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05/24/2013 - 10:51pm
Lackey dominates as Sox crush Cleveland
By: Alex Speier

The Red Sox entered the year hoping that a healthy John Lackey might offer a reliable source of solid, competitive innings. But the veteran has given them something far different than that. Right now, he’s in a stretch where he’s been little short of dominant.

That continued on Friday, when Lackey overpowered the Indians through seven innings of an 8-1 Red Sox win. Lackey allowed just one unearned run on two hits, struck out eight and walked three, on a night when his fastball touched an eye-catching 95 mph. A few things about his season stand out:

– In his last two starts, he’s allowed no earned runs and just three hits in 13 innings while striking out 13 and walking three.

– On the year, he now has three games of eight strikeouts — matching the total number of such contests he had in his first three years of employment with the Red Sox.

– He’s struck out...

05/24/2013 - 7:14pm
Red Sox-Indians expected to start at 7:50 p.m.
By: Alex Speier

The start of the Red Sox’ Friday night contest against the Indians has been delayed by rain. The tarp remained on the field at the time of the scheduled first pitch, but was removed shortly thereafter with the torrential rains having moved on from the stadium. The Red Sox have announced an expected start time of 7:50 p.m.


05/24/2013 - 5:07pm
Rask: 'Some days it sucks to be a goalie'
By: Mike Petraglia

New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez gave us the “Butt Fumble” against the Patriots last Thanksgiving. Tuukka Rask gave us the “Butt Stumble” right across the Hudson River from MetLife Stadium Thurday night.

Say this much for Rask: He has a lot of patience with repetitive questions from reporters and he has a good sense of humor.

Both were on display Friday after practice at TD Garden as he was peppered with more questions about Thursday’s “Butt Stumble on Broadway” and the Bruins losing Game 4 in overtime just like they did three years ago when the collapse began in Philadelphia.

“I don’t even want to compare,” Rask said when asked whether the bizarre loss in overtime in Game 4 Thursday night reminded him of 2010. “It’s a totally different team. We beat Philly out the next year, 4-0. We won the Cup. Lots of things have...

05/24/2013 - 4:38pm
Julien: B's not getting fair share of PP chances
By: Mike Petraglia

Claude Julien has been happy with his power play unit in this series, that is when the Bruins actually get a power play.

He made that much perfectly clear on Friday after practice as his team prepares for another chance to wrap up the series against the Rangers in Game 5 at TD Garden Saturday evening.

The Bruins were 2-for-4 on the power play Thursday in the Game 4 loss to the Rangers, with one of the two misses actually resulting in a goal as Tyler Seguin scored his first goal this postseason as a penalty was expiring in the third period. The Bruins didn’t get a single power play in Game 3 and had only one in Game 2. Boston is 3-for-9 in this playoff series while the Rangers are now 1-for-14 on the man-advantage.

With Nathan Horton and Torey Krug scoring on the power play Thursday night, is Julien pleased that his power play is making the most of its chances?

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05/24/2013 - 4:00pm
Red Sox promote both Aceves, Iglesias
By: Rob Bradford

The Red Sox executed a flurry of roster moves Friday, calling up both pitcher Alfredo Aceves and infielder Jose Iglesias while putting outfielder Shane Victorino (hamstring) and third baseman Will Middlebrooks (back) on the 15-day disabled list. The Sox also activated catcher David Ross from the seven-day concussion DL, optioning Ryan Lavarnway to Triple-A Pawtucket.

Victorino’s DL stint is retroactive to May 21.

Iglesias, who just started playing third base last week, is hitting .202 with a .262 on-base percentage in 33 games for Pawtucket. He is just 5-for-35 (.143) in his last 10 games. Aceves last pitched May 17, allowing three runs (one earned) over five innings. In four appearances for the PawSox, the righty has 3.13 ERA in 23 innings,...

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Rangers analyst Dave Maloney on game 4

Dave Maloney returned to the show to discuss his Rangers unlikely win in game 4. He said that in all his years playing and calling hockey games he had not seen a softer goal than the one Rask allowed.

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