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At New York, Mike Lowell hit a go-ahead, three-run homer two innings after Kevin Youkilis' shot squirted out of Johnny Damon's glove, bounced off the top of the left-field wall three times, and sat on the fence ...

It wasn't as if Manny Delcarmen was coming out of the third gate at Belmont with blinders on.

When Yankees manager Joe Girardi closed the clubhouse door and met with his team for 30 minutes on Thursday night, he and his coaches did most of the talking.

For an offense that hasn't produced many fireworks lately, a matchup with Josh Beckett might be the last thing the New York Yankees want to see right now.

Brian Moehler settled down nicely for the Astros on Sunday after throwing more than 50 pitches in the first two innings, which he managed to keep scoreless even though the Red Sox filled the bases in the first.

A hard-throwing Texan if ever there was one, Red Sox ace Josh Beckett has built a pretty nice career for himself away from home.

For Josh Beckett, the latest return to his hometown was tinged with frustration.

Josh Beckett tries to pitch the Boston Red Sox to a series win this afternoon when they close their three-game interleague series with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

Baseball games were held at Fenway Park only three days this week, and yesterday a gaudy NASCAR racing car was introduced to reporters at the spot John Updike once described as a "lyric little bandbox." The ...

HALFWAY THROUGH their schedule, the Red Sox are in first place. Yet, if recent history is any sort of guide, that accomplishment reveals very little about the direction of the season.

Remember that first row of every classroom -- the empty one that no one wanted to sit in? That's exactly what the Red Sox's bullpen looked like after each of the past two games against St.

Thanks to the signing of Bartolo Colon and the unexpected contributions from Justin Masterson, the Boston Red Sox would seem to have enough starting pitching to get themselves through the regular season.

Dan Haren was dominant over seven shutout innings, limiting Boston to just two hits and outpitching Josh Beckett in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2-1 win over the Red Sox on Monday night.

Running in one starting pitcher after another with similar successes, while having the gall to sit back and offer these various hurlers vacations to guarantee freshness come the schedule's final stretch run? ...

Red Sox fans were reacting with concern and dismay Friday to the news that the team's pitching ace will be undergoing shoulder surgery next week that may end his season and major league career forever.

Curt Schilling says he's out for the season, and his career may be over.

The 41-year-old Boston Red Sox right-hander said Friday on Boston radio station WEEI he will have shoulder surgery next week.

"My season is over and there is a pretty decent chance I have thrown my last pitch forever," he said.

Schilling's physician, Dr. Craig Morgan, confirmed to The Associated Press the surgery will be done Monday in Wilmington, Del.

"If you use a scale of 1 to 10 and 10 is pitching in the big leagues, I'm at about 3 right now," Schilling said.

It is, without question or debate, the worst first name for a major-league pitcher in baseball history.

Josh Beckett hopes to reverse his luck against Cincinnati this afternoon when the Boston Red Sox play the rubber match of their three- game series with the Reds at Great American Ball Park.

Josh Beckett combined with two other pitchers in a six-hit shutout as the Boston Red Sox closed out a three-game set against the Cincinnati Reds with a 9-0 win.

Rather than try to pursue a championship at all costs in any single year, the team emphasized winning over the long haul.