KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jacoby Ellsbury matched a career high with four hits and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.Ellsbury had RBI-doubles in the fourth and sixth innings and also stole his major league-leading 42nd base. It […]
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Royals rule Red Sox, 9-6
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Justin Maxwell homered and singled twice in a six-run sixth as the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 9-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. The Royals have won 15 of their past 17 games to move seven games above .500, matching their best record of the season. […]
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Chen keeps Red Sox quiet
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bruce Chen outdueled Jon Lester as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Thursday night.The Royals won for the 16th time in 20 games since the All-Star break. The Red Sox, who have the best record in the American League, lost for only the third time […]
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Baseball: Losing streak continues for Dogs
PORTLAND — The frustration continued for the Portland Sea Dogs on Thursday. Not only did Portland lose its fourth straight game, it dropped its sixth straight game to Richmond in a 4-1 loss in front of 6,919 at Hadlock Field. Portland entered the day three games out of the second playoff spot in the Eastern […]
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Flying Squirrels swoop in to snatch victory from Sea Dogs
PORTLAND — The deeper he went into his game-changing eighth inning at bat, the fewer pitches Adam Duvall liked. Richmond’s third baseman found the eighth one suitable, though, and sent it into orbit over I-295. Duvall fouled off the first five pitches he saw from Portland reliever Rafael Perez, passed on two balls out of […]
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Windham removes Pastime
AUGUSTA — The Pastime Club fought tooth and nail to the end, but a bottom-of-the-ninth rally just came up short in the 7-6 loss to Windham at the American Legion State Tournament. The loss eliminates Pastime. “I am very proud of our guys, yes, we made quite a few mistakes today, but we showed a […]
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Peavy delivers for Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Jake Peavy allowed four hits in seven-plus innings to lead the Red Sox to a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night, winning his first start since coming to Boston at the trade deadline.Peavy (8-5) struck out seven and walked two, giving up Paul Goldschmidt’s homer in the fourth and […]
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American Legion baseball: Pastime vs. Windham postponed
Friday’s American Legion baseball state tournament game between Pastime Club of Lewiston and Windham was postponed due to rain. The game will be played at noon on Saturday. It was originally scheduled for 10 a.m., but officials moved it back after Friday’s game between Bangor and Saco and Biddeford Savings of Westbrook was suspended due […]
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Sox toss Mariners overboard
BOSTON (AP) — Daniel Nava’s long single to center field capped a six-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Boston Red Sox came back to beat the Mariners 8-7 on Thursday night and sweep Seattle in the three-game series.One night after winning in 15 innings for their major league-leading 10th walkoff […]
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Peavy hopes to keep team in contention
BOSTON (AP) — Jake Peavy last appeared in the postseason in 2006.He’s hoping that slump is about to end.The 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner arrived at Fenway Park on Thursday, about two days after he was traded by the last-place Chicago White Sox to the first-place Red Sox.The 32-year-old right-hander, who pitched for the […]