Boston Red Sox News

Alex Rodriguez tied Mickey Mantle for 13th place on the home run list, hitting No.

There is little chance that there's been as much wincing and as many bruised backsides during one baseball game as there were Saturday.

Move over, Yankees and Red Sox. Out of the way, White Sox. A couple of small-market clubs are showing the big boys how to play.

Edwin Jackson took a two-hitter into the eighth inning and Carlos Pena homered and drove in five runs Friday night, helping the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 11-2 for their fifth straight victory.

Not to be outdone, Delmon Young hit a three-run homer and had a season-high four RBIs, and Nick Punto homered and drove in four runs to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 12-3 for their 14th win in 16 games.

Joe Girardi spent most of his pregame session with the media yesterday talking about consistency, which ostensibly was pretty much the same thing he did during the half-hour closed-door meeting with his team ...

Last year's AL batting king is the third Tiger to go on the disabled list with an oblique muscle pull.

Major League Baseball is getting ready to unveil its All- Star rosters, so I figured it was time I fill out a ballot of my own.

Mariano Rivera flashed his classic form just in time. The New York Yankees closer pitched himself in and out of trouble Saturday, escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth inning and preserving a 2-1 ...

Runner on third with two outs and Coco Crisp due up. top of 3 3 - Much of the baseball world is praying for the Chicago Cubs to reach the World Series for the first time since 1945 -- and go on to win the Fall ...

So long, Yankee Stadium. Get ready for an All-Star salute featuring the rival Boston Red Sox.

Rarely does a day go by that Dave Righetti doesn't hear something about the no-hitter he pitched 25 years ago.

Hard to figure that Jon Lester still would be on the mound for the final out of last night's 7-0 win over the Yankees, given the way the Boston lefthander started the game.

They've pitched well, they stink-stank-stunk at the plate, their manager has been fired and that, kiddies, is pretty much your Toronto Blue Jays heading into the last week before the break for the All-Star ...

North Carolina junior catcher Tim Federowicz will forgo his final year of eligibility at UNC and sign with the Boston Red Sox.

For the first time in five years the Boston Red Sox have edged the New York Yankees in a poll of fan popularity in Connecticut.

Pennant fever is alive in the oddest of places. Ticket lines are longer, television ratings are rising and the young, budget-minded Tampa Bay Rays are in first place in the AL East, looking down on the ...

Jon Lester pitched a five-hitter while Boston roughed up Andy Pettitte to end Boston's five-game losing streak.

Derek Jeter is thrown out at second and looks to first to see if a double play is recorded.

A.J. Pierzynski's clutch home run sent the Chicago White Sox to another dramatic win and denied the surging Minnesota Twins a chance to inch closer in the AL Central.

Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia, right, flips the ball over Tampa runner Carl Crawford in order to force him at second base in the first inning on Wednesday.

Let it be known that Newsday offered Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman a chance to apologize yesterday.