How Sweep It Is

(AP)

While You Were Focused on the Bruins,
The Red Sox Ripped Off Five Straight

Boston 5, Minnesota 1 | No Raining on Sox Parade
That's the Lackey Theo Thought He Was Getting for $82.5 Million
Just In: White Sox Fans Beg Dan Shaughnessy to Write New David Ortiz Column
Pedroia Gets His 13th Extra Base Hit of the Season With Late Homer
Tweet All About It: Rain Forecast Was Right On Target
Middlebrooks Feeling Minnesota, With Another Homer
'The Sandlot' Kids Had Better Shot at Beating Sox
All Weekend Long, 'Pen Perfect

"I wanted to go at least another inning. I was definitely frustrated a little bit not to keep going. But winning the game is all that really matters." -- John Lackey on his rain-shortened outing

Grand Scheme

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In the Big Inning, Stephen Drew Came Through

Boston 9, Gong Show 2 | Price Marked Down Again
Lester the Stopper Stays Unbeaten With 2 Run, 8 Hit Effort
The Price Goes Down Every Day Ellsbury Checks In With His 1-for-4
Gomes is the Best .188 Hitter in MLB Today
Sore Winners: Middlebrooks, Ortiz

"It's bound to turn around." -- Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew

Game of Domes

(J. Meric / Getty Images)

A Flop in the Trop, Sox Drop 9 of 11

Tampa Bay 5, Ortiz Oblique 3 | And the Beat Goes On
Now This Is a Real Jekyll and Hyde Team. Sincerely, Claude Julien
A Lackluster Effort by the Struggling Red Sox Offense
Moore Was Too Much on the Mound
James Loney's a Sexy Player, No?

"Stuff always happens here." -- Mike Napoli, Red Sox

"We benefited from the roof again. How about that?"-- Red Hot Rays manager Joe Maddon.

Adding Injuries to Insults

(Matthew J. Lee / Globe Staff)

Two Losses, And the Red Sox Don't Win

Boston 1, Minnesota 6 | Sox Drop 4 Of Last 5
Four, Count 'Em, Four Hits for the Red Sox at Fenway
When Rising and Slumping Stars Collide: Middlebrooks, Ross Day-to-Day
He Don't Get No Stinkin' Run Support: Another Hard Luck Loss for Dempster
When You Have 6 Shaky Closers, You Have No Closers
Twins Starter Shined Bright Like a Diamond
Ortiz Says Streak Not Due to Steroids

"I just missed those two balls. I've just got to be more ready and next time make those plays. I've just got to be prepared and be ready and just make the play. I just missed those balls. That's it." -- Pedro the Vacuum Ciriaco

7, Eleven

(AP)

That's Just How They Drew It Up

Boston 6, Minnesota 5 | Walkoff Win in OT
Clayton Mortensen Gets the Win, Not Moisened Clay
Hanrahan Is a Taller, Nicer Eric Gagne

Sweep in the Heart of Texas

(AP File)

Arlington Road Is a Dead End

Texas 4, Boston 3
Too Bad Adrian Beltre Wasn't Sexy Enought to Re-sign in Boston
Have the Real Red Sox Been Exposed? Or Was Arlington an Aberration?
Infield Single? Pedroia Will Take It

"Not many people are as good as I am. I just close my eyes and swing hard. That's my approach." -- the delightful David Ross