Lars Anderson News

When major-league veteran Daisuke Matsuzaka has taken the mound for the Pawtucket Red Sox in his journey back to Boston, the club has managed to take two out his previous three outings.

Here we are again talking about injuries. The Red Sox seem to have an outsized injury problem, or maybe a decade-sized, but it's there.

Not even Hollywood could write a script that would have six regular outfielders all on the disabled list at the same time, but that is exactly what is happening in Boston with the Red Sox.

Cody Ross will be out for six-to-eight weeks according to general manager Ben Cherington.

There's a lot of hype about current Sox prospect Will Middlebrooks. The third baseman is making waves with the big-league club, but a prospect is never a sure thing.

The idea of the Red Sox being a talented offensive team isn't a new one. It's something that's been true throughout the last decade under the reign of first Theo Epstein and now Ben Cherington.

DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC PARK It's the finale of that high-profile series with the Pawtucket Red Sox, and for the second straight night there's a sellout crowd in the house.

May 11, 2011; Toronto, ON, Canada; Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis looks on from the dugout against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre.

The Red Sox pitcher isn't quite ready to return to the big leagues - yet. Matsuzaka had his longest rehab start for Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday night, but allowed five runs - four earned - in 6 2-3 innings of a 5-0 loss to the Durham Bulls.

BY LEE MONTGOMERY Special to The Herald-Sun DURHAM - The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Durham Bulls each had a major presence Wednesday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

In order to get Mauro Gomez on the 40-man roster, the Red Sox moved Jacoby Ellsbury to the 60-day disabled list.

The Boston Red Sox have reached a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies to acquire outfielder Scott Podsednik for cash considerations.

Firstly, the ability to start and finish their 34th game of the season was a victory in itself, as the humidity percentage reach 96 percent, according to Weather.com.A Secondly, due in large part to the solid pitching of Justin Germano and the slick bats of Mauro Gomez and Daniel Nava, the PawSox were able to maintain their slim lead over the ... (more)

The Red Sox's 2010 season was gutted by serious injuries to key players.A A 2011's awful April was tough to take, though it seemed unusual at the time.A But given the current repeat performance being offered up in Boston, these predicaments suddenly feel all too familiar.

Just the fact that the Red Sox [ team stats ] are toying with the idea of Will Middlebrooks as an outfielder qualifies as their most inspired idea since they moved Daniel Bard from the bullpen to the rotation.

Last time the Pawtucket Red Sox were part of the wrong side of a nine-inning no-hitter, "Moneyball" star Scott Hatteberg manned the backstop in 75 games for the club and tonight's starter for the Rochester Red Wings, Liam Hendriks, was five-years-old. Hendriks, now 23, pitched 5.0 hitless innings before Nate Spears' lead off the sixth-inning with a ... (more)

Jesuit High School alum Lars Anderson was called up by the Boston Red Sox earlier this season, school officials announced .

With first baseman Mat Gamel out for the season, the Milwaukee Brewers are monitoring the market for players such as free agent Derrek Lee , Boston Red Sox first baseman Lars Anderson and Baltimore Orioles third baseman Mark Reynolds .A The Brewers don't have many in-house options for first base and, according to Nick Carfado of the Boston Globe, ... (more)

Making his first Triple-A start since beginning his comeback , Andy Pettitte gave up five runs - three earned - and eight hits in five innings Sunday against the Pawtucket Red Sox.

Pettitte pitched for Class AAA Scranton/Wilks-Baare against Class AAA Pawtucket, which is the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate.