The last time the Boston Red Sox faced Mark Buehrle, they had their way with him. With the Red Sox having their supposed “ace” Jon Lester on the mound, you would have thought that the six-game losing streak would come to an end and they wouldn’t be swept on the home stand.

If you thought that, you were wrong.

The Blue Jays struck for seven runs in the first two innings on their way to a 7-2 win over the home team, completing the sweep and ensuring the Red Sox a 0-6 home stand.

Lester did manage to go 6.1 innings but with Buehrle shutting down the offense, it didn’t really matter.

Brock Holt had two hits for the Red Sox while Xander Bogaerts had a solo home run. Jonny Gomes had the other RBI on a single.

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It’s going to take a lot more than just Stephen Drew to fix the Boston Red Sox. And he won’t even be able to help the team until sometime next week. The problem isn’t just the offense, it’s the pitching.

Toronto Blue Jays 1B Edwin Encarnacion came into the game hitting .048 (1-for-21) against last night’s starter Clay Buchholz. In his first two at-bats against the Buchholz, he hit a solo home run and two-run homer.

By the time he left the game, it was too late as the Jays held off the Red Sox for a 6-4 win. It was the sixth straight loss for the home team.

Xander Bogaerts had three hits and an RBI to lead the team. A.J. Pierzynski also had three hits. Mike Carp added two hits and an RBI while Shane Victorino and Brock Holt had the other RBIs.

With Felix Doubront going on the DL, someone will need to fill in him for him from Pawtucket. Whomever it ends up being, the Red Sox need them to pitch well otherwise, you’ll be seeing them scour the market for a starter.

Otherwise it might too late to salvage the ship if any of the teams in the AL East finally decide to take off.

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The story of Tuesday for the Boston Red Sox wasn’t the fact that they lost their fifth straight game. Nor was it that Felix Doubront had to leave the game with shoulder fatigue. The big story was the re-signing of Stephen Drew to a one-year deal.

With Will Middlebrooks out with a fractured finger and the fact that he’s struggled at the plate, the Red Sox needed to explore options for the left side of the infield. With the free agent Drew out there and the fact the local nine was probably going to lose the draft pick attached to him, he was their best option to come in and help out.

So what does this mean for WMB and Xander Bogaerts?

For Bogaerts, it means a move to third base. For WMB, it’s either back to the minors more development, a utility player for the Red Sox or if he can stay healthy, trade bait at the trade deadline.

It’ll be interesting to see what all transpires with this when WMB is back healthy again. But for the next few weeks, he won’t be.

As for Doubront, he said after the game he basically had no feeling in his shoulder. His velocity dipped down and the Blue Jays lit him up like a Christmas tree. He’ll get an MRI today.

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If you thought Fenway Park looked a little cleaner than normal after Sunday’s night game, you were right. So why was it so clean you ask?

Well, the Detroit Tigers broke out their brooms when they completed a weekend sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 6-2 win. It’s the 11th straight road win for the Tigers. It is also the first time since the wretched 2012 season where the local nine has lost four games in a row.

The top three hitters in the Tigers order, Ian Kinsler (four hits), Torii Hunter (two hits, RBI) and Miguel Cabrera (three hits, 2 RBIs) did the most damage by going a combined 9-for-14 in the game with three RBIs. Oh and former catcher Victor Martinez delivered the decisive blow in the 3rd with a two-run home run.

Jake Peavy struggled with the command of his breaking stuff and it showed as evidenced by the numbers above. He allowed five runs on 11 hits with two strikeouts over over six innings of work.

Xander Bogaerts had two hits to lead the Red Sox and had the only RBI of the night on a single in the 2nd inning. The other Red Sox run scored on a Mike Napoli fielder’s choice with the bases loaded.

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Detroit Tigers starter Rick Porcello has had his struggles against the Boston Red Sox and at Fenway Park. Saturday night was not one of those nights though.

Porcello allowed one run over eight innings while Miguel Cabrera had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Tigers to a 6-1 win over the Red Sox. It’s the 10th straight road win for Detroit.

John Lackey started this one for the local nine and wasn’t bad. He also wasn’t good. He did throw some good pitches but he also was just missing the strike zone. Basically it just wasn’t his night.

Xander Bogaerts had the only Red Sox RBI of the night with a solo home run in the 5th inning for one of his two hits. Mike Napoli had three hits while David Ortiz extended his hitting streak to 10 games.

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The pitching matchup was one that most likely wouldn’t disappoint. Max Scherzer vs Jon Lester. Rematch of the 2013 ALCS. Unfortunately, the weather had some plans of its own to ruin it.

Had it not been for a 47 minute rain delay at the top of the 4th inning, I fully think both Scherzer and Lester would have last more than six and five innings respectively.

The Tigers would get the only run of the game in the 1st inning and four pitchers behind the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner made it stand up in a 1-0 win.

Lester went five innings, allowing the one run on four hits and three walks while striking out seven. Scherzer went six innings, allowing just three hits and four walks while striking out seven.

David Ortiz, Mike Carp and David Ross, who seems to be the personal catcher for Lester, had the only hits of the game for the home team.

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On Tuesday night after the Boston Red Sox had rallied to tie the game, Andrew Miller allowed the Minnesota Twins to walk-off with a win. Fast forwarding to Thursday afternoon, the exact same thing happened.

The struggling Will Middlebrooks singled in two runs in the top of the 9th to tie the game. Miller had no problem in the bottom of half of the 9th. In the 10th inning, he got the first two outs sandwiched by a Kurt Suzuki double.

But on a 3-2 count, Aaron Hicks fisted a single to left to bring in Suzuki to give the home team the 4-3 win at Target Field.

Clay Buchholz started this one for the Red Sox and seemed to be in trouble in just about every inning. Despite that, he still picked up a quality start by allowing three runs on 10 hits and three walks with six strikeouts in six innings of work.

Craig Breslow and Chris Capuano kept the Red Sox in the game with a scoreless inning each.

Mike Carp, making a rare start, had two hits and an RBI. Jonny Gomes also had two hits.

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Ten years later, it appears that David Ortiz still holds a grudge against his former team in the Minnesota Twins. For the second straight night, Big Papi hit two home runs against them.

This time it wasn’t for naught as the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 9-4 at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN on Wednesday night.

After having four hits the night before, Ortiz had three hits, including the two home runs and two RBIs. Grady Sizemore added two hits and two RBIs while Xander Bogaerts had two hits.

A.J. Pierzynski also had a hit and two RBI. Will Middlebrooks, Mike Napoli and Dustin Pedroia all had an RBI as well.

Felix Doubront started this one and had one of his better, if not best starts of the 2014 season. He allowed one run on seven hits and a walk while striking out five over 6.1 innings. Burke Badenhop allowed an unearned run over 1.2 innings while Edward Mujica‘s struggles continued as he gave up a two runs in the 9th.

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The Boston Red Sox found themselves in a 6-2 hole after five innings on Tuesday night. Instead of laying down, they fought back and tied the game up.

Unfortunately though, they couldn’t complete the come-from-behind win when Chris Parmelee hit a two-run walk-off home run off of Andrew Miller for an 8-6 win for the Twins.

Jake Peavy was flipped in the rotation from Wednesday to last night and wasn’t his usual self. Luckily, the rally prevented him from taking the loss. Peavy allowed six runs on nine hits and two walks over 4.2 innings.

Chris Capuano, Craig Breslow and Junichi Tazawa allowed the Red Sox to rally by throwing 3.2 shutout innings.

David Ortiz was the offensive star for the visiting nine in this one. He was 4-for-5 with four RBIs including two solo home runs. Shane Victorino added three hits and an RBI with Jonny Gomes adding the final RBI on a bases loaded walk.

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The Boston Red Sox saw how good Yu Darvish was on Friday night. He was so good for the Texas Rangers that the Red Sox were almost no hit.

Fortunately for the Red Sox, that didn’t happen as David Ortiz broke up the no hitter twice. The first time was ruled an error. However the second time came with two outs in the 9th when he singled through the shift.

It didn’t batter though as the Rangers battered Clay Buchholz in an 8-0 win.

Darvish struck out 12 and walked two over 8.2 innings. Alexi Ogando finished off the shutout for him.

Buchholz was terrible again as he allowed six runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out three over 4.1 innings.

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