Pregame: The last time Jon Lester was on the hill, it was against a Chicago White Sox team that's had his number. They were......

Ben Whitehead Contributing Writer The rain was a god thing Friday night for the Boston Red Sox, who took an 8-1 win over the Cleveland Indians. There’s more rain in the forecast today, but all indications from the Sox media relations......

The Guru Contributing Writer A quarter of the Boston Red Sox season has run its course already. There have been triumphs and there has been tragedy. Through it all Boston has stood strong. The 2013 Sox have surprised some, disappointed......

Game 48: Indians at Red Sox...

BOSTON -- Jackie Bradley Jr. might want to start packing a bag. Now that Shane Victorino has been placed on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 21), the Red Sox' outfield is spread thin, which means Bradley could find himself back......

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11:28 a.m.: Jose Iglesias is already showing off his versatility. Iglesias received the start at third base on Friday, and he'll now shift over to his natural shortstop position, with Stephen Drew getting a scheduled day off....

If Jose Iglesias is going to up on the major league roster, the rookie shortstop might as well play. Iglesias is getting the start at shortstop on Saturday afternoon against Cleveland lefty Scott Kazmir. The Red Sox also have a lefty on the......

John Lackey had quite a week for the Red Sox, shutting down the Twins and Indians in consecutive starts. In all, Lackey picked up two wins in 13 innings pitched, striking out 13 and allowing just two hits and three walks. Lackey allowed two......

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From the blog Big League Stew: Poor Don Orsillo. All he wanted to do was get a word with former Red Sox skipper Terry Francona, who now holds the same position with the Cleveland Indians, prior to the their game at Fenway Park on Friday night.......

The weather had been doing its best to get under John Lackey’s skin all week....

The seventh inning was when Jose Iglesias and Jacoby Ellsbury made the stage all their own. They played supporting roles for the Red Sox, providing unlikely sources of production in a four-run outburst that broke open the floodgates in Friday......

The last time John Lackey was on the mound, rain forced him to leave way before he was ready....

BOSTON -- After answering a handful of questions about his own performance Friday night following an 8-1 win over the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox right-hander John Lackey made a point to compliment first baseman Mike Napoli for his solid......

BOSTON -- It’s amazing what winning baseball games can do. When John Lackey walked off the mound after striking out Nick Swisher to end the sixth inning on Friday, the right-hander was visibly fired up....

BOSTON -- John Lackey's first two years with the Red Sox offered a study in body language. Often noted as a pitcher who is not shy about exhibiting his frustrations on the mound, Lackey had many such moments. The John Lackey of 2013 presents......

BOSTON -- With Shane Victorino finally going on the disabled list Friday after a handful of injuries had him in and out of the lineup, and Will Middlebrooks joining him on the DL, the Red Sox bench was going to be tested. [+] Enlarge Jared......

Diego Maradona's lawyer says his client would like to be involved with Napoli, who are searching for a new manager....

BOSTON -- The win-loss record isn't as pretty as Clay Buchholz's and Jon Lester's, and John Lackey has made three fewer starts than the twin Red Sox aces. But if he keeps up his current run, which included seven dominant frames in an 8-1 win......

John Lackey has turned in two of his most impressive performances in a Red Sox uniform over the past six days. The veteran right-hander completed his second straight outing without allowing an earned run Friday night, scattering a pair of unearned......

Indians-Red Sox Gameflash for game played on May 24, 2013...

Unfazed by the rain, John Lackey led the Red Sox to a 8-1 victory over the Indians on a rainy Friday night....

Jim Monaghan Contributing writer Mike Carp deposited a hanging slider from Cleveland starter Justin Masterson into the right field grandstand with two on in the bottom of the 2nd inning to get the Red Sox on the road to an 8-1 win at soggy,......

BOSTON -- One big swing from Mike Carp was all John Lackey would need....

Jose Iglesias had never played third base in his life before doing it Tuesday night for Triple A Pawtucket and as slick as the 22-year-old is with the glove, he was nervous about it....

BOSTON -- It’s your move (again), Jose Iglesias. The Red Sox recalled Iglesias on Friday amid a flurry of roster moves, which included third baseman Will Middlebrooks going on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain....

PregameGreetings from a rain-soaked Fenway Park where Friday night's game between the Red Sox and the visiting Indians has been delayed until 7:50 p.m. The Sox will send RHP John Lackey (2-4, 3.31 ERA) to the mound to oppose RHP Justin Masterson......

The Red Sox' choice to call up infielder Jose Iglesias and pitcher Alfredo Aceves from Triple-A after placing Will Middlebrooks and Shane Victorino on the disabled list leaves the team with just one reserve outfielder on the activ...

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