Amidst a discouraging 9-2 loss to the Rochester Red Wings tonight in Pawtucket, wherein Red Wings pitcher Glen Perkins absolutely dominated, there was without a doubt a silver lining for the Paw Sox. Their leadoff man and centerfielder Ryan Kalish, just 22 years old, impressed with both the stick and the glove. He went 4-5 [...]
For most athletes, celebrity status and riches are enough to land any woman they may desire. But for a Major League Baseball rookie just days into his career, celebrity and riches aren’t the tools at his disposal quite yet. Daniel Nava made headlines when he hit a grand slam last Saturday for the Boston Red [...]
Behind strong pitching and a balanced offense, the Pawtucket Red Sox defeated the Gwinnett Braves 3-2 Thursday afternoon, winning their first series of the year by taking the last three of the four-game set. Kris Johnson (2-2, 6.11) got the win for the Sox, pitching six innings and striking out five while surrendering three hits, [...]
In his second outing since experiencing shoulder soreness on April 13, Boof Bonser pitched four shutout innings, and the Paw Sox defeated the Atlanta AAA-affiliate Gwinnett Braves 6-0. Rehabbing from rotator cuff surgery in 2009, Bonser’s had a rough time in Pawtucket, pitching to a 12.53 ERA before tonight’s game: 4 innings pitched, 2 hits, [...]
Indianapolis dominated the Pawtucket Red Sox yet again tonight, 4-1, capturing their third straight win in a four-game series on Sox turf. Josh Reddick (2-4), perhaps aided by his stylish new hairdo, served as the Sox’s sole source of offense, smashing a line-drive homerun to right/center field in the sixth. At least the Paw Sox [...]
Safe to say that productivity in New England tomorrow will be steadily on the downside. A dramatic walk-off double OT Bruins victory on Causeway Street was followed immediately by a walk-off double by Kevin Youkilis in the bottom of the 12th inning, the second walk-off victory for the Red Sox in as many games. For [...]
The Paw Sox began the 2010 season with a bang, dominating the Minnesota Twins Triple-A affiliate Rochester Red Wings from start to finish en route to an 11-3 victory. 28-year-old MLB veteran Boof Bonser got the start for the Sox, finishing with a line of 4.1 innings pitched, 6 hits allowed, 3 earned runs allowed, [...]
“I’m sick and tired hearin’ about what a great baseball team the Yankees have! SCREW ‘EM!”
On a day marking the beginning of the Red Sox journey back to the top, Boston fans all knew that the Sox had to start the 2010 season off with a bang. Especially if they wanted to dethrone the defending [...]
Top prospect Casey Kelly has been raising eyebrows in Red Sox spring training this year, receiving high praise from players and coaches, and being named the minor league pitcher of the year by the Red Sox organization. The 20-year-old Kelly spent last season as both a pitcher and a shortstop, but came to a decision [...]
19-year-old top Red Sox prospect Ryan Westmoreland was diagnosed with a “cavernous malformation of the brain” earlier this week at Massachusetts General Hospital and is currently in Phoenix, Arizona, where he will undergo surgery on the malformation. Westmoreland left spring training on March 4 to get a diagnosis at Mass General, then was flown around [...]