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The Red Sox are mapping out plans to have Clay Buchholz start the series finale in Baltimore on Sunday, manager John Farrell said Tuesday.

David Ortiz's walk-off HR bullet carried the Red Sox past the Rangers.

BOSTON -- Since being named closer earlier this week in the wake of another injury to Joel Hanrahan, Boston Red Sox reliever Junichi Tazawa has yet to face the real pressure of closing out a win, throwing just twice in non-save situations. That do...

BOSTON -- Buried beneath everything that has gone into the Toronto Blue Jays' misery is the life and times of Adam Lind, an extremely talented batter who has fallen off in a big way in the last two years. If he could ever rediscover the form he had i...

Adam Lind hit a tiebreaking homer off Boston closer Junichi Tazawa leading off the ninth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.

The Boston Red Sox moved reliever Joel Hanrahan to the 60-day disabled list on Thursday.

Big league managers don't always make what others perceive as the best choices when deciding who should and who should not be the designated closer for their teams. In fact, one might argue, when faced with a less-than-obvious choice, they seem ...

Blog | May 09, 2013

Eric Karabell has the latest news on closers, including Heath Bell taking over in Arizona with J.J. Putz on the disabled list.

Blog | Conversation | May 09, 2013

In the video above, Aaron Boone and Manny Acta look at the injuries to the Red Sox's bullpen and discuss Junichi Tazawa as the closer for the foreseeable future. Boone says he has confidence in Tazawa's ability to close but his concern is the depth i...

BOSTON -- Junichi Tazawa did not break out of character when Red Sox manager John Farrell informed him he would be the closer for the foreseeable future. "He responded as he has to most everything," Farrell said Tuesday. "Very stoic. He kind of an...

BOSTON -- In reshuffling their bullpen with closers Joel Hanrahan and Andrew Bailey both going on the disabled list in the last two days, the Red Sox also altered their starting rotation. While announcing that Junichi Tazawa would serve as the tea...

With both of his relievers with closer's experience on the shelf -- Andrew Bailey on the DL with biceps inflammation and Joel Hanrahan going down Monday night with a forearm strain, manager John Farrell said Tuesday the Boston Red Sox will go with ri...

With Andrew Bailey and Joel Hanrahan out, Junichi Tazawa will be the Red Sox closer for now.

The best relief pitchers in the Boston Red Sox bullpen in 2012 were, believe it or not, right-handers Scott Atchison and Junichi Tazawa. Actually, that dynamic duo led all Red Sox pitchers in wins above replacement, which is hard to believe -- and a ...

Blog | January 28, 2013

Eric Karabell offers his thoughts on a few closers (or ex-closers) who changed teams this offseason, such as Joel Hanrahan, Rafael Soriano and Ryan Madsen, and examines their current situations.

Blog | Conversation | January 28, 2013

BOSTON -- Red Sox closer Andrew Bailey said he has heard from a number of former Oakland teammates raving about Jonny Gomes, the outfielder whose signing by the Sox was made official Saturday. "From the first day of spring training [in Oakland], h...