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Dice-K gets first turn

Tito puts sound spin on rotation By Michael Silverman / Red Sox Notebook Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Updated 5m ago ] will go with a starting rotation of ] in the American League Championship Series. The theories behind the...

Magical season keeps getting better in Tampa Bay

By Gary Thorne, Special for USA TODAY There will be a baseball book written about this team in the not to distant future. The Rays never had a winning season in their 11-year history and never registered more than 70 wins. The...

2008 ALCS: The front four matchups

Starting rotations have been announced by both teams, and here are the matchups: Game 1: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. James Shields Game 2: Josh Beckett vs. Scott Kazmir Game 3: Jon Lester vs. Matt Garza Game 4: Tim Wakefield vs. Andy...

Red Sox rolling with Dice-K in ALCS opener

when the AL championship series begins Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. Josh Beckett is still No. 1 in the Red Sox rotation -- especially during the playoffs -- even though he had the worst outing of the three Boston...

ALCS preview

Projected lineups Red Sox: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.280, 9 HR, 47 RBI, 50 SB, 18-game hitting streak ending season), 2B Dustin Pedroia (.326, 17, 83, 213 H, 118 R, 54 2B, 20 SB), DH David Ortiz (.264, 23, 89), 3B Kevin Youkilis...

Lowe and Hamels to face off in NL championship series

NEW YORK: The Los Angeles Dodgers will send sinkerballer Derek Lowe to the mound to oppose Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels when the National League Championship Series gets underway in Philadelphia on Thursday. Lowe was 15-11...

Cubs keeping Rich Harden after shoulder OK

Rich Harden's $7 million option for next year was exercised Wednesday by the Chicago Cubs, one day after a test showed the hard-throwing... CHICAGO — Rich Harden's $7 million option for next year was exercised Wednesday by the...

LA's Lowe opposes Phillies' Hamels in opener (Reuters)

Reuters - The Los Angeles Dodgers will send sinkerballer Derek Lowe to the mound to oppose Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels when the National League Championship Series gets underway in Philadelphia on Thursday.

Jon Lester streak rolls on

By Michael Silverman / Red Sox Notebook Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - He has not allowed an earned run in 14 postseason innings, a Division Series record for any pitcher. He kind of guided me through the whole deal,” Lester said...

Balfour will be fired up -- as usual

The former Twin has been known to shout and swear on the mound during a career year that has continued into the playoffs. By FROM NEWS SERVICES ALCS RAYS VS. RED SOX Game t: 7:37 p.m. Friday • at Tampa Bay • TV: TBS NLCS...