TAVAREZ DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT

In order to make room for Sean Casey, who came off the DL today, the Red Sox designated Julian Tavarez for assignment, essentially releasing the utility pitcher. Tavarez was a big part of the '07 Championship team, but this season he was a massive failure.

Tavarez will go down in Red Sox history as the guy who started a fight in a spring training game with Tampa, the guy who gave pitching advice to Daisuke Matsuzaka, and the air traffic controller of the infield.



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MLB.com

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RALLY FALLS SHORT

Five days after pitching 8 shutout innings in Detroit, Tim Wakefield threw 2.2 innings and allowed 7 runs in Minnesota. Wakefield let up homers to Craig Monroe and Adam Everett. He left the Sox with a 7-1 deficit.

But give credit to the club. They made a game out of it. The bullpen did a decent job of keeping the Twins from pulling too far ahead (although Timlin gave up another Monroe homer).

The offense did their part. Coco had a triple and a homer. Kevin Cash was 2 for 4. Alex Cora was 3 for 4, lowering his average to .857. Drew, Youkilis, and Ortiz each had 2 hits.

But the hole was simply too big for the Sox to dig out of.

Buchholz goes against Livan Hernandez Monday night.

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ESPN.com

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AP Photo/Jim Mone