// Mark Kotsay

Buehrle Gets First Victory Since Perfect Game, Wins 5-1

By ⋅ September 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Chicago pitcher Mark Buehrle earned his first win since his perfect game on July 23, ending an eight-start stretch without a win. Sadly, Buehrle’s  victory came at the expense of the Red Sox, who lost 5-1 Monday afternoon and lost three games overall of a four-game weekend series. Buehrle scattered eight hits and two walks [...]

White Sox Slaughter Byrd, Red Sox 12-2

By ⋅ September 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Coming off a surprisingly strong start in a win against the Blue Jays, recently re-signed starter Paul Byrd was looking to continue to his run of good pitching against the White Sox Friday night. After one scoreless inning, things looked good. In the second inning, former Red Sox 1B/OF Mark Kotsay launched a two-run shot [...]

Red Sox Trade Mark Kotsay to White Sox

By ⋅ July 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox completed a trade with the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, sending designated OF/1B Mark Kotsay to Chicago for OF Brian Anderson. Anderson had been with Chicago’s Triple-A affiliate, but there’s no word on whether he’ll head to Pawtucket or the major league roster in Boston. Anderson, 27, was hitting .238 with two [...]

Red Sox Designate Kotsay for Assignment

By ⋅ July 24, 2009 ⋅ One comment

With Adam LaRoche coming to the Red Sox, something had to give. Apparently, that was Mark Kotsay, who was designated for assignment Friday. The Sox now have 10 days to trade or release him. Kotsay, 33, is hitting .257 one home run and five RBI in 27 games. The Red Sox have really struggled at [...]

Wakefield Leads Sox to 1-0 Win

By ⋅ June 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Tim Wakefield, in his 15th season with the Red Sox, took the ball Saturday afternoon against the Braves in what would seem as just some normal midseason game. It happened to be his 382nd start with the team, tying Roger Clemens for the most starts in Red Sox history. Wake pitched as well as Clemens [...]

Beckett Tosses Shutout Against Braves

By ⋅ June 21, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The Red Sox welcomed back old friend Derek Lowe, who left after helping the Red Sox win their first world series since 1918 back in 2004. Lowe moved onto the Dodgers and then the Braves, and has never pitched against the Red Sox in his career. He pitched pretty well Saturday night, allowing three runs on [...]

Rangers Batter Dice-K, Win Series

By ⋅ June 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The usually wild Daisuke Matsuzaka finally had his pitches at or near the strike zone, but the Rangers jumped all over him for 10 hits and five runs in 5.2 IP to beat the Sox 6-3 and win the series. Dice-K allowed no walks and finished with eight strikeouts, but took the loss as his [...]

Mark Kotsay Undergoes Back Surgery

By ⋅ February 5, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Red Sox backup first baseman and outfielder Mark Kotsay reportedly had back surgery in late January to remove a displaced disk fragment. He could be out for the first month of the season. Luckily, the Sox have a backup plan for Kotsay in Brad Wilkerson. Wilkerson signed a minor league deal with the team Tuesday, [...]

Red Sox Advance to ALCS

By ⋅ October 6, 2008 ⋅ One comment

In typical playoff fashion, a close game all the way until the end. Jed Lowrie’s single to short right field brought in Jason Bay to win the game in the bottom of the ninth. Bay got on base after a double to right field. Torii Hunter broke the game open in the top of the [...]

Red Sox Look for September Surge

By ⋅ September 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

September is finally upon us and the division race has never been closer. The Red Sox were finally able to gain some ground on those pesky Tampa Bay Rays and continue to further themselves from the New York Yankees. The Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles were both targets of the Red Sox advance [...]

Mark Kotsay to Join Red Sox

By ⋅ August 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sox send minor leaguer to Atlanta in deal UPDATE: The Red Sox trade Single-A OF Luis Sumoza to the Atlanta Braves for OF Mark Kotsay. Late Tuesday night, the Red Sox reportedly showed interest in Braves CF Mark Kotsay to help fill a void in the outfield for the Red Sox, who recently lost J.D. [...]

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