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Trouble had struck early for Trevor Cahill in his previous two outings. It sneaked up on him a little later Wednesday night at Fenway Park, but it sabotaged his night swiftly.

First-time All-Star Tim Wakefield earned his AL-leading 11th victory, and David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Wednesday night.

The Red Sox are supposed to have the prototypical leadoff hitter. Fast with a high OBP in the minors, Ellsbury looked liked he would be manning the one spot in Fenway for years... by Tom Ricardo 6 reads Opinion The Red Sox are supposed to have the prototypical leadoff hitter.

Call it the 19-day disabled list. Because the Red Sox yesterday put Mike Lowell on the DL retroactive to June 28, he will be eligible to return on the last day before the All-Star break.

Ortiz, swinging on a 3-0 pitch, had a tying RBI single to trigger a five-run seventh inning, and the Red Sox avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Seattle Mariners 8-4 on Sunday.

Jeff Bailey didn't know if he'd be playing when he flew to Baltimore yesterday morning.

Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield delivers a knuckler in the first inning. Wakefield allowed five runs on 10 hits in eight innings of work, but he did not get the decision as Boston lost 7-6 in 11 innings.

J.D. Drew finished a double short of the cycle and drove in two runs, while Jon Lester turned in seven scoreless innings, as Boston downed Baltimore, 4-0, in the opener of a three-game set from Camden Yards.

Mark Kotsay, lounging on a couch in the Oriole Park visiting clubhouse last night after the Red Sox' 4-0 shutout of Baltimore, couldn't resist the chance to tweak Terry Francona.

In the midst of injecting Mike Lowell with Synvisc to coat the joint in his surgically repaired hip yesterday, the Red Sox [ team stats ] medical staff also drained 15 ccs of fluid from the area.

After J.D. Drew had completed a round of batting practice yesterday at Oriole Park, he was approached by Red Sox third base coach DeMarlo Hale.

Dustin Pedroia says he doesn't care either way, but manager Terry Francona believes moving Pedroia back to the No.

They will still be wearing their road jerseys when they take the field at Camden Yards on Monday night, but in a way, the Red Sox will feel like they are back home.

David Ortiz homered and Josh Beckett turned in seven scoreless innings as Boston tripped Atlanta, 4-1, in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Turner Field.

The Red Sox and the Nationals may represent Baseball's poles this season, and last night made clear that is attributable to both execution and talent.

Why no J.D. Drew in the Boston lineup on Wednesday night? It turns out it was just a case of Red Sox manager Terry Francona trying to keep his right fielder fresh and productive.

N ick Green's exploits have made him a revelation in Boston. But they've seen this all before in Atlanta, right down to the walkoff home run.

While providing Jair Jurrjens some rare offensive support and producing two late-inning rallies, the Braves simply set themselves up for the heartbreak that Nick Green delivered with a walk-off homer against Jeff Bennett.

Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox and third baseman Chipper Jones have been ejected from a game against the Boston Red Sox.