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With historic collapse, Red Sox miss playoffs

The Boston Red Sox completed their September collapse in horrific and historic fashion, falling out of the playoff chase by allowing two ninth-inning runs in a 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.

 

Red Sox 8, Orioles 7: Red Sox and Rays Tied Heading Into Final Day

Red Sox 8, Orioles 7: Red Sox and Rays Tied Heading Into Final Day

A little late-season magic helped both Boston and Tampa Bay, and they enter the final day of the regular season tied for the A.L. wild card.

 

Rays beat Yankees, move into tie for wild card

Rays beat Yankees, move into tie for wild card

The Tampa Bay Rays moved into a tie with the Boston Red Sox for the wild-card lead, beating the New York Yankees 5-2 on Monday night behind another strong performance by James Shields.

 

Red Sox, Braves lead by only 1 game with 3 to play

Red Sox, Braves lead by only 1 game with 3 to play

Never in the long history of Major League Baseball has any team held a lead in September of eight games or more for a postseason berth and failed to clinch... And yet it could happen twice in 2011, because the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves are teetering on the verge of collapsing in the season's final month the way no club has before.

 

Rays cut AL wild-card gap with win over Jays

Rays cut AL wild-card gap with win over Jays

The Tampa Bay Rays moved within 1½ games of Boston in the AL wild-card race, getting a clutch three-run homer from Johnny Damon in a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.

 

Red Sox rally past Yanks, retake East lead

Josh Reddick hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on Sunday night.

 

Logan, Yanks bullpen shut down Red Sox in 3-2 win

Bases loaded. Two out. Already trailing by two runs in the fifth inning, New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi decided he couldn't wait any longer....

 

Bedard's Red Sox debut doesn't go as planned

Erik Bedard, making his Boston debut after being acquired from Seattle at the trade deadline, gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings as the Red Sox fell 7-3 to Cleveland on Thursday.

 

Erik Bedard Traded: Red Sox Acquire Pitcher From Mariners In 3-Team Deal

After a deal with Oakland for Rich Harden fell through, the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox were still able to find a starting pitcher to bolster their rotation Sunday. They got oft-injured lefty Erik Bedard from the Seattle Mariners in a three-team trade before the deadline. Bedard's stint with the Mariners has been problematic but his years in Baltimore were strong ones. And that's the pitcher the Red Sox hope they will eventually see.

 

Red Sox lose 4th straight, drop out of 1st

Lyle Overbay hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Boston Red Sox to their fourth straight loss to drop them a half-game behind the New York Yankees in the AL East on Saturday.

 

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