// John Lackey

Red Sox Win 7-0 To Complete Sweep Of Angels

By ⋅ April 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox completed their sweep of the LA Angels of Anaheim, celebrating Easter with a 7-0 win behind John Lackey.  Lackey pitched eight scoreless innings, giving up six hits and one walk while striking out six.  The Red Sox got their eighth win in the last nine games and now are only one win away from being [...]

Runs Lacking for Lackey And The Bullpen Implodes In Sox’ Loss To A’s

By ⋅ April 20, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox three-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday night in Oakland, as the Athletics beat the Sox 5-0. The Sox got an outstanding start from a previously slumping starter for the second straight game. John Lackey followed up a solid performance from Daisuke Matsuzaka on Marahton Monday with a gem of his [...]

Red Sox Pick Up First Win, Beat Yankees 9-6 At Fenway

By ⋅ April 8, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox rolled into town off to their worst start (0-6) since 1996, and had to face the arch-rival New York Yankees to open the season at Fenway Park on Opening Day. The Red Sox had a tastefully done ceremony introducing the new upgrades at Fenway Park, including awesome (or 1337) HD video screens [...]

Lackey Lacking as Red Sox Implode Again

By ⋅ April 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Someone forgot to tell the Red Sox that they’re supposed to contend for the World Series. Instead it looked like the Lowell Spinners were sent to face the Texas Rangers; yet again, Boston lost, 12-5. Again, they had the lead, but the starting pitching just didn’t feel like winning. In just 3.2 innings, John Lackey [...]

Red Sox Spring Training Wrap-Up (3/28-3/30): Losing Streak Ends, Sox Finalize Roster

By ⋅ March 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Brush off your faded blue hat with the stylized, red “B” on it. Iron your 2004 World Series commemorative jersey. Start re-learning “Sweet Caroline,” “Dirty Water” and “Tessie.” Spring Training is finally over. Opening Day arrives Friday. But before the Red Sox could kick off the regular season, they had to make their final roster [...]

Red Sox Spring Training Wrap-Up (3/21-3/27): Sox Lose Mayor’s Cup, On 10-Game Losing Streak

By ⋅ March 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Hey there, Sox fans! Sports of Boston brings you the final full week of Boston Red Sox Spring Training games, as player and fan alike eagerly await Friday’s Opening Day! The Red Sox made several roster moves this week, leaving their roster at 32 players. On Friday, the Red Sox reassigned four players to minor [...]

Red Sox Spring Training (3/14-3/20): Rotation Set Thursday, Roster Trimmed Twice

By ⋅ March 21, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Sports of Boston’s coverage of Red Sox Spring Training rolls on! April 1 fast approaches, and the Red Sox Opening Day roster is definitely taking shape. Terry Francona announced Wednesday that Jon Lester would open the regular season against the Texas Rangers in Arlington. On Thursday, Francona set the rest of the starting rotation. John [...]

Red Sox Spring Training (3/7-3/13): Roster Trimmed, Gonzalez Debuts Saturday

By ⋅ March 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome back to Sports of Boston’s continuing coverage of the Red Sox’s Spring Training! Opening Day is less than four weeks away, and we’ll be be right there every day leading up to it. Nine games in seven days is a lot of games, but we’ve got recaps for every one of them. But even [...]

Red Sox Spring Training (2/28-3/6): Lester Gets Flu, Gonzalez Takes BP

By ⋅ March 6, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome back to Sports of Boston’s weekly recap of all things spring training. After sweeping Boston College and Northeastern University, the Boston Red Sox began Grapefruit League action with an 8-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins to round out opening weekend. This week the team played a full slate of games, and we’re happy to [...]

Red Sox 2011 Starting Rotation Preview: John Lackey

By ⋅ February 3, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Sports of Boston is continuing its week-long preview of the Red Sox starting rotation with its projected #4 starter: Jon Lester | Clay Buchholz | Josh Beckett | John Lackey | Daisuke Matsuzaka | Tim Wakefield John Lackey (14-11, 4.40 ERA, 215.0 IP, 156 K, 72 BB): Lackey didn’t deserve the $18.7 million he got last season. He was the [...]

Why Cliff Lee Needs to Join Boston

By ⋅ November 22, 2010 ⋅ 21 comments

Several teams have already (rightfully so) expressed their interest in Cliff Lee, with some even travelling to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to meet with the Ol’ Gunslinger. (Sorry, wrong guy, but close enough to Arkansas.) And whether or not John Henry and Theo Epstein will do what needs to be done and pull the trigger, they really [...]

Ranking the Red Sox Rotation

By ⋅ October 23, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

The Red Sox starting rotation finished the regular season ranked sixth in ERA (4.17) in the American League. They were fourth-best in wins (70) and fourth-lowest in losses (50). They had the fewest complete games (three), but pitched the third-most inning (1,011.1). They led the league in both strikeouts (833) and walks (383). And while [...]

Red Sox Play Spoilers in 8-4 Defeat of New York

By ⋅ October 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

If you can’t make the playoffs, the next-best thing to do is spoil the Yankees’ hopes of winning home-field advantage throughout the first two rounds. That’s exactly what the Red Sox did Sunday, ending their season with an 8-4 victory over the Evil Empire. As a result, the Yankees are relegated to the Wildcard. J.D. [...]

Red Sox Eliminated From 2010 Playoffs; Lose to White Sox in 9th

By ⋅ September 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Ever take a test in high school or college and know you totally bombed it? You sat down, looked at the exam, blanked on more than half of the answers, and just filled in bubble “C” all the way down, hoping to strike gold and pass the test? Well, that’s how the last couple weeks [...]

Ortiz Drives in 4 as Red Sox Dominate Orioles

By ⋅ September 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

It was something David Ortiz had experienced over 300 times before the season even began. It was something Josh Reddick had experienced once. Yet Wednesday night at Fenway, the Red Sox superstar and the Red Sox call-up experienced the same thing: the joy of the home run. Ortiz and Reddick each homered to right, and [...]

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