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Terry Francona's Fenway Park homecoming is no time to get nostalgic.

CHICAGO -- The Boston Red Sox took a soaking in any number of ways Tuesday night. Colombian left-hander Jose Quintana held them without a hit until David Ortiz's broken-bat single with one out in the seventh. The skies opened up and poured down...

CHICAGO -- Jose Iglesias has played 334 games in professional baseball since defecting from Cuba, including 41 in the big leagues. Tuesday afternoon in Pawtucket, the 23-year-old Iglesias played his first-ever game at third base, which improbably ...

CHICAGO -- If you've been watching, you don't need an explanation for why Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell said dropping Jacoby Ellsbury from the leadoff spot in the order has been considered. "Consider it yes, but we're sticking with him," Far...

CHICAGO -- One potential obstacle to Clay Buchholz's remaining undefeated when he takes the mound Wednesday was removed when the White Sox announced that ace left-hander Chris Sale has been scratched because of what the team called a mild case of ten...

CHICAGO -- Two months into what is supposed to be a three-year tour of duty in Boston, the last thing Shane Victorino wants is to become known as the Limpin' Hawaiian. But Victorino, who has been tormented by back problems that caused him to miss ...

CHICAGO -- Jon Lester and the Red Sox can live with this pace, one loss every 10 starts. The distinction of being undefeated in the Red Sox rotation now rests exclusively with Clay Buchholz, who will be putting his 6-0 record on the line Wednesday...

CHICAGO -- Jon Lester's teammates would not let him go down to defeat without putting up a fight. Down 5-0 after two innings, Lester having served up a three-run home run to White Sox strongman Adam Dunn in the first and three two-out doubles that...

BOSTON -- Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona is setting himself up for a spirited return to Boston this week. His Cleveland Indians are in first place in the AL Central, 2.5 games ahead of Detroit, where the Indians visit for two games prior to arr...

CHICAGO -- Red Sox catcher David Ross, who hasn't played since May 12, when he was struck in the catcher's mask twice by foul balls and sustained a concussion, has passed the ImPACT concussion testing, a necessary step to return to playing, manager J...

Boston Red Sox catcher David Ross, who hasn't played since May 12, when he was struck in the mask twice by foul balls and sustained a concussion, has passed the ImPACT concussion testing, a necessary step to return to playing.

CHICAGO -- Red Sox reliever Andrew Bailey, who was activated Monday after being out since April 28 with biceps tendinitis, said Monday he "feels as good today as I did day one" and looks forward to returning to closing for the Sox. Bailey said he ...

As expected, the Red Sox on Monday activated closer Andrew Bailey from the disabled list.

Jon Lester learned the hard way that "you've got to fail in order to succeed."

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Fernando Rodney celebrates a save, and Tampa Bay victory, by pretending to launch an arrow into the heavens. But how do you simulate being hoist by your own petard, which was Shakespeare's fancy way of describing a 16th-cen...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox reliever Joel Hanrahan underwent Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery Thursday, the team announced Thursday. Dr. James Andrews, who performed the surgery, repaired the ulnar collateral ligament in Hanrahan...