BOSTON -- Curt Schilling got his 20th win on the eve of Boston's big series with the New York Yankees. Now he wants much more.
"In a couple of weeks, hopefully, it will get a lot better," he said after becoming the first 20-game winner in the major leagues with an 11-4 victory Thursday night over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
By that time, he hopes, the Red Sox will have clinched the AL East title. They trail the Yankees by 3½ games, but the teams have six meetings left -- three in New York this weekend and three in Boston beginning next Friday.