John Lackey

NEW YORK (AP) — David Ortiz hit his 450th homer, a colossal three-run drive, and Dustin Pedroia had three RBIs during his second consecutive three-hit game to lead the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees 8-5 Sunday night. John Lackey (9-5) labored through five innings before four Red Sox relievers pitched shutout ball the rest of the way...

BOSTON (AP) — Michael Pineda was ejected for using a foreign substance less than two weeks after appearing to get away with it in another game against Boston, and the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 5-1 on Wednesday night. The right-hander was thrown out in the second inning when plate umpire Gerry Davis found a shiny substance on the right side of Pineda's neck after Red Sox manager John Farrel

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian McCann put an emphatic end to his season-opening slump, hitting his first two home runs for the New York Yankees to help beat John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox 7-4 Saturday. Carlos Beltran, Alfonso Soriano and Kelly Johnson also connected as the Yankees scored all their runs on homers...

Hated rivals. Heated rivalry. Post season implications. So much on the line. Yet in 1 game, baseballs best rivals showed why they will not be playing in the World Series and let's hope that home plate umpire Brian O'Nora won't be behind the dish in the playoffs...

One of new Red Sox GM Ben Cherington's first order of business was to announce that John Lackey would be out for the entire 2012 season as he is due to have Tommy John Surgery.

Yankee fans know Francisco Cervelli for bringing his energy, enthusiasm, and passion to each and every pitch and play in the games he has played so far in his young Yankees career. However, he did get carried away last night. I'll tell you why Cervelli was in the WRONG for his actions.