Daisuke Matsuzaka seemed on pace for a return to the Red Sox rotation less than a month ago. But a few minor injuries have setback the pitcher and Matsuzaka will have to restart his rehab process in the minors. While Matsuzaka may need more time before he gets back to Fenway, Darnell McDonald appears primed for a return to the big club and in timely fashion. NESN's Tom Caron caught up with Michael Vega of the Boston Globe to discuss the two injured Red Sox, and their prospects for making it b...

Where's Will Middlebrooks? NESN Nation's Dan Duquette is drawing the line between what he's seeing on the field and what he's not, and a certain young third baseman for the Red Sox isn't there. That might not be the entire reason why the Red Sox look not-so-great on Friday night, but it might be one of them. Check out the above video for more. Join NESN Nation: In-game home page | Twitter | Facebook

The Tampa Bay Rays were in the middle of a beatdown on Friday night, when the Red Sox decided to hit back -- literally. The Red Sox and Rays got themselves tangled up in a benches clearing brawl on Friday night, and one so exhillirating that even the bench coaches were getting all amped up. After Dustin Pedroia was beaned in the back during the sixth inning, Red Sox pitche Franklin Morales made a point of it to retalliate by hitting Rays' DH Luke Scott. An unhappy Scott started heading toward...

Editor's note: NESN.com is going to tell the story of the 2012 Red Sox in Bobby Valentine’s words. Each game day, we will select the best Valentine quote that sums up the day for the Red Sox. The Red Sox were engaged in an all out brawl on Friday night -- quite literally. The benches at Fenway Park cleared in the top of the ninth inning, and it was all but an old school barnyard rodeo that ensued. Luke Scott finally got the recompense he was owed -- when Franklin Morales beaned the loundmouth...

Since retiring from baseball, ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has been pursuing another dream, the dream of creating the next major massively multiplayer online role playing game. His company, 38 Studios (former Green Monster Games) released the game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning this February to mixed reviews. Now, despite some minor success in marketing and selling the game, 38 Studios is closing its doors, laying off the entire workforce which is reported to be around 380 employee...

The Los Angeles Dodgers activated infielder/outfielder Jerry Hairston from the 15-day disabled list on Friday and placed infielder Justin Sellers on the 15-day DL with a bulging disc in his lower back. Hairston has appeared in 19 games with the Dodgers and batted .315 with a home run and four RBI before straining his left hamstring on May 6. Sellers is hitting .205 in 19 games with the Dodgers. He will be eligible to come off the DL on June 7. The move is backdated to May 23.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lucas Harrell took a shutout into the eighth inning, J.D. Martinez homered and the Houston Astros used four relievers in the eighth to get out of a bases-loaded jam and help secure a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. Harrell (4-3) scattered five singles, walked three and did not strike out a batter during the longest of his 15 big league starts. The 26-year-old right-hander, facing the Dodgers for the first time, allowed only two runners as far as ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lucas Harrell took a shutout into the eighth inning, J.D. Martinez homered and the Houston Astros used four relievers in the eighth to get out of a bases-loaded jam and help secure a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. Harrell (4-3) scattered five singles, walked three and did not strike out a batter during the longest of his 15 big league starts. The 26-year-old right-hander, facing the Dodgers for the first time, allowed only two runners as far as ...

Athletics manager Bob Melvin said Friday there's a ''good possibility'' Yoenis Cespedes (hand) will need a rehab assignment.