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Three starters are making the most of their new but difficult situations, writes Scott Spratt. He points to Ryan Dempster's success at Fenway Park, typically a hitter-friendly stadium, as an example of this.

Story | Conversation | May 12, 2013

Blue Jays-Red Sox Preview

The cream of the 2013 free-agent crop was obvious and expensive. Teams entered the offseason flush with cash and spent prodigiously. Outfielder Josh Hamilton was the best position player, while B.J. Upton and Michael Bourn followed not far behind...

Blog | May 10, 2013

Twins-Red Sox Preview

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The best way to determine which major league pitchers have the filthiest stuff is to examine how many times hitters swing and miss. Right now, Yu Darvish is easily the American League's best. Hitters have swung and missed at...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Red Sox were taking a good-natured tact toward "Spittergate" as they prepared to take on the Rangers in a meeting of division leaders tonight at Rangers Ballpark. Neatly arranged on the top shelf of pitcher Ryan Dempster's lo...

TORONTO -- Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster knew exactly what to do Thursday night after undefeated teammate Clay Buchholz was accused by pitcher-turned-Blue Jays broadcaster Jack Morris of throwing a spitball the night before. "Actually, I came up a...

TORONTO -- Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster was drafted in 1995, a year after Jack Morris retired, but this was the first time the native son of Canada (Gibsons, British Columbia) had pitched a big-league game here. Home-field advantage? Given that t...

Ryan Dempster won his second straight start and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of a season-high 10 walks to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Thursday night.

New additions, better coaching contributing to the Red Sox having the top strikeout rate in baseball, writes Mike Petriello.

Story | Conversation | May 02, 2013

Red Sox-Blue Jays Preview

BOSTON -- Chalk up a couple of "firsts" for the Red Sox' super-charged battery on Friday night. Right-hander Ryan Dempster worked six solid, strikeout-filled innings for his first win in a Boston uniform, and his batterymate, catcher David Ross, n...

BOSTON -- It took him five tries, but Ryan Dempster finally earned his first victory as a member of the Red Sox. The veteran right-hander, who signed a two-year free-agent deal with Boston worth $26.5 million in the offseason, took advantage of th...

David Ross cleared the Green Monster twice with solo home runs and Ryan Dempster struck out a career-high 10 for the Boston Red Sox in a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.

Astros-Red Sox Preview

BOSTON -- Good morning from the Fens, where it never gets old on Patriots Day, seeing a couple sharing a breakfast of beer, hotdogs and onion rings before Mike and Mike have signed off on ESPN. Ryan Dempster, the former Cub, has had a lot of pra...