Pedro Ciriaco

BOSTON — The Orioles arrived at Fenway Park on Friday focused on continuing their march toward the playoffs. The Boston Red Sox were waiting, their focus and motivation an open question after a season gone terribly awry. So, what exactly is...

Carl Crawford says he needs Tommy John surgery. What the Red Sox really need is Tommy John of 1977. What the Red Sox really need is a road map to get them rowing in the same direction. As the rain fell Saturday on a delayed start to the alleged greatest...

The 2013 Serie Del Caribe (The Caribbean Series, also known as the Caribbean World Series), the annual professional baseball tournament for the winter season's winning teams from the Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe (Caribbean Professi...

Pedro Ciriaco's promotion to Boston over the weekend could open the door for the IronPigs Kevin Frandsen to start at second base for the Internaitonal league in Wednesday night's Triple-A All-Star game in Buffalo. Ciriaco, hitting 301 for Pawtucket, was...

Columbus' Cord Phelps will start at second base for the International League in tonight's Triple-A All-Star game. The position became open when Boston recalled the scheduled starter, Pedro Ciriaco, last weekend. Ciriaco's promotion opened the door for...

Tyler Cloyd is the only IronPig among the fans choices so far for the squad that will represent the International League in the Triple-A all-star gmae next month at Buffalo. Cloyd is running second among starting pitchers to Buffalo's Harvey. An IronPig...

IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg has been named to International League manager Mike Sarbauch's coaching staff for next month's Triple-A All-Star game in Buffalo while first baseman Cody Overbeck and starting pitcher Tyler Cloyd have taken over the lead...

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 drop Ellsbury in...

The Boston Red Sox are on a roll. They will be looking for their sixth straight win when they visit the Chicago White Sox for the opener of a three-game series on Monday. The Red Sox have received strong starting pitching throughout the bulk of their...

Red Sox 5, Twins 1: John Lackey took a perfect game into the fifth inning and Will Middlebrooks homered as visiting Boston sat through a three-hour, one-minute rain delay in the seventh and completed a three-game sweep of Minnesota. Lackey (2-4) ended...

The Sports Xchange By Joe Oberle, The Sports Xchange Red Sox complete sweep of Twins MINNEAPOLIS -- After waiting out a three-hour rain delay in the seventh inning, the Boston Red Sox expanded the lead they built before the storm and beat the Minnesota...

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...