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MINNEAPOLIS -- It was another one-run win. Just like the night before. The Red Sox are 7-4 in one-run games and this is a good sign. It means they are you're coming up with the big hit at the right time. It means their your bullpen is holding leads. It means they're you're scoring late in games. It means their you're starting pitcher is keeping them you in games. It's all good. Look at the Orioles, who won 29 one-run games last season en route to 93 wins. And so the Red Sox have added a new dimension in 2013. to their 2013 repertoire. An essential dimension. ( 05/18/2013 7:04 AM )
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Stephen Drew has never won a Gold Glove for his play at shortstop and probably never will. His style is defined far more by efficiency than flashiness. It's something that he works on. "Some guys can do a lot of fancy stuff. But I try and make a hard play look routine," Drew said before the Red Sox played the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. "Every time I take ground balls when working out, I'm always in a game mode. I never change that." Through Thursday, Drew had committed one error this season. "As advertised," manager John Farrell said. "He's played as we fully expected. Very dependable." ( 05/18/2013 7:04 AM )
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Jonny Gomes knew exactly what would happen when he saw Red Sox teammate Will Middlebrooks bunt two runners over in the top of the 10th inning Friday night. As he expected, the Minnesota Twins intentionally walked Stephen Drew to load the bases. That put the pressure on Gomes with one out. "The worst thing you can do there is if hit the ball on the ground," Gomes said. "I was looking for something at least a little up." Twins pitcher Josh Roenicke threw a slider with just enough space under it for Gomes to hit the ball to center field. His sacrifice fly gave the Red Sox a 3-2 victory. "Sometimes it's good to have a little uppercut," Gomes said. ( 05/18/2013 7:00 AM )
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Will Middlebrooks gave Boston a comeback victory the night before with a big swing. This time, he dropped down a bunt to advance the go-ahead run. ( 05/18/2013 12:53 AM )
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Jonny Gomes hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to another comeback victory, 3-2 over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. ( 05/17/2013 11:49 PM )
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer was out of the lineup Friday night for the series opener against Boston because of a stiff back. ( 05/17/2013 8:56 PM )
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Will Middlebrooks missed only one game after he collided with Red Sox teammate David Ross while chasing a foul ball May 7 and bruised several ribs on his right side. But that didn't mean the pain went away. Middlebrooks had trouble catching his breath in one game last week and called time to get that under control. He also had trouble sleeping for several nights. "It was one of those moments in the career of a young player when you have to earn some stripes and stay out there," said veteran outfielder Jonny Gomes, the veteran outfielder. "You can't win a game sitting on the bench." Perseverance paid off for Middlebrooks on Thursday night. His three-run double in the ninth inning gave the Sox a 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays. ( 05/17/2013 7:44 AM )
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Daniel Bard was part of the Red Sox' starting rotation at this time a year ago. He was 3-4 with a 4.30 earned run average, showing just enough to continue getting chances. Now the Red Sox are wrestling with whether it's a good idea to have Bard continue pitching for Double A Portland given his mounting control problems. Bard walked five of the nine batters he faced on Wednesday night and threw two wild pitches. Only eight of his 30 pitches were strikes. The Red Sox called Bard up to the majors on April 24, saying at the time he had a chance to remain in their bullpen. He pitched in two games and was demoted back to Portland on April 28. The 27-year-old righthander has struggled mightily since. ( 05/17/2013 7:44 AM )
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Shane Victorino He was the last guy out as his teammates got dressed and boarded the bus for the airport following a dramatic comeback 4-3 comeback win over the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday night. The box score will not show that he he was not the hero. That status belonged to Will Middlebrooks. But the intangibles keep growing branches, roots, what ever, for Shane Victorino. Ok, maybe The baseball world was surprised when the Red Sox handed him a three-year, $39 million contract in December. for three years. Maybe he didn't have the numbers, certainly not last season when he had He was coming off his worst professional season, splitting time with the Phillies -- the team he helped win a championship in 2008 -- and for and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodgers GM Ned Colletti said it best after the Red Sox signed Victorino. him. "That guy is a winning ballplayer," Colletti said. "He plays hard. His enthusiasm is contagious. He will be nothing but a positive force." ( 05/17/2013 7:41 AM )
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The decision by Pawtucket manager Gary DiSarcina to pull Jose Iglesias during a recent game after not running out a ground ball, followed by a three-game benching, was meant as much to remind Iglesias why he was with the PawSox as it was to discipline him. DiSarcina recalled as a roving infield coach three years ago feeding grounders to the shortstop, then 19 and earmarked for success in the major leagues. "He was an absolute pleasure to be around," DiSarcina said. "I couldn't hit enough ground balls out there for him. He was enjoying it." The circumstances of Iglesias's current stint with the PawSox are different, though. It was only logical that he would be sent down once Stephen Drew returned from the disabled list, but that didn't make it easier for Iglesias to accept.( 05/17/2013 12:00 AM )
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Boston Red Sox right-hander Joel Hanrahan had ligament replacement surgery Thursday on his right elbow. ( 05/16/2013 10:40 PM )
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It was the worst-case scenario for righthander Joel Hanrahan, who went in for surgery by Dr. James Andrews on Thursday. In addition to flexor tendon surgery, Hanrahan required Tommy John reconstruction surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow. He also had bone spurs removed, according to one his agents, Mike Dillon. Hanrahan is expected to miss 12-15 months recovering from the surgery. The 31-year-old will be a free agent after the season. Hanrahan, who was obtained from Pittsburgh in December, appeared in only nine games for the Red Sox. ( 05/16/2013 9:58 PM )
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