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.
House Burns Up The Magic To Tie Series At 1
Boston Celtics: Eddie House came out on fire tonight as he scored 31 points and Rajon Rondo added his third triple-double of the playoffs as the Boston Celtics had no problems in a 112-94 win over the Orlando Magic in front of a packed house at the TD Banknorth Garden. Rondo’s triple-double consisted of 15 points, 11 rebounds and 18 assists. Ray Allen rebounded from a poor performance in Game 1 to finish with 22 points. Kendrick Perkins added 16 and Glen “Big Baby” Davis had 13. Rashard Lewis and Mickeal Pietrus both had 17 points to lead the Magic. These same two teams will be back it again Friday night in Orlando. [ESPN.com]
Pavano Shuts Down The Red Sox In 9-2 Indians Win
Carl Pavano probably never wanted to pitch at Fenway Park ever again because of his career numbers there.
But tonight he looked pretty good as he went 6 strong innings, allowing just 2 runs and he got 4 RBIs from Victor Martinez as the Cleveland Indians went on to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 in front of 37,888 at the Fens.
The loss for the Red Sox ended a 9-game home winning streak as they fall to 17-11. The Indians improve to 11-17 on the season.
Justin Masterson had been perfect at Fenway Park (7-0) in his career but tonight just wasn’t his night. Once he got through the Indians order a few times, they started to figure him out and that was the difference. He went 6 1/3 innings, allowing 6 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks while striking out 6.
Hunter Jones worked 1 2/3 innings allowing a run on a hit and 2 walks with a strikeout. The deadweight in the Red Sox bullpen, Javier Lopez, went the final inning, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and should be seeing the door from the Red Sox real soon.
In the 6 innings Pavano pitched, he allowed just the 2 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks while striking out 4. Aaron Laffey went the final three innings, giving up 2 hits and added a strikeout to pick up his first career save.
Jonathan Van Every, filling in for the hobbled Jacoby Ellsbury, led the Red Sox with 2 hits and the only RBI while Jason Varitek had two hits as well. J.D. Drew, David Ortiz, Mike Lowell and Julio Lugo had the other hits.
Pavano walked Jason Bay to start the 2nd inning and he went to third on a Mike Lowell double. A walk to Varitek loaded up the bases for Jeff Bailey. He ended up grounding into a double play that scored Bay to put the Red Sox up 1-0. Van Every followed with a single to score Lowell and make it 2-0 Red Sox.
The Indians got a run back in the 3rd.
Jason Bay Talks About Last Night With Michael Felger
Boston Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay made an appearance on CSN’s Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight to talk about last night’s incident with Joba Chamberlain among other things.
Video courtesy of Comcast SportsNet New England
Bay Talks About Getting Hit By Joba [Wicked Good Sports]
RemDawg Out Indefinitely As He Recovers From Cancer Surgery
We’ve all been wondering and speculating as to what’s been wrong with NESN announcer Jerry Remy and now we know. He had cancer surgery during the offseason.
“I want to focus on completing my recovery so that I can return to work without distractions or interruptions.”
“I hope that disclosing my bout with cancer will reinforce the dangers of smoking to every member of Red Sox Nation, especially children.”
Dennis Eckersley will finish out the homestand in the booth for RemDawg and then Dave Roberts will join Don Orsillo in the NESN booth during the upcoming west coast road trip. It’s not known who’ll take over when they return from the trip.
We’ll miss you RemDawg but we understand. Best wishes for a speedy and healthy recovery.
Here is a full statement from Jerry Remy on his battle with cancer and recovery.
Jerry Remy takes leave to recover from cancer surgery [NESN.com]
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/6
After starting a 9-game road trip in Cleveland that ended with a 2-game sweep of the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox return home to take on the Cleveland Indians in a brief 2-game set during a 5-game homestand.
Tonight’s game will start at 7:10 and will be broadcast on NESN Plus in Red Sox television market due to the Boston Bruins playing tonight in the NHL Playoffs. In the Cleveland area, you can catch the game on STO. And if the television isn’t your cup of tea, you can catch the game on one of the many affiliates of the Red Sox Radio Network.
In what could be his final start before Daisuke Matsuzaka returns, Justin Masterson looks to bounce back from a rough outing against the Tampa Bay Rays that saw him give up 6 runs in 6 innings of work. On the season, Masterson is 2-1 with a 4.37 ERA in 7 games (3 starts). Masterson has faced the Indians three times in his career, all out of the bullpen, and has no record with a 0.00 ERA. By the way, Masterson is perfect at Fenway Park with a 7-0 record.
Eric Wedge calls upon oft-injured pitcher Carl Pavano to start tonight. In 5 starts for the Tribe this season, Pavano is 1-3 with a 7.46 ERA. His last start against the Red Sox came as a member of the Yankees in 2005, a start that saw him give up 5 runs in 3 2/3 innings. In 5 career starts against Boston, he is 1-3 with an 8.18 ERA. And in two starts at Fenway Park, he is 0-2 with a 24.75 ERA.
Farrell: Those things aren’t forgotten [Extra Bases]
Transcript of Francona on Dale and Holley [Full Count]
The House That Rebuilt Papi? [Full Count]
Red Sox finding ways to iron out flaws [RedSox.com]
With hot bat, Bay makes his own name [RedSox.com]
Red Sox sweeps of Yankees rare [RedSox.com]
Lester and Beckett Look Fine [Ask 14]
Francona’s pre-game chat [Extra Bases]
Globe 10.0: Is David Ortiz still a power hitter? [Extra Bases]
Lowrie rejoins Sox; hopes he can resume baseball activities June 1 [Projo Sox Blog]
Batting leadoff catches Drew by surprise [Projo Sox Blog]
Positive news on Sox walking wounded [Projo Sox Blog]
Do Sox pitchers really hit Yankee batters more than vice versa? [Projo Sox Blog]
Jim Rice Road To The Hall of Fame [Jim Rice Road To The Hall]
Could Red Sox Nation really vote Lastings into All-Star Game? [Big League Stew]
John Smoltz’s Backyard[Fenway West]
The Overly-Curious UnDoctor: Wrists [Center Field]
Here are the lineups for tonight’s game:
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| 1. Grady Sizmore | CF | 1. J.D. Drew | RF |
| 2. Asdrubal Cabrera | 2B | 2. Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
| 3. Victor Martinez | 1B | 3. David Ortiz | DH |
| 4. Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 4. Jason Bay | LF |
| 5. Mark DeRosa | 3B | 5. Mike Lowell | 3B |
| 6. David Dellucci | DH | 6. Jason Varitek | C |
| 7. Jhonny Peralta | SS | 7. Jeff Bailey | 1B |
| 8. Ben Francisco | LF | 8. Jonathan Van Every | CF |
| 9. Kelly Shoppach | C | 9. Nick Green | SS |
| Carl Pavano | SP | Justin Masterson | SP |
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17-10And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:
UConn Women’s Trio Invited To World University Games Trials
UConn Huskies women’s basketball players Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Tiffany Hayes have been invited to try for the World University Games Team that will compete in Serbia later this summer.
The trials will be held from May 14-17 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. list of the 29 players invited will be cut down at the end of the trials with the finalists being invited back to Colorado Springs on June 18 for training camp. The 12-player roster will be announced before the team leaves for Serbia on June 25.
The full list of players invited is after the jump.
Patriots Lose 3rd Round Pick Tyrone McKenzie For Year
During a drill during the New England Patriots rookie mini-camp last weekend, third-round draft pick linebacker Tyrone McKenzie suffered a knee injury in a one-on-one coverage drill.
Now according to Christopher Gasper of the Boston Globe, McKenzie will be out for the season after suffering a torn ACL.
Patriots rookie linebacker Tyrone McKenzie, who was injured during the team’s rookie mini-camp last weekend, is out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, according to a source close to the rookie.
And in some other Patriots news I missed, they announced they had signed 8 free agents earlier in the week and yesterday announced they had signed free agent safety Brandon McGowan and waived punter Tom Malone.
And in the day late, dollar short news, here’s a link to the what games the Patriots will wear their throwback jerseys this season.
McKenzie out for season [Reiss’ Pieces]
Rookie minicamp: Tyrone McKenzie [Reiss’ Pieces]
Geno Auriemma to be honored with Winged Foot Award Thursday
Here is a press release from the UConn Huskies department of athletics about women’s head basketball coach Geno Auriemma being honored with the Winged Foot Award tonight.
STORRS, Conn. – University of Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma will receive the Winged Foot Award for the fifth time in his career on Thursday, May 7 at the New York Athletic Club.
The prestigious Winged Foot Award is presented annually to the winning coaches of the NCAA Women’s and Men’s Division I Basketball championships. North Carolina’s Roy Williams will also be honored Thursday evening.
Connecticut’s 76-54 rout of Louisville in the 2009 NCAA National Championship Game placed an exclamation point on an undefeated season for the Huskies. They finished the season an incredible 39-0 – the third perfect season in the program’s history and quite possibly its most dominant – as the Huskies became the first program in NCAA Division I history (men’s or women’s) to win each of its games by a margin of 10 points or more.
For his career, Auriemma has coached three undefeated teams (1995, 2002, 2009), won six national championships, garnered a total of 24 National Coach of the Year honors and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. He also will coach the U.S. Women’s National Team at the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
WINNERS OF THE WOMEN’S WINGED FOOT AWARD: Carolyn Peck, Purdue (1999), Geno Auriemma, Connecticut (2000, 2002-04), Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame (2001), Kim Mulkey-Robertson, Baylor (2005), Brenda Frese, Maryland (2006) and Pat Summit, Tennessee (2007-2008), Geno Auriemma (2009)
WINNERS OF THE MEN’S WINGED FOOT AWARD: Rick Pitino, Kentucky (1996), Tubby Smith, Kentucky (1997), Jim Calhoun, Connecticut (1999 and 2004), Tom Izzo, Michigan State (2000), Mike Krzyzewski, Duke (2001), Gary Williams, Maryland (2002), Jim Boeheim, Syracuse (2003), Roy Williams, North Carolina (2005) and Billy Donavan, Florida (2006 and 2007).Bill Self (2008), Roy Williams (2009)
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 5/6
Last night at the new Yankee Stadium, the Boston Red Sox continued their 2009 dominance of the New York Yankees with a 7-3 win to run their record to 5-0 against them this season.
Jason Bay once again proved to be a Yankee killer as his 3-run blast in the 1st inning off of Joba Chamberlain was huge. Especially given the fact that Chamberlain settled down after that inning and was pretty much untouchable.
Bay has given Red Sox Nation every chance to fall in love with him and as he continues to put numbers, not just against the Yanks, that love grows stronger. With Bay in a contract year and the Red Sox and Bay halting contract negotiations due to the poor economy, his price keeps going up and you have to wonder if the Red Sox will be able to sign him.
As reader fc put it, she’s not worried and neither am I. If he really wants to be here for the future, Theo Epstein and Bay will find a way to make it work. Many were worried that because he played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he might not be able to handle the pressures of playing in Boston unlike some other people.
Well he’s done that and more and now it’s time for Theo and the Red Sox to show that love back to him with a contract to keep in a Red Sox uniform for years to come.
There’s a reason why the Red Sox are 5-0 against the Yankees and 2-5 against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays pitching is much better than the Yankees. The Yanks spent a ton of money on their starting pitching and yet haven’t seen the results of that yet.
The one thing the Yankees didn’t do was address their bullpen and that’s the difference right now between the three teams.
Links from the Boston media after the jump.