Franklin Morales

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH While much has been made of Dustin Pedroia's relative power outage thus far -- 29 games into the season, he had no homers and only six extra-base hits -- he has more than compensated...

Fresh off one of his best games of the season Wednesday, Clay Buchholz found himself responding with little more than amusement to charges by members of the Blue Jays' broadcast team that he was doctoring the baseball. Former big-league reliever Dirk...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH The Red Sox activated reliever Joel Hanrahan from the disabled list on Tuesday after he missed two weeks with a sore hamstring, but he will not be returning to the ninth inning. Because...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Jon Lester remains unbeaten on the season, but he needed a lot of support to stay out of the loss column Tuesday. The left-hander allowed four runs in the first three innings at...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Joel Hanrahan is on the verge of rejoining the Red Sox. Hanrahan tossed a scoreless inning Sunday at Triple-A Pawtucket. Reliever Daniel Bard was optioned to Double-A Portland on...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH En route to the majors' best record, the Red Sox relied on a stellar performance by a starting rotation that had John Lackey for fewer than five innings. So, imagine how good the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH No less than four times during his pregame session Thursday with reporters, manager John Farrell said the Red Sox' decision to demote Alfredo Aceves to Triple-A Pawtucket was...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH If David Ortiz isn't careful, he may inspire a following of Red Sox teammates to regard spring training as nothing more than a two-month waste of their time. How else to explain the way...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH At first, Josh Reddick wasn't sure what to make of Daniel Nava. Five years ago, Reddick and Nava became acquainted as teammates with the Class A affiliate in Lancaster, Calif. Reddick...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH When David Ortiz lumbered into second base, without sliding, on a close play in the fourth inning Monday night, it certainly seemed like his balky heels were bothering him. But that...

The Sports Xchange Red Sox 9, Athletics 6 BOSTON -- By the fifth inning on Monday night, Mike Napoli had reached base three times, scored two runs, and collected five RBI, capped by his fifth-inning grand slam. He went 2-for-4, and also had an RBI...

The Sports Xchange Napoli's slam leads Red Sox past A's BOSTON -- By the end of the fifth inning on Monday night, Mike Napoli had reached base three times, scored two runs, and collected five RBIs, capped by his fifth-inning grand slam. He went 2-for-4,...