Destination Red Sox Nation – 6/1

Destination Red Sox Nation

Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story and box score links as well as links to team rosters, team stats and league standings are after the jump.

If you would like to listen to any of the Red Sox minor league affiliates’ games, MiLB.com offers them for free.

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pawtucket red sox Pawtucket Red Sox

The PawSox scored three in the 8th to beat the Charlotte Knights 4-1.

Bowden shines after taking a step back to his past [Providence Journal]

Red Sox minor-league notebook: Kris Johnson is on the way to rescuing his career [Providence Journal]

PawSox Ride Bowden To Win [OurSports Central]

Charlotte Knights @ Pawtucket Red Sox 5.31.10 box score [MiLB.com]

Pawtucket 2010 Roster

Pawtucket Red Sox stats

International League standings

Pawtucket Red Sox website

Portland Sea Dogs Portland Sea Dogs:

Despite a rough outing for Casey Kelly, the Sea Dogs rallied for a 10-6 win over the New Britain Rock Cats.

Home-run barrage propels Dogs [Portland Press Herald]

Hadlock Headlines [Central Maine Sports Blog]

Sea Dogs Blast Four Home Runs In 10-6 Victory [OurSports Central]

New Britain Rock Cats @ Portland Sea Dogs 5.31.10 box score [MiLB.com]

Portland 2010 Roster

Portland Sea Dogs stats

Eastern League Standings

Portland Sea Dogs website

salem red sox Salem Red Sox:

The Lynchburg Hillcats walked off with a 4-3 win over Salem in 10 innings.

Lynchburg Walks Off with 4-3 Comeback Victory [OurSports Central]

Salem Red Sox @ Lynchburg Hillcats 5.31.10 box score [MiLB.com]

Salem 2010 Roster

Salem Red Sox stats

Carolina League standings

Salem Red Sox official blog

Salem Red Sox website

greenville drive Greenville Drive:

The Drive were shutout 4-0 by the Hagerstown Suns.

Drive Shutout By Suns, 4-0, Split Series [OurSports Central]

Greenville Drive @ Hagerstown Suns 5.31.10 box score [MiLB.com]

Greenville 2010 Roster

Greenvillle Drive stats

South Atlantic League standings

Greenville Drive website

lowell spinners Lowell Spinners:

The Lowell Spinners will begin their season in late June after the MLB Draft.

Lowell Spinners 2009 Roster

Lowell Spinners stats

NY-Penn League Standings

Lowell Spinners Blog

Spinners website

gulf coast red sox Gulf Coast League Red Sox

The GCL Red Sox will begin their season in late June after the MLB Draft.

GCL Red Sox 2009 Roster

GCL Red Sox 2009 stats

Gulf Coast League Final 2009 Standings

Gulf Coast Red Sox website

UConn Baseball On the Road to Omaha

UConn Huskies BaseballOn Sunday afternoon, the UConn Huskies baseball team found out they would be hosting a regional at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT which is the new home of the Connecticut Tigers. The Tigers are the new team in Norwich this season and play in the NY/Penn League.

On Monday afternoon, the Huskies found out who will be in the regional as the Florida State Seminoles, Huskies, Oregon Ducks and Central Connecticut Blue Devils were placed in the Norwich Regional. UConn is the only host of a regional that isn’t a No. 1 seed.

It’s the first appearance for the Huskies in the NCAA Tournament since 1994. The Huskies, who fell to St. John’s 3-0 in the Big East Championship on Sunday afternoon, will take on the Ducks at approximately 7 p.m. on Friday, June 4th. Florida State will take on Central Connecticut earlier in the day at 2 p.m.

The two winners will meet on Saturday, June 5th at 6:30 p.m. while the losers will meet at 2:00 p.m. that afternoon.

Here’s the entire schedule for the Norwich Regional:

June 4th –

  • Florida State vs Central Connecticut, 2:00 p.m.
  • UConn vs Oregon, 7:00 p.m.

June 5th

  • Winner’s bracket game, 2:00 p.m.
  • Loser’s bracket game, 6:30 p.m. (loser is eliminated)

June 6th

  • Loser of winner’s bracket vs winner of loser’s bracket, 2:00 p.m. (loser is eliminated)
  • Winner of June 5th winners bracket game vs winner of the 2:00 p.m. game, 6:30 p.m.(if winner hasn’t lost, they win the regional)

June 7th

  • If necessary game, 7:00 p.m. (only both teams from 6:30 game on 6/6 have one loss)

If you’re interested in tickets to the Norwich Regional, head over to the UConn Huskies Ticket Center.

Oakland A’s @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 6/1-6/3

Oakland A's @ Boston Red Sox pitching matchups

Tuesday, June 1st @ 7:10 p.m.

Gio Gonzalez, LHP (5-3, 3.54) vs John Lackey, RHP (5-3, 4.84)

TV: NESN, MLB.tv

Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio

Wednesday, June 2nd @ 7:10 p.m.

Ben Sheets, RHP (2-3, 4.91) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (3-2, 5.77)

TV: NESN, MLB.tv

Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio

Thursday, June 3rd @ 1:35 p.m.

Brett Anderson, LHP (2-1, 1.88) vs Tim Wakefield, RHP (1-3, 5.68)

TV: NESN, MLB.tv

Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio

We Are Back

I owe the readers of the site a big apology. Normally when I’m going to take off time from the site, I’ll let you know ahead of time. This time I didn’t.

I started out with no plans but something last minute came up and I was unable to get anything written to let everyone know. For that I apologize.

I’ve got lot to catch up on with the Red Sox and the UConn Huskies especially giving my thought on the allegations brought against the men’s basketball team. I will do my best to get caught up here and get us back on track.

Thank you very much for your support of the blog and I look forward to putting out the best content I can on a daily basis.

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Video: Russow KO’s Duffee at UFC 114

After being throughly dominated for the first two rounds and early part of round 3, Mike Russow delivered the one-punch knockout to Todd Duffee at 2:35 of the third round during UFC 114 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Enjoy the knock out and post-fight interview with Russow:

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Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/28

Kyle Davies (L), Tim Wakefield (R) - AP Photos

After an awful start from Daisuke Matsuzaka last night, the Boston Red Sox look to return to their winning ways in the second game of a four-game set at Fenway Park tonight.

Tonight’s game will start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Royals television market, you can catch the game on FOX Sports Kansas City. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Tim Wakefield could be making his final start before the return of Josh Beckett to the rotation. Wake threw eight shutout innings his last time out to pick up his first win of 2010. In ten appearances (six starts) Wake is 1-2 with a 4.44 ERA. He’s made one start against the Royals in 2010 and picked up a no decision after allowing two runs in seven innings back on April 9th. In 27 career games (20 starts), Wake is 11-6 with a 3.84 ERA and one save.

Kyle Davies makes his tenth start of 2010 for the Royals and is 3-3 with a 4.53 ERA. Davies also got a no decision in the game on April 9th after allowing three runs in six innings. In two career starts, Davies is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA. His lone win came against the Red Sox in MLB debut back in 2005.

Keep reading for lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and pregame links.

Kansas City Royals20-28

Red Sox logo27-22
1. Scott Podsednik LF 1. Marco Scutaro SS
2. Mike Aviles 2B 2. Dustin Pedroia 2B
3. David DeJesus RF 3. David Ortiz DH
4. Billy Butler 1B 4. Kevin Youkilis 1B
5. Jose Guillen DH 5. Victor Martinez C
6. Alberto Callapso 3B 6. J.D. Drew RF
7. Mitch Maier CF 7. Adrian Beltre 3B
8. Yuniesky Betancourt SS 8. Jeremy Hermida LF
9. Jason Kendall C 9. Mike Cameron CF
Kyle Davies SP Tim Wakefield SP

Here’s the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers in their careers:

Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox batter/pitcher matchups

In case you hadn’t heard, Jacoby Ellsbury was placed back on the disabled list with the same injury that got him there in the first place.

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Ellsbury: “I guess the way it looks now, I came back too soon” [Clubhouse Insider]

Soccer game at Fenway still possible [CSN New England]

Pedroia’s dropoff coincides with injury [ESPN Boston]

Daisuke: Postmortem by the numbers [ESPN Boston]

More on the Matsuzaka mystery [Extra Bases]

Ellsbury back on DL [Extra Bases]

Ortiz pays respects to Lima [Extra Bases]

Boxscore breakdown: ‘Wild Thing’ [Full Count]

The (Almost) Perfect Stolm [Full Count]

Delcarmen answers the questions [Full Count]

Forget April panic: Sky’s the limit for Sox [Full Count]

Ellsbury: We knew I wasn’t 100 percent [Full Count]

Red Sox notes: Ellsbury sent to DL [Full Count]

Farrell on D&H: No knowledge of Daisuke injury [Full Count]

Clay Buchholz Strings Together Three Quality Starts, Earns Amica Pitcher of the Week [NESN.com]

Martinez back in lineup to catch Wakefield [Projo Sox Blog]

Ellsbury placed back on DL, Atchison recalled [Projo Sox Blog]

Chest injury puts Ellsbury back on DL [RedSox.com]

Breaking News: Jacoby Ellsbury Heading Back To DL

Boston Red Sox Breaking News

It looks as though Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury will need a little more time to recover from his injuries suffered in the collision with Adrian Beltre.

After feeling a little soreness a couple of days ago, Ellsbury underwent some more tests and it was determined that another stint on the disabled list should allow him to recover as the Red Sox placed him back on the DL this afternoon. The move is retroactive to May 25th.

Scott Atchison was recalled from Pawtucket and will take Ellsbury’s spot on the 25-man roster.