he has only been able to take home a win in two of them.
He was handed a hard-luck loss again Friday night, when the Red Sox dropped a 2-0 decision to the Baltimore Orioles. Dempster allowed just two runs over his 7 2/3 innings of work, but O’s starter Chris Tillman‘s...
Ryan Dempster Hits 2,000 Career Strikeouts
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Ryan Dempster today hit 2,000 career strikeouts, which makes him only the 5th active player to accomplish that feat. The other 4 active players are Andy Petite (2,368), CC Sabathia (2,294), Roy Halliday (2,201), and AJ Burnett (2,070) according to NESN. I'm sure if you ask him, he won't worry about that, but this puts him in an elite category among...
Ryan Dempster Becomes Fifth Active Player to Record 2,000 Career Strikeouts
Ryan Dempster hit a notable achievement on Sunday afternoon.
Dempster recorded his 2,000th career strikeout in the top of the sixth inning. Alberto Callaspo was Dempster’s 2,000th victim.
Dempster now has 83 strikeouts on the season. His single-season high came in 2000 with the Marlins when the 16-year veteran recorded 209 strikeouts. He’s on pace for 210 this year.
Only Andy...
The Big Pitcher, Part 4: Down in the 'Demps
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While he’s not nearly where the Nation or Red Sox pitching coach Juan Nieves might like him at this point in the season, Ryan Dempster showed some promising signs of shaking off a three-game slump this week against the Phillies.
Coming into Tuesday’s game against Philadelphia, Dempster’s stats were grim...
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Ryan Dempster's struggles continued in a bad way last night against the Indians in Terr Francona's return to Fenway.
The strike-throwing, innings-eating Ryan Dempster that the Red Sox
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Dempster returns to Chicago as visiting player
Ryan Dempster picked his son up at school, and then he got to play with him on the field at the ballpark.
It was just like the old days. Just at a different ballpark and wearing a different uniform.
Dempster was back in Chicago on Monday when the Boston Red Sox opened a three-game series against the White Sox. It was Dempster's first game in the city as a visiting player since...
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The commonly held belief when a pitcher jumps from the National League
to the American League is that his numbers will suffer. The lineups are
deeper. There’s no pitcher to feast on out of the No.â...
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Dempster makes odd Twitter request
An seemingly accidental tweet sent out by Ryan Dempster's foundation makes it seem as if the pitcher and his father were trying to get their smoke on.
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Report: Dempster missed start because of lost passport
Ryan Dempster was acquired by the Rangers to help their pitching staff, but he can't this weekend.
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