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

MINNEAPOLIS -- Through his first three years in Boston, it would have been tough to classify John Lackey as anything other than a disappointment. The right-hander, who signed a five-year, $82.5 million contract with the team before the 2010 season, h...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Red Sox left Minnesota much later than they had planned on Sunday afternoon. But they left with the sweep they were looking for. John Lackey was perfect through four innings, allowed one hit through six, and after a three-hour r...

John Lackey allowed one hit over six innings before a three-hour rain delay, Dustin Pedroia and Will Middlebrooks homered and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 Sunday for their fifth straight win.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Red Sox and Twins went into a rain delay at 4:30 p.m. ET, with the Red Sox leading 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning as they looked for a series sweep at Target Field. John Lackey took a perfect game into the fifth inning,...

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Despite a rough week of losses, the Sox are resolved to keep banging away.

Oswaldo Arcia hit a two-run homer and the Minnesota Twins capitalized on a costly throwing error by Boston starter John Lackey to beat the struggling Red Sox 5-3 Thursday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- David Murphy will have to wait a few more days to get his bat going. Murphy, expected to be in the lineup against John Lackey (a right-hander he has dominated), was not available to start Saturday's game against the Boston Red ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Rangers and Red Sox play the second game of a three-game series as right-hander Alexi Ogando faces right-hander John Lackey at Rangers Ballpark. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. on FSSW and ESPN-FM 103.3 and 1540-AM. Ogando (2-2...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's always an event when Red Sox Nation invades Texas and Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Just like when the Yankees are here, there's a playoff feel for every game with thousands of Boston fans in the stands to go with a growing ...

BOSTON -- After missing a full season following Tommy John surgery, exiting his first start in 2013 with an arm injury and throwing 27 pitches in the first inning Sunday against the Houston Astros, the expectations for John Lackey had to be relativel...

John Lackey returned from the disabled list and pitched six solid innings, David Ortiz drove in two more runs and the Boston Red Sox matched a team record with its 18th win in April by beating the Houston Astros 6-1 Sunday for a four-game sweep.

BOSTON -- The Red Sox made official what we knew for days on Sunday by activating John Lackey from the 15-day disabled list. Lackey will start the series finale against Houston. Catcher Ryan Lavarnway, recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday,...

The Red Sox activated John Lackey from the 15-day disabled list Sunday to start the series finale against Houston.

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