PORTLAND — The long-standing appeal of clutching an April ticket to a Portland Sea Dogs game in your frostbitten fingers is the knowledge that you are bound to observe a blue-chip prospect on the fast track to Boston. In fact, you’d better catch them while they’re hot and before the weather gets warm. Jacoby Ellsbury (2007) […]
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Red Sox rough up Rays, Karns
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — Nathan Karns is excited about an opportunity to open the season in Tampa Bay’s pitching rotation. The Rays right-hander had a rough outing during a 9-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Still, he feels good about his overall progress this spring. Mike Napoli homered and Hanley Ramirez […]
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Sox hope to duplicate 2013
BOSTON (AP) — A revamped lineup and change in attitude has the Boston Red Sox looking to repeat a feat they performed just two seasons ago when they went from worst to World Series champions. Like the hip-hop song they blasted in their locker room after the 2013 division and World Series titles were clinched […]
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High schools: Pitchers and catchers report as spring season begins
With snow still measured in feet on the fields surrounding the school, and with temperatures outside still struggling to melt it, student-athletes and coaches around the state celebrated a small victory Monday: the first day of the spring sports season in Maine, when baseball and softball pitchers and catchers up to 10 deep can first […]
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MLB: Red Sox slide past Mets, 4-3
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Matt Harvey allowed three hits over four scoreless innings for his second strong start following elbow surgery, and the New York Mets lost to the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Monday. Hours after the Mets learned Zack Wheeler likely will need Tommy John surgery, Harvey made his third appearance since elbow […]
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Napoli homers twice; Sox lose
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Mike Napoli hit two solo home runs for the Boston Red Sox in a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. Napoli connected in his only two at-bats, both times against Gerrit Cole. Napoli had an eight-hour surgery in November to help his sleep apnea. The procedure required breaking […]
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C’s can’t beat Magic’s act
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Patience appears to be paying off for Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Bogaerts homered and drove in four runs, Rick Porcello pitched three innings and the Red Sox beat the New York Mets 6-3 Sunday. Bogaerts hit an early RBI single off starter Jonathon Niese. Then after a […]
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Sox nip Orioles, 7-6
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — In his first spring start, Bud Norris allowed four runs in one inning to a Boston Red Sox split squad in their 7-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Norris, who won a career-high 15 games last season, gave up a one-out triple to Jemile Weeks and a three-run homer […]
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Twins edge Red Sox
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Torii Hunter drove in a run in his first plate appearance with the Minnesota Twins in eight years, helping defeat the Boston Red Sox 9-8 on Thursday night. Hunter, who spent his first 10 seasons with the Twins, finished 1-for-3. Dustin Pedroia had three hits, including a grand slam, for the […]