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Just got off the phone with the Greenville Drive. The reason they are skipping Buchholz is to keep his innings down. They are going to do the same with Michael Bowden next week. This per Eric from the Greenville Drive Media Relations Department.

you can't be a fan of 2 teams in the same city

Pedroia 2/4 r 2bb tonight against Columbus

Soto is a product out of the Dominician. Right now he is struggling a bit in Greenville after coming back from surgery on his hamate bone.

Tito goes to Hansen for the 7th

Loretta is 34 and will be looking for a multi year deal. The red sox have pedroia ready to step in.

youk with a sacrafice fly....6-0

gonzalez awful in that at-bat.

welcome to talksox

deuce

manny picks up ortiz....balls are carrying bigtime tonight

maybe nixon should hit 9th instead of gonzalez

wow. bums like aaron guiel are hitting homeruns now

What a pathetic throw home by DeRosa.

Some tidbits to think about courtesy of today’s Red Sox notes package from the Boston Globe. Winners win when they’re winning: At 59-38, the Sox have their best record after 97 games since 1979 (60-37/won game 98) . The Sox are tied with the White Sox for the majors’ second best winning percentage at .608, behind Detroit at .673. A Royal repeat? Beckett turned in one his finest performances of the season his last time out on Wednesday vs. the Royals, limiting the Royals to four hits over eight shutout innings. With 27 homers allowed this season, Beckett has already surpassed his 2004 career high of 16. He has allowed 22 home runs on the road and only five at Fenway. Beckett took the loss in his only career start against Oakland on July 14 at Fenway Park, allowing seven runs in 4 1/3 innings in Boston’s 15-3 setback. Hitting crazy like a Foxx: David Ortiz leads the majors with 33 homers and 94 RBIs. As a point of comparison, Jimmie Foxx, who set club records with 50 homers and 175 in 1938, had 26 homers and 97 RBI in 79 games through games of July 22 that season. In his first 96 games through August 12, Foxx had 29 homers and 109 RBI. Homer happy: With Jason Varitek’s long ball on Sunday, the Red Sox have hit 83 home runs in their 52 road games, the most away homers in the league and an average of 1.60 per game. Papelbon on fire: Jonathan Papelbon has earned saves in each of his last 3 games and leads the majors with 29 saves, tying Pittsburgh’s Rich Loiselle (1997) for the 5th most ever by a major league rookie. Next is 30 for Atlanta’s Kerry Ligtenberg in 1998 with record of 37 was set by Seattle’s Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2000. Papelbon’s 0.54 ERA over his 50 innings of work is the lowest among all major league pitchers who have worked more than 12 innings. Young guns take aim: Sox have employed nine rookie pitchers in 2006, starters Kason Gabbard, Jon Lester, and David Pauley and relievers Abe Alvarez, Craig Breslow, Manny Delcarmen, Craig Hansen, Jonathan Papelbon, and Jermaine Van. The nine total rookie pitches and six currently on the roster are both the second highest among major league teams in 2006. The Florida Marlins have used 11 rookie pitchers, seven on their current roster. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/

just win

It's embarassing that Francona is giving a mediocre player in Kapler at-bats over a superior player like Pena. Not saying Kapler shouldn't be on this team but he shouldn't be getting this much playing time.

Murphy is a sure bet to be called up. Usually the sox will bring a 3rd catcher for september and that probably will be huckaby. enrique wilson likely could be a call up to bring some depth. Adam stern will be called up as well. Since Huckaby and Wilson aren't on the 40 man 2 roster moves will be made and that could prevent Pedroia from getting a callup. I don't see Big Edgar getting called up in september as he definitely needs more seasoning in the minors.

they easily can but it has to do with the option year s*** and I don't know if they want to put him on to waste an option year I believe.

There's a chance he might not get one because he is not on the 40 man roster and there could be a roster crunch.

Chiefs sign Ty Law to a 5 year contract http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2527839

Its unbelievable that Francona let Papelbon sit in the pen for the entire series.

why is this even a freaking question?

Loretta just barely made it to the plate.

nice job by gonzalez with the baserunning