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3-0 now, peavy struggling

47 and he missed 15 games too

alot of people did

anyone think Willie Randolph will get fired? i think so

Matt Garza VS Julian Tavarez The Boston Red Sox can finally relax. Having wrapped up home-field advantage throughout the American League playoffs, the Red Sox conclude their regular season Sunday when they play the Minnesota Twins. Boston (96-65) wrapped up the AL East on Friday, and then secured the choice of an extra day off with Saturday's 6-4 victory. J.D. Drew hit a go-ahead three-run homer and finished 3-for-4 for the Red Sox, who will play the Los Angeles Angels in a division series. Drew closed his first season with the Red Sox in strong fashion, hitting .393 over his last 18 games to raise his average 18 points to .270. The right fielder, who signed a 5-year, $70 million contract in the offseason, left Fenway before Boston learned it clinched the AL East title to be with his 18-month-old son, who had been in a body cast to correct a hip ailment. "It's (been) frustrating for me not to perform," said Drew, who has just 10 homers and 61 RBIs after totaling 20 and 100, respectively, in 2006 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. "Hopefully, the bat would come back around and, in a situation where you know you're going to the playoffs, you've got to kind of get things straight." The Red Sox wanted an extra day off during the series and chose to play Game 1 on Wednesday instead of Thursday, giving Terry Francona the chance to set up the rotation. That task began by Francona opting to use Julian Tavarez (7-10, 5.06 ERA) in a spot start Sunday instead of Curt Schilling. Tavarez is making his first start since Aug. 31, and has made four relief appearances in the interim. He last pitched Wednesday against Oakland, giving up one run and two hits in one inning. The right-hander lost his only start to the Twins this season, giving up two runs in six innings of a 2-1 defeat May 5 at Minnesota. Tavarez is 2-2 with a 4.95 ERA in five starts and 17 career appearances against Minnesota, which he has not beaten since June 9, 2002. Minnesota (78-83) has lost six of its last nine games and will finish with its first losing season since going 69-93 in 2000. Rookie Nick Blackburn took the loss after failing to protect a two-run lead and in which Carlos Silva pitched six solid innings. "He's just got to learn how to slow the ball down," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said of Blackburn, who relied too much on his fastball. "When you don't use all of your pitches, you're going to get killed." Matt Garza (4-7, 3.92) tries to close his season on a positive note and avoid losing consecutive starts. He struggled at Detroit on Tuesday, yielding four runs and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings of an 8-0 defeat. Garza is 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA in his last three starts, giving up four or more runs in four of them. He defeated the Red Sox in his only lifetime start against them despite giving up three runs and five hits in 5 2-3 innings on Sept. 19, 2006. This may be the final game with the Twins for center fielder Torii Hunter, who is expected to be one of the more sought-after free agents in the offseason. Hunter has 28 homers, but none in his last 19 games, and is 7-for-21 with three RBIs against the Red Sox this season.

infield single with 2 outs in the 8th kills it , that sucks

Carlos Silva VS Tim Wakefield For the first time in 12 years, the Boston Red Sox are AL East champions. On Saturday night, the only player still remaining from their last division-winning club tries to recapture his vintage form. Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield takes the Fenway Park mound as the Red Sox continue their four-game series with the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox (95-65) rebounded from a 5-4 loss in Thursday's series opener to beat Minnesota 5-2 on Friday night. Once back in the clubhouse, they got to watch the second-place New York Yankees lose to Baltimore, giving Boston its first AL East title since 1995. "I pulled my hamstring jumping off the couch," said manager Terry Francona, whose club will face the Los Angeles Angels in a division series next week. With two games to play, the Red Sox are tied with AL Central champion Cleveland for the league's best record, an honor which will carry with it home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Boston owns the tiebreaker with the Guardians by virtue of winning the season series between the clubs. Wakefield (16-12, 4.80 ERA) was an integral part of the division-winning 1995 team. Signed by Boston after the Pittsburgh Pirates released him in April of that season, he had an incredible summer hot streak in which he won 10 consecutive starts - including four complete games - while posting a 1.60 ERA. He finished his first season in Boston 16-8 with a 2.95 ERA, and has gone on to win 153 games over 13 seasons with the Red Sox, trailing only Roger Clemens and Cy Young on the franchise's all-time list. Wakefield is now 41, though, and had to miss a start at the end of August due to back soreness. He has not been the same since, going 0-2 with a 10.70 ERA and a .402 opponents' batting average in four September outings. The right-hander lost at Tampa Bay on Sunday, when he have up four runs, seven hits - including a Delmon Young homer - and three walks over five innings of Boston's 5-4 defeat, but he denied having any physical problems. "I felt fine today," Wakefield said. "Had good movement on my pitches. I just made one mistake to Delmon Young. Other than that, they did a good job of scraping some hits together in the holes." Wakefield is 12-4 with a 4.01 ERA in 23 career appearances - 20 starts - against the Twins (78-82). Minnesota's Carlos Silva (13-14, 4.22) will look to win his third consecutive start. The right-hander has been outstanding through much of the season's second half, going 5-3 with a 3.21 ERA in 11 starts since July 31. He's rebounded after going 6-10 with a 4.58 ERA prior to the All-Star break. "You have to learn new pitches," said Silva, who has a chance to match his career high of 14 wins, set in 2004. "That's what I've been doing this year." On Monday at Detroit, he gave up six hits without a walk in 7 2-3 innings of the Twins' 2-0 victory. Silva is 2-2 with a 1.67 ERA in five career appearances - four starts - versus Boston. Friday's defeat was the third in four games for the Twins, who clinched their first losing record since 2000.

Mets john maine has a no-no through 7 along with 13 K's BUT his pitch count is over 100

so with 2 games left , what should the sox do? go for the best record (wich would give them home field troughout the playoffs )? or simply rest their players ?

well they wont make it, they sit at 934 with 2 games left , still awfull tough

YEAH!!!!!!!

yes , except for dice-k

I dont know , you tell me , you seem to be talking alot about the CFL , why you asking me ? I dont watch the dam thing

4-0

phillies up 3-0 in the 6th and the mets are losing 6-3 in the 4th , if phillies hold on and the mets cant come back to win that game their f***ed

this is the dice k i like , 0BB and 4K's in 5IP

lowell with another rbi 3-0 sox

ortiz has now reached base on his last 11 plate appearances

YEAH DREW

lowell again! 1-0

ortiz is on fire

lineup 1. D Pedroia, 2B 2. M Ramirez, LF 3. D Ortiz, DH 4. M Lowell, 3B 5. J Drew, RF 6. K Youkilis, 1B 7. J Varitek, C 8. J Ellsbury, CF 9. J Lugo, SS