// Junichi Tazawa

After Three Hour Rain Delay, Red Sox Complete Sweep of Twins

By ⋅ May 19, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Well, at least the fans that stuck around can now say they’ve seen The Sandlot. Ahead 3-1 when the skies opened up over Target Field, the Boston Red Sox finally came away with a sweep of the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, winning 5-1 after a three hour rain delay. Nearly six and a half hours after [...]

Middlebrooks Delivers in 9th as Sox Rally in Dramatic Fashion

By ⋅ May 17, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The Boston Red Sox were down to their last strike against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night, trailing 3-1 with Will Middlebrooks at the plate in the top of the ninth with the bases loaded against Rodney. The third baseman delivered for Boston, drilling a bases-clearing double into the left-center gap, giving the Red [...]

Hanrahan Falls Prey to Red Sox Closer Curse, Placed on 60-Day DL

By ⋅ May 9, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Tabbed as the closer for the Boston Red Sox before the 2013 season, Joel Hanrahan was moved to the 60-day disabled list on Thursday, just two days after the Red Sox placed him on the 15-day DL. What originally was deemed a muscle strain in his right forearm quickly became much more serious after an [...]

Red Sox Rebound After Tough 1st Inning To Defeat Astros

By ⋅ April 27, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

At first glance, the Red Sox didn’t look to be doing well out of the gate, but from the second glance onward, everything was fine, and the Red Sox dispatched the Houston Astros 8-4 to clinch the series and the best record in majors (17-7). After all, when you start off the game by giving [...]

Red Sox Squeeze Out Win Against Blue Jays in John Farrell’s Return to Toronto

By ⋅ April 6, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Boston Red Sox manager and former Toronto Blue Jays manager John Farrell made his first return to the Rogers Centre since leaving for the Red Sox in the offseason. Welcomed with mixed reactions but mostly booing, Farrell noted that he loved Toronto, but has no regrets. The Red Sox were able to squeak out a [...]

Boston Red Sox Pitchers Combine to Allow One Run Against Northeastern, Boston College

By ⋅ February 22, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Spring training is off and rolling and the Boston Red Sox showed some pretty good signs against Northeastern and Boston College on Thursday afternoon. It may have been against college teams, but there was no real sign of any wildness for any of the relievers that were thrown onto the mound in the wins. Against [...]

2013 Red Sox Depth Chart: Bullpen – Joel Hanrahan, Andrew Bailey, Others

By ⋅ February 21, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The Boston Red Sox had a pretty solid bullpen for most of the 2012 season. There were times when Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey and other relievers had trouble closing out the game, but, overall, the entire bullpen put together one of the better ERAs in the AL. In 2013, the Red Sox have added a [...]

2013 Red Sox Bullpen Breakdown

By ⋅ December 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

In 2012, the Red Sox bullpen was a disaster.  After the injury to Andrew Bailey in spring training, Alfredo Aceves became the closer and ended up leading the American League in blown saves.  The team blew 22 saves all together, which was tied for 3rd worst in MLB.  The closer in waiting was supposed to be Daniel Bard, who decided he wanted to be a starter instead.  That did [...]

Buchholz Falters as Angels Batter Reeling Red Sox

By ⋅ August 23, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox are in free fall, there’s no denying it anymore. The best pitcher on the staff of late has been Clay Buchholz, and not even he could stop the bleeding as Boston fell to the visiting Los Angeles Angels 7-3. The team has lost three straight, dropping to 59-65 on the season. Buchholz [...]

Pawtucket Red Sox Update, Week 15: Spears, Sox Go Streaking

By ⋅ July 18, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Pawtucket Red Sox continued the journey back to the IL North penthouse this week, moving to within half a game of first place Lehigh Valley. Pawtucket hosted what will hopefully the last rehab stint of the season, as Carl Crawford batted 4-for-12 with a stolen base over three games. Boston called up reliever Junichi [...]

Pawtucket Red Sox 2012 Preview

By ⋅ April 4, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ll be writing a weekly article this season recapping the previous week of the Pawtucket Red Sox. For those not familiar with Minor League Baseball, Pawtucket is the highest level affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and plays in the International League. The IL consists of 14 teams split up into three divisions, with Pawtucket [...]

Red Sox Spring Training Update (3/19-25): Lester to Start Opening Day, Jenks Charged with DUI

By ⋅ March 25, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new Spring Training Player of the Week! With a .571 batting average, three runs, four doubles and an RBI in four games, Mike Aviles takes over. Hopefully this award propels him to a fantastic season, finally giving the Red Sox some stability at shortstop. In other Spring Training news, [...]

Red Sox Spring Training Update (3/12-18): Ciriaco Continues to Shine

By ⋅ March 18, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Non-roster shortstop Pedro Ciriaco gave the Boston Red Sox some pretty good reasons to keep on the squad come opening day. After winning SoB’s inaugural “Spring Training Player of the Week,” Ciriaco followed it up by batting .538 with two doubles and a home run in six games this week. He scored four runs and [...]

2012 Red Sox Preview: Relief Pitchers

By ⋅ March 15, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

A big storyline heading into this new season is how the Red Sox bullpen will perform given significant personal changes. Gone is four-time All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon to free agency. A big change awaits former dominate set up man Daniel Bard as he is stretched out to start this year to help a limited rotation. [...]

Red Sox Spring Training Update (Opening Weekend): Sox Offense Cruises in Three Games

By ⋅ March 5, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Just as winter finally rears its ugly head up in Boston, the Red Sox’s Spring Training schedule kicks off down in Ft. Myers, Fla. And with preseason games comes Sports of Boston’s weekly Spring Training Update! Need a recap on a certain game? Curious which minor leaguers and non-roster invitees are making names for themselves? [...]

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