P Paul Byrd ...1 mins 
LF Jason Bay ...6 mins
DH David Ortiz ...16 mins
LF Jason Bay ...50 mins
DH David Ortiz ...51 mins
P Paul Byrd ...51 mins
P Paul Byrd ...55 mins
1B Kevin Youkilis ...80 mins
RP David Aardsma ...141 mins
SP Bartolo Colon ...141 mins
S Bartolo Colon ...back
SS Julio Lugo ...quadriceps
R David Aardsma ...groin
OF J.D. Drew ...back
63.5 CC Sabathia (P - )
53.66 Bronson Arroyo (P - cin)
52.5 Derek Lowe (P - lan)
50 Andre Ethier (RF - lan)
49 Alex Rodriguez (3B - nya)
47.5 Roy Halladay (P - tor)
42.16 Frank Francisco (P - tex)
41 Joey Votto (1B - cin)
40 Dustin Pedroia (2B - bos)
38 Randy Wolf (P - sdn)
30.32 Brandon Morrow (P - sea)
24.5 Dustin Nippert (P - tex)
19.66 Ryan Rowland-Smith (P - sea)
50 Andre Ethier (RF - lan)
30 Daric Barton (1B - oak)
26 Chris Dickerson (CF - cin)
24 Chris Young (CF - ari)
23 Hunter Pence (RF - hou)
The Red Sox had their four-game winning streak snapped Saturday, but Paul Byrd got them back on the winning track, extending his personal winning streak to four games. With a 7-2 victory Sunday, the Red Sox head home just 1 1/2 games back in the American League East.
With the Boston bullpen having been taxed for 10 1/3 innings the last two nights, the Red Sox recalled right-hander Devern Hansack from Triple-A Pawtucket Sunday. In another move, Bartolo Colon was activated from the 6-day DL and will start for Triple-A Pawtucket on Sunday night.
Paul Byrd will toe the rubber in Sunday's series finale as the Red Sox try to start another winning streak against Texas. In four starts with the Red Sox since being traded from the Indians on Aug. 12, Byrd is 3-1 and unbeaten in his last three starts.
Making his 500th career appearance in a Red Sox uniform, Tim Wakefield lasted just 1 2/3 innings before getting pulled. He surrendered seven runs in the second inning, digging a hole the Red Sox couldn't climb out of in a 15-8 loss at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
David Aardsma threw to hitters Saturday, one of whom was J.D. Drew, which had manager Terry Francona interested in both ends of the matchup. Aardsma looked good and could be sent to a rehab assignment as soon as Monday, while Drew experienced discomfort.
Kevin Youkilis was back with the Red Sox on Saturday and back in the lineup, hitting cleanup behind David Ortiz. But, more importantly, the personal issues that kept him from traveling with the team to Texas have been settled, as Youkilis declared the situation back home "good."
The Best-of-5 California League Semifinal Series begin Saturday with San Jose facing Stockton and Lancaster battling Lake Elsinore for a trip to the championship.
Tim Wakefield will pitch his 500th game for the Red Sox on Saturday and will become the first pitcher in club history to start at least 350 of his 500 outings with the Red Sox, and the 23rd pitcher to reach those milestones with one team in Major League history.
Making his first start since Aug. 17, Josh Beckett pitched five shutout innings as the Red Sox trounced the Rangers, 8-1, on Friday night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
J.D. Drew, Bartolo Colon and David Aardsma may not be far behind the Boston trio of Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Sean Casey in regards to being activated from the disabled list. The Red Sox will be as close to fully healthy as they've seemingly been all season.
Before Friday's series opener with the Rangers, the Red Sox activated Josh Beckett (right elbow inflammation), Mike Lowell (right oblique strain) and Sean Casey (strained neck) from the disabled list. The trio brings the Red Sox another step closer to fielding their ideal lineup.
Hansack untouchable in playoff outing
On Monday, when the Red Sox host the Rays, Boston is set to establish a Major League record five years in the making, hosting their 456th consecutive sellout crowd at Fenway Park.
Boston will reclaim several players off the DL when it begins a series in Texas on Friday night, including Mike Lowell, Sean Casey and starter Josh Beckett.
The Red Sox coupled a home run and a double by Dustin Pedroia with an errant throw on a Jacoby Ellsbury bunt in the ninth to launch a late-inning comeback against Baltimore at Fenway Park, culminating in a 5-4 win.
Between flu-like symptoms and back spasms, Kevin Youkilis has miss four out of Boston's last five games, including Wednesday's finale against the Orioles.
The Red Sox are in familiar territory. Heading into Wednesday, they are in prime position to take all three games of this series against the Orioles before heading on a quick road trip to Texas over the weekend.
Big Papi was the catalyst of Boston's 10 runs scored in the third and fourth innings, smacking a two-run double in each frame and leading the charge in the 14-2 win over the Orioles at Fenway Park. The Sox snagged the first two of this three-game set and will look to sweep on Wednesday afternoon.
Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis thinks that athletes can and should be role models. But Youkilis makes it clear that the act of being someone that a child can look up to occurs off the playing field, not on it. That type of attitude explains why Youkilis has been selected as the Red Sox's nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, presented by Chevrolet.
Josh Beckett is eligible to come off the disabled list on Wednesday, and after a good bullpen session on Tuesday, manager Terry Francona is convinced the ace is ready to start Friday -- though it's unlikely Beckett will be allowed to pitch too deep into the game.
Kevin Youkilis was scratched just before Tuesday's game against the Orioles with spasms in his lower back. The late scratch comes one night after Youkilis made his return to the Red Sox lineup. The 2007 American League Gold Glove Award winner missed the final two games of the White Sox series over the weekend with flu-like symptoms.
Bartolo Colon is still amidst rehabbing from a stiff back that landed him on the disabled list in mid-June, but the end might be near. He's slated to make a rehab Minor League start on Saturday, and manager Terry Francona alluded to the possibility of starting one of the doubleheader games on Sept. 13.
Harboring a pile of Build-A-Bear and Wally the Green Monster stuffed animals, a loaded cart rolled through the ninth floor of Children's Hospital Boston on Tuesday morning.
Even though Boston showed a bit of pop in the second inning with back-to-back solo homers against Baltimore on Monday, it wasn't until the four-run sixth that the Red Sox really began bringing runs around in their 7-4 win -- and they'll look get the sticks working from start to finish on Tuesday to match the Orioles' potent offense.
Here they are, the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox, despite the huge trade of Manny Ramirez and the prolonged slump of Jason Varitek, in prime position to make a strong push through September, and what they hope will be another memorable October.
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