Jarrod Saltalamacchia News

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine called out the Tampa Bay Rays' coaching staff a day after the teams were involved in a benches-clearing scrum.

Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2: Jarrod Saltalamacchia had a pinch-hit, two-run homer off Fernando Rodney with one out in the ninth inning as the Red Sox won for the 11th time in 15 games.

Hamilton hit a game-ending two-run home run in the 13th inning as the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 Saturday.

There was only a pitching duel, one that was mentally scintillating on paper but ended up being even better in execution.

Matt Hague was hit by a pitch from Rafael Dolis with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their 11th straight loss with a 3-2 victory Saturday night.

He is considered the ace of the Red Sox, but Jon Lester would probably be the first one to admit he hasn't pitched up to his title at this point of the season.

Matt Joyce clubbed a grand slam and Tampa Bay held on for a 7-4 win over Boston in a game that turned ugly in the ninth inning Friday night at Fenway Park.

Matt Joyce, right, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia follow the flight of the slam that gives the Rays a 4-1 lead.

Matt Joyce, right, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia follow the flight of the slam that gives the Rays a 4-1 lead.

The first of three three-city road trips of the year is complete: 5-3, including four wins in five games to finish it out.

We caught up with Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia Thursday at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston where he along with teammates Daniel Bard, Darnell McDonald, and other members of the Red Sox staff were on hand promoting the new music album: "Fenway Park Greatest Hits" to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ballpark and to benefit the Red Sox ... (more)

Tampa Bay Rays: Rich Thompson laughs off missed HBP call; Joe Maddon likes the Rays' funk; Rays own AL's best home record Infielder Drew Sutton didn't choose the walk-up song that plays before his home at-bats, but laughed at how fitting Metallica's "Wherever I May Roam" is.

Having not started a game in nearly one week, backup catcher Kelly Shoppach marched into manager Bobby Valentine' s office at Camden Yards Tuesday and demanded an explanation.

The road trip where the Red Sox patched things together and simply found a way was capped off in the most fitting fashion imaginable on Wednesday afternoon at Camden Yards.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a professional baseball player whose name is constantly mentioned in trade rumors? That has to be unsettling, regardless of what they might say publicly.

Heading into last night's game against Pittsburgh, Wright was hitting .415/.515/.622 , and while he cannot possibly keep that pace up for an entire season, he could very well challenge his best year, which was a hitting line of .325/.416/.546 in 2007.

Kevin Youkilis [ stats ] let his play do the talking. The veteran infielder was a man of few words before last night's game against the Orioles, and a man of zero words after.

Of all the losses the Orioles have had this year, only two have seemed to me to be the sloppy, ugly sort that we watched so frequently last year and in the years before that.

The Boston Red Sox are chasing history right now, and not in a good way. With a payroll of just over $146 million, the Sox could become the most expensive last place team in major league history.