Sox Notes: Van Every traded back to Pittsburgh for minor league catcher

According to MLB.com on Monday, the Red Sox have traded outfielder Jonathan Van Every back to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Single-A catcher Josue Peley.

After being re-acquired from the Pirates on April 24, he had appeared in 21 games for the Red Sox, going for 4-for-19.

Peley appeared in 19 games for Single-A West Virginia, hitting just .179 this season, but has thrown out 37 percent of runners at catcher.

Sox Summary: Back on the winning track

Josh Beckett pitched five strong innings of three-hit and one-run ball to lift the Red Sox to a 6-4 win over the Puttsburgh Pirates in Bradenton on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday’s trimuph marked the first win for the Red Sox since topping Baltimore at City of Palms Park on Sunday.

Beckett walked two and struck out nine to earn his first decision of the spring.

Victor Martinez led the offense with two hits in three plate appearances, as he scored a run and two RBI.

The Red Sox return home on Thursday afternoon to face the Florida Marlins for the final time in Grapefruit League action.

Wednesday’s Sox-Pirates lineups

RED SOX
Jacoby Ellsbury LF
Mike Cameron CF
Victor Martinez C
Mike Lowell 1B
Jeremy Hermida DH
Bill Hall SS
Tug Hulett 2B
Josh Reddick RF
Jorge Jimenez 3B

Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett, RHP Joe Nelson, LHP Brian Shouse, RHP Fernando Cabrera.

PIRATES
Aki Iwamura 2B
Ronny Cedeno SS
Lastings Milledge LF
Garrett Jones RF
Bobby Crosby 1B
Ramon Vazquez 3B
John Raynor CF
Jason Jaramilo C
Paul Maholm LHP

Pitching: LHP Paul Maholm, RHP D.J. Carrasco, RHP Brendan Donnelly, LHP Brian Burres, RHP Wil Ledezma.

Sox Summary: Sox fall to Pirates; down streak continues

Sorry for the lack of posts today, as we were covering the Hockey East Tournament at TD Garden.

The Red Sox fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-7, today at Bradenton. The loss was Boston’s fifth straight.

Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe had some news today, including a Ryan Westmoreland update, injury report, and news from the manager.

Sox Notes: Red Sox busy in Fort Myers; travel down the road to Twins Sunday

Red Sox travel down to Hammond Stadium for match-up with Twins: The Red Sox will head down the road to face the Minnesota Twins in the fourth Mayor’s Cup game of the season. Josh Beckett was scratched from his start this morning and the start will go to 24-year-old Ryne Miller, a farmhand who is slated to open the season at Double-A Portland.

Here are today’s line-ups:

Red Sox
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Youkilis 1B
Ortiz DH
Hermida RF
Scutaro SS
Varitek C
Hall 3B
Reddick LF

Pitching: RHP Ryne Miller followed by RHP Scott Atchison and others.

Twins
Casilia SS
Hudson 2B
Cuddyer CF
Kubel DH
Harris 3B
Peterson 1B
Jones RF
Portes LF
Butera C

Pitching: RHP Kevin Slowey followed by RHP Jon Rauch, RHP Jesse Crain, RHP Matt Guerrier, LHP Glen Perkins and RHP Kyle Waldrop.

Sox top Pirates; excute game-ending triple play: The Red Sox came back to score three runs in the seventh inning on Saturday in a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh at City of Palms Park. The team executed a triple play, after a defensive blunder to end the game.

Get Well, Ryan: The big news is that top prospect Ryan Westmoreland will be on medical leave to have surgery to repair a recently-diagnosed cavernous malformation in his brain.

Dice-K setback again: Daisuke Matsuzaka was scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Saturday afternoon, but had to shut it down early after just a few warm-up pitches.

Spring Training Game Notes: Sox host Pirates at City of Palms Park on sunny day in Fort Myers

Thanks Mother Nature: The Red Sox and Pirates will take the field at City of Palms Park on Saturday afternoon, after being rained out in Port St. Lucie on Friday. Clay Buchholz will go for Boston, against Paul Maholm.

RED SOX
Jacoby Ellsbury LF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Victor Martinez C
Kevin Youkilis 1B
David Ortilz DH
J.D. Drew RF
Adrian Beltre 3B
Mike Cameron CF
Marco Scutaro 2B

Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz followed by RHP Jonathan Papelbon, RHP Manny Delcarmen, RHP Boof Bonser, LHP Brian Shouse, RHP Michael Bowden.

PIRATES
Will be posted on Boston.com soon!

On the call: Today’s game marks the first home spring game that will be covered by NESN and WEEI radio.

Up Next: The Red Sox continue the Mayor’s Cup Series at Hammond Stadium against the Twins on Sunday.