JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Shelby Miller finally got a chance to pitch against the Boston Red Sox. The St. Louis Cardinals right-hander gave up a leadoff home run in his spring training debut Wednesday, then retired eight in a row to help beat Boston 8-6. The game was a relaxed rematch of last year’s World […]
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Rays baste Red Sox, 8-0
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Chris Archer pitched two scoreless innings in his spring training debut, Jose Molina reached base three times and scored twice, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-0 Tuesday.Archer, who finished third in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, allowed a hit and struck out one.Molina, […]
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Pirates pilfer 7-6 victory over Boston
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pedro Alvarez and Russell Martin hit two-run homers off Brandon Workman, who started in place of injured Jake Peavy, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 Monday. Pittsburgh leadoff batter Starling Marte reached on an infield single in the first that stopped an 0-for-9 start, and Alvarez homered […]
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Baseball memorabilia from 1862 at auction in Biddeford
PORTLAND (AP) — An auction house that sold a 148-year-old baseball card is now selling even older baseball memorabilia that features a Union team decimated by a Civil War battle. Saco River Auction Co. in Biddeford has a scorecard, four tickets and three concession passes from an 1862 game featuring the Washington Nationals and 71st […]
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Portland Sea Dogs: McMillon ‘stumbles’ in for second time
SOUTH PORTLAND — Becoming the next manager of the Portland Sea Dogs, or being put in charge of any professional baseball team for that matter, was never part of Billy McMillon’s ambitious five-year plan or grandiose childhood dream. McMillon, 42, has long been content to let his talent and work ethic speak for themselves and […]
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In the Crease: Back to normal on Boylston Street
BOSTON — The air was festive; the people, jovial. Legions of revelers lined the sidewalks, filled the doorways and huddled in empty lots and parks, intent on celebrating a sporting event that had united an already tightly knit city. Some stepped on or bumped into one another unintentionally while attempting to procure the best possible […]
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World Series: Red Sox one game away after Game 5 win
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jon Lester pitched the Boston Red Sox within a whisker of yet another World Series championship. Lester bested Adam Wainwright once again, journeyman David Ross hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning and the Red Sox downed the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 Monday night to take a 3-2 Series edge. […]
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Call trips up Red Sox
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Third baseman Will Middlebrooks tripped Allen Craig for a game-ending obstruction call on Jon Jay’s ninth-inning grounder, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a bizarre 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night and a 2-1 World Series lead. Boston had tied the score with two runs in the eighth, […]
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Street Talk: Dying of baseball fever as postseason approaches
Pass me a tissue, would you, friend? Or I could just use your sleeve again and call it good. I’ve been trying to think of things that are as sad as the end of baseball season. A child at a birthday party at which no one showed up? A kitten placed in a beach pail […]
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Edwin Thompson baseball clinics
Edwin Thompson, former head baseball coach at Bates College and current Division I assistant baseball coach, will host baseball clinics in different locations in Maine during Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 29-Dec 1). College coaches, from Division 1 and Division 3 colleges from all over the country will work the clinics. Please visit the camp website for […]