Mike Carp

(Reuters) - Detroit's Anibal Sanchez was denied a no-hitter but still struck out 12 batters in a pitching gem as the Tigers sent the Minnesota Twins crashing to their 10th straight defeat with a 6-0 victory on Friday. Sanchez was heading towards a second...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Red Sox 8, Indians 1 Red Sox 8, Indians 1: Mike Carp hit a three-run homer and John Lackey worked seven strong innings as Boston evened the series against visiting Cleveland. Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia each singled in a...

Red Sox 8, Indians 1: Mike Carp hit a three-run homer and John Lackey worked seven strong innings as Boston evened the series against visiting Cleveland. Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia each singled in a pair for the Red Sox, who dropped the series...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Lackey sharp again in Red Sox victory BOSTON - His poor 2011 season, the boos of the home crowd and Tommy John surgery behind him, John Lackey appears to be settling in as the No. 3 man in the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Will Middlebrooks left Wednesday's 12-3 loss to the Indians with back spasms, the latest setback in a season of fits and starts for the young Red Sox third baseman. Manager John Farrell...

MLB Team Report - Cleveland Indians - INSIDE PITCH The Indians got first baseman Nick Swisher back on Friday, and that's not a moment too soon for the team, which has lost two of the three games that Swisher missed. Swisher was placed on the Paternity...

MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH The wheels are coming off for right-hander Ryan Dempster. A bright spot in April, when only some bad luck and a lack of run support kept him from winning on a pace with top two starters Jon Lester and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Clay Buchholz is enjoying himself on the mound these days, and for good reason. He's 7-0 with a league-leading 1.73 ERA after pitching seven sharp innings Wednesday in the Red Sox's 6-2...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH All along, the assumption was that the anticipation of free agency after this season would inspire Jacoby Ellsbury to once again reach MVP-caliber heights for the Red Sox. But as two of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Jacoby Ellsbury is 8-for-60 (.133) over his last 13 games, hardly what the Red Sox expect from their leadoff hitter and the 2011 AL MVP runner-up. But manager John Farrell isn't ready to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Every chance he gets, David Ortiz reminds the Minnesota Twins about the one that got away. Ortiz signed with the Red Sox after the 2002 season, when the Twins declined to tender him a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Boston Red Sox - INSIDE PITCH Even after embattled reliever Daniel Bard's meltdown Wednesday night at Double-A Portland, manager John Farrell said the Red Sox are not yet considering sending him to extended spring...