Seeking series victory, Red Sox turn to Beckett

The Red Sox and Phillies each send their ace to the hill Sunday in the rubber match. Josh Beckett starts for Boston, looking to win back-to-back starts for the first time this year, while Philly's Cliff Lee is searching for his first win of 2012.
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Valentine reflects on first ejection with Sox

Bobby Valentine's first ejection as Red Sox manager Friday night in a 6-4 loss to the Phillies had some misdirected Big League Chew.
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Springsteen adds second Fenway Park show

A second show for Fenway has been added to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Wrecking Ball tour, for Aug. 15, pending city approval.
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Salty, Ross get banged up in loss to Phillies

Two Red Sox players were hurt in a 6-4 loss to the Phillies on Friday night, when outfielder Cody Ross fouled a ball off his left foot in the eighth inning and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia suffered cuts on his left ear from a ball that ricocheted off a batter.
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Papi out of lineup, but pinch-hits in eighth

David Ortiz — or "Big Sloppy," as former closer Jonathan Papelbon referred genially to his ex-teammate Friday — was not in the lineup for Game No. 1 of the Red Sox's Interleague schedule, against the Phillies.
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As Youk progress, Middlebrooks struggling

While top prospect Will Middlebrooks is dealing with the first rough patch of his Major League career, third baseman Kevin Youkilis went 1-for-3 during his second rehab game Friday night with Triple-A Pawtucket.
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La Russa presents Punto with World Series ring

Utility infielder Nick Punto received his 2011 World Series ring from his former manager, Tony La Russa, before Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
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Bard's wildness, Papelbon's gas sink Red Sox

Jonathan Papelbon's showmanship on the mound after saving a 6-4 Phillies win against the Red Sox was matched in intensity only by the ejection of manager Bobby Valentine one out earlier.
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What a relief: Sox's bullpen comes up clutch

Those early weeks of the season, when every call to the bullpen left manager Bobby Valentine searching for an antacid tablet, now seem like a very long time ago. Relief has come to Boston in big, impenetrable doses, evidenced again in Thursday night's 5-3 victory over the Rays.
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Ross finds redemption with four-RBI night

Cody Ross didn't mean to lose the ball amid the white ceiling of Tropicana Field on Wednesday night. And he certainly didn't mean to lose his footing either, turning a shallow flyball into a sacrifice fly that sank his team.
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