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BOSTON -- The win-loss record isn't as pretty as Clay Buchholz's and Jon Lester's, and John Lackey has made three fewer starts than the twin Red Sox aces. But if he keeps up his current run, which included seven dominant frames in an 8-1 win over the...

John Lackey allowed two hits in seven innings, Mike Carp hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8-1 on a rainy Friday night.

BOSTON -- The first time Jose Iglesias played third base in his life, according to him, was Tuesday for Triple-A Pawtucket. Weather permitting, the second will be under the bright lights Friday night at Fenway Park. It's enough to cause some butte...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox hope ace left-hander Chris Sale will be ready to pitch Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs. Sale missed his start against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday because of soreness in his left shoulder. Sale wants to thr...

BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox made a slew of roster moves on Friday afternoon, putting outfielder Shane Victorino and third baseman Will Middlebrooks on the disabled list, activating catcher David Ross, promoting pitcher Alfredo Aceves and infielder J...

The Boston Red Sox made a slew of roster moves on Friday afternoon, putting outfielder Shane Victorino (left hamstring strain) and third baseman Will Middlebrooks (low back strain) on the disabled list, and activating catcher David Ross (while demoti...

The Boston Red Sox made a slew of roster moves on Friday afternoon, putting outfielder Shane Victorino (left hamstring strain) and third baseman Will Middlebrooks (low back strain) on the disabled list.

The first-place Cleveland Indians strode into Fenway Park on Thursday night to face the Boston Red Sox, which normally wouldn't be significant but the return of Tribe skipper Francona to the place he managed to two World Series titles in his eight-ye...

In case you were busy really getting inside the mind of Barry Zuckerkorn in preparation for the new season of Arrested Development, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. The Los Angeles Kings are one step closer to defending their Stanle...

Dave Cameron takes a close look at what has made Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey successful in 2013. Beyond health, it's been a change in approach starting with strike one.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- There is no longer any argument that the Yankees, at 28-18 and atop the AL East by a game despite having nearly a dozen players on the disabled list, have overperformed. And one could certainly make the argument that the T...

BOSTON -- This has been a trying spring for Will Middlebrooks in his first full season with the Red Sox. He endured the worst slump of his professional career, one in which he batted .093 (5-for-54) over a span of two weeks and 14 games. On May 7 in ...

BOSTON -- There is no mystery to why Ryan Dempster lasted just three innings Thursday night. "My command's been terrible," he said. Dempster walked six batters in just 4 2/3 innings in his last start, Saturday in Minnesota, when he threw 127 pi...

Terry Francona is back where he belongs -- on a baseball diamond.

BOSTON -- Tito-palooza, indeed. If first impressions mean anything, a sellout crowd of 35,254 at Fenway Park went home convinced that Terry Francona, the man who introduced the duck boat parade to Boston, will soon have city planners in Cleveland ...

Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds drove in three runs each and Cleveland had 16 hits in the Indians' 12-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in manager Terry Francona's return to Fenway Park on Thursday night.