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About the Boston Red Sox Last night, the #BostonRedSox, now half a game back of the Tampa Bay Rays, in  second place in the Eastern Division of the American League  (with a record of 61 wins, 43 losses, and a UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) composite score of +29.6), lost their game against the Baltimore Orioles, three (3) games back of Boston, and holders of one of the American League wild cards for the playoffs  (with a record of 58 wins, 46 losses, and a composite UBWS score of +23.7). The final score of the game was    6-0, in favor of Baltimore. The Orioles scored the first two (2) runs of the game in the first inning, by a two-run home run. The Red Sox would not be able to score a run against Baltimore for the rest of the game. The Orioles added a run in the third inning, another run in the fifth inning, by a solo home run, another run in the seventh inning, also by a solo home run. The last run of the game came in on another solo home run in the eighth...

About the Boston Red Sox Yesterday, the #BostonRedSox, Eastern Division leaders of the American League  (now with a record of 61 wins, 41 losses, and a composite UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) score of +32.0), won their game against the Tampa Bay Rays, holders of  one of the American League wild cards for the playoffs  (now with a record of 59 wins, 42 losses, and a composite UBWS score of +29.2). The final score of the game was    6-2, in favor of Boston. Tampa Bay scored its first run in the top of the second inning, due to a solo home run, and its second run in the top of the fifth inning, also due to a home run with nobody on base. Meanwhile, the Red Sox matched Tampa Bay's first run with one of their own in the bottom of the same inning, followed by another run in the bottom of the third inning, and a third run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Boston's last three (3) runs scored in the eighth inning to ensure the win. Boston's Jon Lester pitched 6.1...

About the Boston Red Sox Yesterday, the #BostonRedSox,  Eastern Division leaders of the American League  (now with a record of 60 wins, 41 losses, and a UBWS (#UnlessBigWinStreak) composite score of +31.2), lost their game with the Tampa Bay Rays, holders of one of the American League wild cards for the playoffs  (now with a record of 59 wins, 41 losses, a UBWS composite score of +30.4, and just a half game behind Boston in the divisional standings). The game's final score was 3-0, in favor of Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay scored two (2) runs, one (1) in the first inning and another (1) in the fifth inning against Brandon Workman, Boston's starter. Matt Moore, the Ray's starter shut out the Red Sox batters, who were maybe still feeling the effects of Sunday's game that ended early Monday morning. Tampa Bay scored its final run in the ninth inning against Boston's reliever, José de la Torre. Red Sox batters managed just two (2) hits, one (1) single each by David Ortiz and...

July 21, 2013 About the #BostonRedSox Yesterday, the Boston Red Sox, the Eastern Division Leaders of the American League  (now with a record of 59 wins and 40 losses and a UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) composite score of +31.6), lost their game to the New York Yankees (now with a record of 52 wins and 45 losses and a UBWS composite score of +17.5). The final score was 5-2 in favor of New York. For the first four (4) innings John Lackey for Boston and Hiroki Kuroda for New York matched each other in a scoreless pitchers' duel. In the fifth inning the Yankees scored a (1) run, and in the seventh inning they added three (3) more. They assured themselves of the victory with some good relief pitching and a final run in the ninth inning. The Red Sox batters had seven (7) hits, three (3) from Mike Carp, two (2) from David Ortiz, and two (2) from the rest of the team. Yesterday in the Eastern Division of the American League, Tampa Bay, Baltimore, and the Yankees all won their resp...

About Our Boston Red Sox More than half of the 2013 Major League Baseball season has already been played. The All-Star game has already been played, and the American League won it. Now we can seriously consider the possibility of reaching various objectives that we had for the Red Sox this year. 1. End the 2012 Nightmare Season for the Red Sox: Just 69 Wins With the  Boston Red Sox current record  of 59 wins and 39 losses (before Saturday's game) and a score of +32.8 on the UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) scale, the Red Sox are ten (10) games away from the amount of wins that the team had all last year. After we reach this objective, we can begin to walk on a road of hope for this year's team. 2. Reach Our 2013 Objective for the Red Sox: 81 wins Our preseason hope for this team was to have a season's record of 81 wins and 81 losses. 3. Do Better Than the 2011 Collapse of the Red Sox: 90 Wins In the midst of the 2011 despair caused by not playing well in Septe...

  About the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night, after a wild beginning, the  #BostonRedSox  (now with 55 wins and 37 losses), leader of the Eastern Division of the American League, beat the Seattle Mariners (now with 40 wins and 50 losses) by the final score 11-8. Last night's win raised Boston's composite score to +32.0 according to the UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) statistics. The game went back and forth during the first four (4) innings. The Red Sox starting pitcher, Allen Webster, gave up two (2) runs in the first inning, and Boston responded with a run in the top of the second inning. Webster allowed three (3) more runs in the bottom of the second inning, and Boston responded with five (5) runs in the top of the third inning. Strangely, Boston's manager sent Webster back out to pitch in the bottom of the third inning. He promptly gave up two (2) runs, with Alfredo Aceves' help with the second run. Things were looking bad for the Red Sox. The team had come from...

About the Boston Red Sox Monday night, the Seattle Mariners (now with 40 wins and 49 losses) beat the #BostonRedSox (now with 54 wins and 37 losses), leaders of the Eastern Division of the American League, by the final score of 11-4. The game was tied 0-0 until the bottom of the fourth inning. Last night's loss dropped Boston's composite score to +31.2 according to the UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) statistics. Jon Lester pitched five (5) innings, allowing five (5) runs. The two (2) relievers who followed him, Alex Wilson and José de La Torre, finished the game, allowing three (3) runs each. Boston's batters had ten (10) hits, with Daniel Nava and David Ortiz getting two (2) hits each. Yesterday, in the Eastern Division, only Tampa Bay won a game. Boston, Baltimore, and the Yankees all lost. Toronto had a day off. Tonight the Red Sox play the second game of their four-game series at the Mariners' ballpark. This is also the fifth of ten (10) games that Boston wil...

About the Boston Red Sox Saturday night the #BostonRedSox (now with 54 wins and 35 losses), leaders of the Eastern Division of the American League, almost beat the Los Angeles Angels (now with 42 wins and 45 losses) in their stadium by the score of 7-3. Things looked lost for the Angels, with two (2) outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, the Angels rallied to score four (4) runs to tie the game, and later they won the game in the eleventh inning by the final score of 9-7. Last night's loss dropped Boston's composite UBWS (#UnlessBigWinningStreak) score to +33.6. Boston's pitchers, both starters and relievers, had been pitching well. This time Ryan Dempster pitched 6.1 good innings, allowing three (3) runs. Andrew Miller and Andrew Bailey both pitched well in relief. Everything was all set for closing out the ninth inning and winning the game. However, Alex Wilson and Koji Uehara were not able to keep the Angels from scoring four (4) runs and tying the game...

Concerning the Boston Red Sox Friday night the first place #BostonRedSox (now 54-34) beat the Los Angeles Angels (now 41-45) in Los Angeles by the score of 6-2. This raised the Red Sox'x #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to +34.8. Boston's pitchers, both starters and relievers, continue to pitch well recently. This time Felix Doubront gave Boston 6.2 good innings, giving up just two (2) runs. He kept the Red Sox in the game against Angel's starter C.J. Wilson. Craig Breslow, Junichi Tazawa, and Koji Uehara kept the Angels off the coreboard for the rest of the game. The Boston Red Sox batters contributed thirteen (13) hits, at least one (1) from each of the starters and two (2) from Daniel Nava, Brandon Snyder, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The score was close, 3-2 in favor of Boston in the top of the eighth inning. Boston manager John Farrell sent David Ortiz, on his day off, to bat for Brandon Snyder. Big Papi responded with a two-run homer to deep right fie...

Concerning the Boston Red Sox Thursday afternoon the first place #Boston Red Sox (now 53-34) completed the three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres (now 40-46), beating them by the score of 8-2. This was the Boston's third straight good pitching performance in the series. This third victory in the series raised the Red Sox's #UBWS (Unless Big Win Streak) composite score to +34.0. Allen Webster pitched six (6) good innings, giving up just two (2) runs. Relievers Andrew Bailey, Alex Wilson, and Craig Breslow pitched well the rest of the game. All Boston batters contributed to the team's eighteen (18) hits, led by Jacoby Ellsbury with three (3) hits, including a home run. Shane Victorino, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Mike Napoli, Jonny Gomes, Ryan Lavarnway, and José Iglesias each had two (2) hits. Brandon Snyder chipped in with a home run. The Red Sox scored two (2) runs in the bottom of the first inning and maintained or increased their lead the rest of the game. Yesterd...

Concerning the Boston Red Sox Wednesday night the first place #Boston Red Sox (now 52-34) beat the San Diego Padres (now 40-44) by the score of 2-1. This raised the Red Sox's #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to 33.2. Jon Lester pitched seven (7) good innings, giving up just one (1) run. Junichi Tazawa pitched a good eighth inning. Koji Uehara pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his second victory to go with five (5) saves as a closer. The Boston batters got nine (9) hits, with Dustin Pedroia and Mike Carp getting two (2) hits each. The score was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, when manager John Farrell decided to sent Jonny Gomes to the plate to bat for third baseman Brandon Snyder. Gomes hit a home run over the Green Monster in left field to give Boston a 2-1 victory. Yesterday, in the American League East Division, Boston, Baltimore and the Yankees won. Tampa Bay and Toronto lost. Today the Red Sox receive the San Diego Padres in the thi...

Concerning the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night the first place #Boston Red Sox (now 51-34) beat the San Diego Padres (now 40-44) by the score of 4-1. This raised the Red Sox's #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to +32.4. John Lackey (now 6-5) pitched eight (8) good innings, giving up just one (1) run. He now has an ERA of 2.81. Koji Uehara pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his fifth save as a reliever. The Boston batters got nine (9) hits, with Jacoby Ellsbury, David Ortiz, Jonny Gomes, and José Iglesias getting two (2) hits each. In the third inning, third baseman Brandon Snyder drove in three (3) of Boston's four (4) runs. The Red Sox added another run in the sixth inning. Yesterday in the East Division of the American League Boston, Tampa Bay and the New York Yankees won their respective games. Baltimore and Toronto lost their games. Tonight the Red Sox receive the San Diego Padres in the second game of a three-game interleague series. Jon Lester is expe...

Concerning the Red Sox Sunday, the first place #Boston Red Sox (now 50-43) beat the Toronto Blue Jays (now 41-41) by the score of 5-4. The Red Sox won the four-game series 3 games to 1. Boston's win, coupled with Monday's results, raised their #UBWS (Unless Big Winning Streak) composite score to +31.6. Ryan Dempster pitched five good innings, giving up just two runs. Craig Breslow, Alex Wilson, and Andrew Miller also pitched well in relief, although Breslow allowed one run to score. Boston's new closer, Koji Uehara gave up a ninth-inning homerun that tied the game 4-4. The Red Sox batters made 9 hits, with Daniel Nava and Brandon Snyder gettings two hits each. Boston scored three runs in the second inning and one in the fifth winning. The Red Sox scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning due to an error by the Toronto first baseman. Yesterday, in the Eastern Division of the American League, Boston and Baltimore had a day off. Toronto, Tampa and the N...