The Red Sox is not having a good road trip this time around, as they trail the 10 game road trip 4-1 to the Seattle Mariners, after losing the game on last Tuesday by 4-3. Manny Ramirez inched very close to join the elite 500 homer club as he scored his 499th homer in the game. The worse thing for the Red Sox was that their ace Japanese pitcher Dice-K had to leave midway through the game due to a shoulder strain. The Red Sox will have to play real tough in the sixth game in order to not only impress their fans but also to make this road trip lively.

Talk about a living legacy and you’ll think of Herbert H. Hash, the oldest ex-pitcher for the Red Sox. He died last week aged 97 due to a stroke in his Culpeper hometown. He was surrounded by friends and family according to sports officials at the University of Richmond. Hash contributed the two best major league seasons with Boston. Beside baseball, Hash also found time to indulge in basketball and running the track. He was finally accorded the University of Richmond’s Hall of Fame in the year 1985 - 1986.

Justin Masterson with his perfect throws took the Boston Red Sox to another victory over the Royals on Tuesday. The 2-1 victory was least expected by the rookie himself after Lester’s no- hitter performance in the earlier match. Masterson later said he was thrilled by Lester’s performance and wanted to try for a no-hitter but David De Jesus toppled his wish in the first inning by making a double with two-outs. This is the fifth straight game won by Red Sox and for Kansas City Royals this is the third loss in the last nine games. The manger of Royals felt that his runners in scoring position were out of sync on Tuesday.

The Red Sox made a great comeback after their losing streak by winning against the Milwaukee Brewers in the first game at Fenway Park on Saturday. Brewers were playing their first match in 11 years at Fenway and lost the match for 5-3.  With this win Daisuke Matsuzaka, the starter of Boston Red Sox, became the seventh player to reach seven wins without any loss so far in the season. He improved his position to 7-0 with an ERA 2.15. He played 6 2/3 innings and gave up two unearned runs in seven hits. Though Dice –K was not at his best on Saturday, he was able to satisfy the Red Sox fans.     

The Boston Red Sox team is currently on a form slump and this was clearly evident from the way they played in the 5-4 loss to the Orioles last Tuesday night. The defeat at the hands of Orioles meant that the Red Sox have dropped out of its first place for the first time since May 1st. None of the top Red sox players were able to play their natural aggressive game against the Orioles and Ramirez could not add to his tally of 498 career home runs. The Red Sox have now lost five of their last seven games and will need to come up with an appealing good game next time around in a bid to satisfy their die-hard fans.

The Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona is over the moon whenever he talks about hitter Kevin Youkilis as the power horse hitter has not compromised on his stylish bat swing to accommodate more power. The manager is appreciative of the fact that Youkilis has hit the ball out of the ballpark and is covering the plate with his power shots. The Red Sox power packed performer has made five homers in the last five games. The solid power play from the bat off Kevin Youkilis has made the Boston team to believe in their own capabilities and one can expect fireworks from the Red Sox players in the games to come.

 Jonathan Papelbon the closer of Red Sox was very effective in winning matches when ever he made the pitches. But the Red Sox fans were disappointed when he missed a save in the match against the Tigers at the Comerica Park. The Red Sox were four runs down and twice made attempts to come back to the game. They made lead in the eighth inning but couldn’t finish it.

In the later half of ninth inning Papelbon missed two unearned runs and Tigers won the game 10-9. Papelbon had his last blown save at the Yankee Stadium on September 14^th 2007. Papelbon was dejected by his own performance and said that it is difficult o defend some of the hits in baseball. After the fifth inning the score was 8-4 and Mike Lowell made three run in the seventh inning to tie the game. But their efforts were failed as Julio Lugo made the winning run for the tigers.

Kudos to Mike Lowell, the Red Sox’s third baseman who saved the day and propelled the Red Sox to victory with a 6-3 win over the defeated Detroit Tigers earlier on the week. He hit his first home run with a notable two-shot run in the second inning. His teammate Kevin Youkilis was also commended for his home run, and their collective efforts somehow managed to make up for Daisuke Matsuzaka’s underperformance in the game. Matsuka, the Sox’s righthander, was not feeling too well due to a bout of influenza. Manager Terry Francona said that this was due to the fact that the Sox have been busy touring to Japan and fielding off opponents’ threats non-stop for 20 days straight.

The Red Sox fans will not be able to see designated hitter David Ortiz for sometime as he bruised his right knee diving into the first base last Friday night and he was sidelined for the next two games that his team played. The Red Sox manager Terry Francona said that Ortiz is recovering well and feels good in spite of his knee being a bit sore. Francona, who also had similar bruises in his playing days, said that the bruised knee often is painful when a person tries to move.

Terry said that the Red Sox team is ready to wait for David to return and have assigned Ramirez the responsibility of taking up the designated hitter job. The Red Sox team is at present suffering from plenty of injuries and sickness to its key players and fans will be seeing their key player Ramirez playing from the left field.