PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — David Price went 6 2-3 innings, allowing two runs and three hits, with seven strikeouts, as the Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 8-4 on Sunday. Price will start opening day for the Rays. “He had everything going,” Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “You saw a lot of 95s early […]
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Victorino, Sox dispatch Twins, 4-3
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Phil Hughes couldn’t overcome some sloppy defense to allow two unearned runs in the third inning of the Minnesota Twins’ 4-3 loss Thursday to the Boston Red Sox. Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe failed to glove Xander Bogaerts’ leadoff grounder in a 37-pitch third Hughes. Bogaerts scored one out later […]
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Red Sox deflect Rays
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Jon Lester allowed one hit over three scoreless innings in his delayed first spring training start and David Ortiz hit his first home run of the exhibition season Monday as the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2. Lester pitched 248 innings last year in the regular- and […]
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Cards deal Sox bad hand
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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Bradley looks to rebound
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Last spring training, Jackie Bradley, Jr. surprised everyone in the Boston Red Sox organization and broke camp with the major league club. This year, a lot more is expected from the outfielder, who turns 24 on April 19. Bradley is expected to be in center field on opening day, taking […]
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Sox on lookout for leadoff hitter
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Now batting first for the Boston Red Sox? Good question. The departure of Jacoby Ellsbury left a vacancy at the top of the lineup. Daniel Nava and Shane Victorino were manager John Farrell’s first two candidates to fill it and he recently mentioned Jonny Gomes as another possibility. None of […]
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Bogaerts looking good at shortstop
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Just three weeks past his 21st birthday, Xander Bogaerts stood on baseball’s biggest stage for the first time and showed he belonged. He helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series last year. Now he’s in spring training, still trying to prove he fits in — as their starting […]
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Curt Schilling announces he has cancer
HARTFORD, Conn. — Former pitcher Curt Schilling announced Wednesday that he is battling cancer. The 47-year-old Schilling divulged the news in a statement released through his employer, Bristol-based ESPN. It did not indicate what type of cancer Schilling has, when he was diagnosed or what his prognosis might be. “With my incredibly talented medical team […]
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Remy will be back with Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Veteran Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy says he’ll return this season after his leave of absence following the arrest of his son on a murder charge in the death of his girlfriend in August. For the first time since the arrest, Remy spoke publicly, talking to reporters Monday at the New […]