Junichi Tazawa

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Turns out, there may be more to David Ortiz' slump than a negative newspaper column. After going 1-for-4 with a three-run homer Tuesday night in the Red Sox' 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH One day after taking a pair of hard foul balls to the mask, catcher David Ross was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list and replaced by Ryan Lavarnway on the roster. Ross...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH And the hits keep coming. Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino, whose kamikaze style in right field has already made him a fan favorite, was taken to Mass. General after Sunday's 12-4...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2 Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2: Adam Lind led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking home run as Toronto shaded host Boston. Lind drilled a 2-2 pitch from temporary Boston closer Junichi Tazawa (2-2) over the...

The Sports Xchange Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2 BOSTON -- Adam Lind's lead-off home run in the ninth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday at Fenway Park. With the game tied after eight innings, Lind led off...

The Sports Xchange Lind's ninth-inning homer lifts Blue Jays past Red Sox BOSTON -- Adam Lind's lead-off home run in the ninth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday at Fenway Park. With the game tied...

Boston Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan, who was placed on the 60-day disabled list Friday, will have season-ending surgery. CBS Sports reported Saturday that Hanrahan will have surgery to repair his right flexor tendon in his elbow/forearm. A six- to nine-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Red Sox reliever Joel Hanrahan's star-crossed season is up in the air. After having an MRI and being examined Friday morning by Dr. James Andrews, the orthopedist he saw for a second...

The Sports Xchange Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 0 BOSTON - Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester was perfect through 5 2/3 innings until Blue Jays No. 9 batter Maicer Izturis hit a first-pitch double. Lester lost his bid for a no-hitter but earned the win as the...

The Sports Xchange Lester approaches perfection as Red Sox beat Blue Jays BOSTON - Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester was perfect through 5 2/3 innings until Toronto's No. 9 batter, Maicer Izturis, hit a first-pitch double. Though Lester lost his bid for a...

David Ortiz believes fingers pointing at him and other Dominican players regarding the use of performance-enhancing drugs amount to profiling. The Boston Red Sox designated hitter took issue with a column by the Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy that...

The Sports Xchange Red Sox put Hanrahan on 60-day DL The Boston Red Sox moved right-hander Joel Hanrahan to the 60-day disabled list on Thursday, indicating that the pitcher might need elbow surgery. Hanrahan, who started the season as the Red Sox's...