Sox Notes: Lopez officially signed, joins Sox in the Bronx

Yesterday, the Sox officially announced the signing of infielder Felipe Lopez and that he had joined the team in New York. Here is the full press release:

The Boston Red Sox today signed infielder Felipe Lopez, who will be active for today’s game in New York, wearing No. 32. To make room on the 40-man roster, the club transferred outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury to the 60-day disabled list. The Red Sox active Major League roster is now at 36 players.

The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.

Lopez, 30, hit .231 (87-for-376) with 18 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 36 RBI, 50 runs scored and 43 walks in 109 games with St. Louis this season, including 58 games at third base (51 starts), 24 at second base (17 starts), 24 at shortstop (19 starts), two at first base (one start) and one in right field. He also made his pitching debut with a scoreless 18th inning against the Mets on April 17. An All-Star and National League Silver Slugger award recipient at shortstop with Cincinnati in 2005, Lopez has hit .266 (1,112-for-4,181) with 87 homers, 427 RBI, 586 runs scored, 436 walks and 123 stolen bases in 1,133 career games over parts of 10 Major League seasons with the Blue Jays (2001-02), Reds (2003-06), Nationals (2006-08), Cardinals (2008, 2010), Diamondbacks (2009), and Brewers (2009). He was originally selected by Toronto in the first round of the 1998 First-Year Player Draft.

Ellsbury, 27, was placed on the 15-day disabled list on August 14 with fractured ribs, his third stint on the disabled list in 2010. He appeared in 18 games with the Red Sox this season, going 15-for-78 (.192) with four doubles, five RBI, 10 runs and four walks.

Sox Summary: Another twinbill, another pair of losses

The Red Sox fell to St. Louis, 13-8, and to Tampa Bay, 11-9, in another split-squad doubleheader in Jupiter and at City of Palms Park.

Jeremy Hermida finished 2-for-2 with a pair of runs and an RBI. Ramon Ramirez blew the save and took the loss against the Cards, as the Red Sox gave up seven runs in the eighth inning and 20 hits overall.

The Rays hit five home runs in the game, while four Red Sox had two-hit days. Boof Bonser took the loss.

The Red Sox travel down the street to Hammond Stadium on Tuesday against the Twins. NESN will delay the broadcast until the end of the Bruins/Thrashers game, when they will stream the Twins broadcast in it’s entirety.

Monday’s split-squad lineups

RED SOX
Ellsbury LF
Pedroia 2B
Martinez C
Youkilis 1B
Ortiz DH
Drew RF
Beltre 3B
Cameron CF
Scutaro SS

Pitching: RHP Boof Bonser followed by RHP Scott Atchison, RHP Junichi Tazawa.

RAYS
Bartlett SS
Crawford LF
Longoria 3B
Pena 1B
Zobrist CF
Burrell RF
Blalock DH
Rodriguez 2B
Shoppach C

Pitching: RHP James Shields followed by RHP Winston Abreu, RHP Richard De Los Santos, RHP Mike Ekstrom.

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RED SOX
Hall SS
Reddick CF
Hermida LF
Hulett 2B
Rizzo DH
Brown C
Bates 1B
Sanchez 3B
Hissey RF

Pitching: RHP Michael Bowden followed by LHP Fabio Castro, RHP Ramon A. Ramirez.

CARDINALS
Schumaker 2B
Ryan SS
Holliday DH or LF
Rasmus CF
LaRue C
Jay RF
Gotay 1B
Henley LF or DH
Solano 3B

Pitching: RHP Brad Penny.

Sox Summary: Sox and Cards rained out in Jupiter

Friday’s Red Sox game in Jupiter against St. Louis was postponed due to rain covering the majority of Florida. The game is tentatively scheduled to be made up March 22 as part of a split-squad doubleheader.

Clay Buchholz was scheduled to start on Friday, so he will be pushed back to pitch against the Pirates on Saturday, followed by scheduled Saturday starter Michael Bowden.

The Boston Globe’s Peter Abraham had more to report following the announcement of the rainout.

Spring Training Game Notes: Off to Jupiter

Up, up, and away: The Red Sox will make the cross-state trek to Jupiter to face the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday afternoon. Clay Buchholz will make his second start of the spring and will oppose southpaw Rich Hill.

Starting line-ups will be posted on the Extra Bases blog at Boston.com a couple hours prior to the game.

Up Next: The Red Sox head back to the comfy confines of City of Palms Park, as the Red Sox will host the Pittsburgh Pirates. Michael B0wden will face another lefty Paul Maholm.

Sox Summary: Iglesias homers in win over Cards as Sox flirt with no-no

Jose Iglesias hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning of a 7-6 Red Sox win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday at City of Palms Park.

Josh Beckett tossed three perfect innings for the Red Sox in the close win.

More later!

The Sox make the long trek to Jupiter to face the Marlins on Tuesday.

Spring Training Game Notes: Sox welcome Cards to City of Palms

The Red Sox welcome St. Louis to City of Plams Park on Monday afternoon for the first of a pair of spring match-ups. The Cardinals will host the second game on Friday in Jupiter. Chris Carpenter will face Red Sox ace Josh Beckett.

Red Sox
Marco Scutaro SS
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Victor Martinez C
Kevin Youkilis 1B
David Ortiz DH
J.D. Drew RF
Mike Cameron CF
Bill Hall LF
Angel Sanchez 3B

Pitching: RHP Josh Beckett followed by RHP Jonathan Papelbon, LHP Hideki Okajima, LHP Dustin Richardson, RHP Ramon Ramirez, RHP Manny Delcarmen.

Cardinals
Skip Schumaker 2B
Felipe Lopez DH
Yadier Molina C
Colby Rasmus CF
David Freese 3B
Jon Jay LF
Joe Mather 1B
Tyler Henley RF
Tyler Greene SS

Pitching: RHP Chris Carpenter followed by RHP Pete Parise, RHP Jason Mottte, LHP Trever Miller, RHP Charlie Zink.

Up Next: The Red Sox make the long trip to Jupiter for a 1:05 contest against Florida. Tim Wakefield will face former Sox prospect Anibal Sanchez.