Kennedy Makes Most of His Trip to Minors

Wakefield Knuckles Over Tigers

beisbolct posted 5/7/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

On a night where Jonathan Papelbon and Hideki Okajima weren’t available in the Boston Red Sox bullpen, Tim Wakefield did his best to keep the Tigers at bay and the offense helped him out as well as the Red Sox beat Detroit 5-0 in front of 38,564 fans at Comerica Park. The win for the Red Sox is their 5th straight.

Yankees Send Ian Kennedy to Minors

Yankees Chick found this 5/7/2008 on sports.aol.com

The youth movement that was supposed to sweep through the New York Yankee rotation this season hit a major snag this week. First Phil Hughes finished a brutal April by getting bombed by the Tigers on Tuesday. Injury was added to insult when Hughes ...

There's Still Hope: I-Ken Starts His AAA Trip Off With a Bang

Yankees Chick found this 5/7/2008 on sports.aol.com

Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes have put the Yanks (not to mention us fans) through a lot of heartaches and headaches this year, leading many to question all those scouting reports that made them out to be can't-miss stars. Hughes recused himself by ...

Red Sox vs. Tigers - Box Score - May 06, 2008

SOX & Dawgs found this 5/7/2008 on scores.espn.go.com

Boston Red Sox Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG C Crisp CF 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 .290 D Pedroia 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .299 D Ortiz DH 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 .226 M Ramirez LF 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 .326 J Ellsbury LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 M Lowell 3B 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .222 K Youkilis 1B 3 ...

With Kennedy Being Sent Down Igawa Gets A Shot

Greg C. posted 5/7/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

From Anthony Rieber : Kennedy's descent means the ascent of lefthander Kei Igawa, the $46-million "investment" who likely will start in Kennedy's place Friday or Saturday in Detroit. Igawa has been pitching relatively well for Scranton; he's 3-3, 3.86 after allowing four runs in seven innings against Durham yesterday. "He's doing OK and obviously, for Kei, it's important that he attacks the ...