Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 7/1
soxanddawgs.com 7/1/2009 — The Boston Red Sox had a 9-1 lead going into the bottom of the 5th when the skies opened up causing a rain delay of an hour and eleven minutes. Nearly two hours later, the Baltimore Orioles were walking off the field with an 11-10 win. John Smoltz started the game out for the Red Sox and ...

Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 6/29
soxanddawgs.com 6/29/2009 — After finishing up interleague play yesterday in Atlanta, the Boston Red Sox finally return to American League action as they are in Baltimore to take on the Orioles in the final three games of a nine game road trip. The game tonight will start at 7:05 PM EDT and will be televised in the ...

Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 7/2
soxanddawgs.com 7/2/2009 — Sorry for the lateness of this post. Thursday’s are always tough to get things done early with errands that have to be taken care of. After having their bullpen fail on Tuesday night, the Boston Red Sox beat up on the Baltimore Orioles bullpen to comeback for a 6-5 win in 11 innings ...

Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 6/19
soxanddawgs.com 6/19/2009 — The Boston Red Sox and Florida Marlins fell victim to the weather last night and it allowed the Marlins to swim out of town with a 2-1 win. Given the fact the Red Sox knew the forecast, they probably shouldn’t have played this game last night. Almost the entire game was played with ...

Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 6/20
soxanddawgs.com 6/20/2009 — It was a battle of two countrymen last night as Kenshin Kawakami and Daisuke Matsuzaka squared off on the mound at Fenway Park. In the end, it was Kawakami and the Atlanta Braves who walked off the field with an 8-2 win over Matsuzaka’s Red Sox. Dice-K once again struggled on the mound ...

Red Sox Open Up East Lead With Interleague Wins
sportsofboston.com 6/22/2009 — The Red Sox took advantage of a weaker portion of their schedule by winning both series this past week against the Marlins and Braves. The American League has been the stronger of the two leagues recently and the Red Sox continued the junior circuit’s winning ways by beating two sub-.500 ...

How Experience Can Help the Red Sox Win in October
sportsofboston.com 7/1/2009 — The Red Sox currently hold a 3.5-game lead over the Yankees in the American League East (four if you count the tiebreaker). But, can they hold out and eventually win their third World Series in six years? Well, let’s see. Upon completion of inter-league play, the Red Sox have won 14 series, ...

Lester’s Dominance Of Orioles Continues In 4-0 Red Sox Win
soxanddawgs.com 6/30/2009 — J.D. Drew backed up Jon Lester’s seven shutout innings with a three-hit performance as the Boston Red Sox went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 in front of 36,548 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Red Sox improve to 47-29 and increase their lead to 3.5 games in the AL East over ...

Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 6/30
soxanddawgs.com 6/30/2009 — After watching Jon Lester continue his dominance over the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox return to action in game 2 of a 3-game set in Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The game tonight will start at 7:05 PM EDT and will be televised in the Red Sox television market on NESN. If you live ...

Seven Red Sox international free agent pitchers you should get to know
soxandpinstripes.com 7/6/2009 — The Red Sox are perennial World Series contenders and boast one of the game's deepest and most talented farm systems because of their superb player development personnel and their commitment to spending money on high schoolers and college players in the major league draft, and on ...

Lester, Drew carry Red Sox over Orioles 4-0 — Boston.com -- Baseball News 6/30/2009
Jon Lester pitched seven shutout innings, J.D. Drew came within a double of hitting for the cycle, and the Boston Red Sox cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 on Monday night.

Red Sox 4, Orioles 0 — NYT > Baseball 6/30/2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Jon Lester pitched seven shutout innings, J.D. Drew came within a double of hitting for the cycle, and the Boston Red Sox cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 on Monday night.

Jon Lester shuts down Baltimore, 4-0 — L.A. Times - Baseball News 6/30/2009
Boston left-hander strikes out eight in seven innings. J.D. Drew falls a double short of hitting for the cycle for the Red Sox. > Boston 4, at Baltimore 0 : Jon Lester (7-6) struck ...

Papelbon is Boston's saving grace — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 6/30/2009
Jon Lester did the grunt work for the Red Sox Monday night, blanking the Orioles with seven innings of five-hit, eight-strikeout, ...

Lester Dominates Mound; Sox Win 4-0 — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/30/2009
The road trip that some would say could be the key to holding on to the AL East lead until the All Star Break has been a success thus far. The team has gone 2-1 versus both teams, and 4-2 overall. Now they come into Baltimore, the Fenway of the ...