TORONTO (AP)—Brett Lawrie(notes) homered in the 11th inning to lift the Toronto
Blue Jays to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday.

Lawrie homered to center off Dan Wheeler(notes) (2-2) with two outs in the 11th,
his eighth homer since being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas on Aug. 4.

Shawn Camp(notes) (3-3) pitched one scoreless inning for the win as the Blue Jays
snapped a three-game losing streak.

Boston lost for the fifth time in seven games.

Red Sox starter Josh Beckett(notes) left in the fourth inning with a sprained right
ankle. Manager Terry Francona and trainer Mike Reinold came to the mound after
the right-hander threw a ball to Lawrie. After a brief discussion, Beckett
walked off the field without assistance and was replaced by right-hander Alfredo
Aceves(notes).

An All-Star for the third time this season, Beckett came in having won his
past three starts. He allowed three hits in 3 2-3 scoreless innings with six
strikeouts and one walk.

Blue Jays right-hander Henderson Alvarez(notes) pitched six scoreless innings,
extending his shutout streak to 14 innings. Alvarez allowed four hits, walked
one and struck out four.

Alvarez retired the first eight batters in order before Marco Scutaro(notes)
singled in the third. Jacoby Ellsbury(notes) doubled him to third but Dustin Pedroia(notes)
grounded out to end the threat.

The Red Sox put runners at first and second with two outs in the fourth but
Josh Reddick(notes) struck out looking.

Scutaro hit a one-out double in the fifth but was caught in a rundown after
Alvarez grabbed Ellsbury’s grounder to the mound. Ellsbury tried to advance to
second but was thrown out, completing the 1-5-6 double play.

Carlos Villanueva(notes) replaced Alvarez and walked Kevin Youkilis(notes) to begin the
seventh. After Carl Crawford(notes) flied out, Reddick singled to right and both
runners advanced on Jason Varitek’s(notes) grounder. Scutaro ended the inning by
grounding out to shortstop.

Adrian Gonzalez(notes) hit a two-out double off Casey Janssen(notes) in the eighth and
David Ortiz(notes) was intentionally walked to bring up Youkilis, who struck out
looking.

Toronto put a runner at third base three times in the first four innings.
Edwin Encarnacion(notes) struck out to end the first, Jose Molina(notes) grounded out and
Dewayne Wise(notes) struck out in the second and, after Aceves walked Lawrie in the
fourth, Molina ended the inning by flying out to right.

Aceves left after walking Mike McCoy(notes) and hitting Eric Thames(notes) with one out in
the eighth. Daniel Bard(notes) came on and got Jose Bautista(notes) to fly out, then struck
out Adam Lind(notes).

Jonathan Papelbon(notes) struck out Lind on three pitches to leave the bases loaded
in the bottom of the 10th.

NOTES: Boston recalled C Ryan Lavarnway(notes) and RHP Kyle Weiland(notes) and purchased
the contract of INF Nate Spears(notes), all from Triple-A Pawtucket. … Red Sox LHP
Erik Bedard(notes) (left knee) will be skipped in his next scheduled start, Friday at
Tampa Bay. … Francona said RHP Bobby Jenks(notes) (back) is unlikely to pitch again
this season. … Blue Jays SS Yunel Escobar(notes) (left wrist) missed his second
straight game. … Toronto reinstated RHP Dustin McGowan(notes) (shoulder) off the
60-day DL. McGowan last pitched in the majors July 8, 2008. … Blue Jays
manager John Farrell returned after missing 10 games with pneumonia. … Wise
made a superb diving catch on Crawford’s sinking liner to center to begin the
ninth.

Brett Lawrie homered in the 11th inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday.

Lawrie homered to center off Dan Wheeler (2-2) with two outs in the 11th, his eighth homer since being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas on Aug. 4.

Shawn Camp (3-3) pitched one scoreless inning for the win as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak.

Boston lost for the fifth time in seven games.

Red Sox starter Josh Beckett left in the fourth inning with a sprained right ankle. Manager Terry Francona and trainer Mike Reinold came to the mound after the right-hander threw a ball to Lawrie. After a brief discussion, Beckett walked off the field without assistance and was replaced by right-hander Alfredo Aceves.

An All-Star for the third time this season, Beckett came in having won his past three starts. He allowed three hits in 3 2-3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk.

Blue Jays right-hander Henderson Alvarez pitched six scoreless innings, extending his shutout streak to 14 innings. Alvarez allowed four hits, walked one and struck out four.

Alvarez retired the first eight batters in order before Marco Scutaro singled in the third. Jacoby Ellsbury doubled him to third but Dustin Pedroia grounded out to end the threat.

The Red Sox put runners at first and second with two outs in the fourth but Josh Reddick struck out looking.

Scutaro hit a one-out double in the fifth but was caught in a rundown after Alvarez grabbed Ellsbury’s grounder to the mound. Ellsbury tried to advance to second but was thrown out, completing the 1-5-6 double play.

Carlos Villanueva replaced Alvarez and walked Kevin Youkilis to begin the seventh. After Carl Crawford flied out, Reddick singled to right and both runners advanced on Jason Varitek’s grounder. Scutaro ended the inning by grounding out to shortstop.

Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-out double off Casey Janssen in the eighth and David Ortiz was intentionally walked to bring up Youkilis, who struck out looking.

Toronto put a runner at third base three times in the first four innings. Edwin Encarnacion struck out to end the first, Jose Molina grounded out and Dewayne Wise struck out in the second and, after Aceves walked Lawrie in the fourth, Molina ended the inning by flying out to right.

Aceves left after walking Mike McCoy and hitting Eric Thames with one out in the eighth. Daniel Bard came on and got Jose Bautista to fly out, then struck out Adam Lind.

Jonathan Papelbon struck out Lind on three pitches to leave the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th.

NOTES: Boston recalled C Ryan Lavarnway and RHP Kyle Weiland and purchased the contract of INF Nate Spears, all from Triple-A Pawtucket. … Red Sox LHP Erik Bedard (left knee) will be skipped in his next scheduled start, Friday at Tampa Bay. … Francona said RHP Bobby Jenks (back) is unlikely to pitch again this season. … Blue Jays SS Yunel Escobar (left wrist) missed his second straight game. … Toronto reinstated RHP Dustin McGowan (shoulder) off the 60-day DL. McGowan last pitched in the majors July 8, 2008. … Blue Jays manager John Farrell returned after missing 10 games with pneumonia. … Wise made a superb diving catch on Crawford’s sinking liner to center to begin the ninth.

TORONTO (AP) — Brett Lawrie homered in the 11th inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday.

Lawrie homered to center off Dan Wheeler (2-2) with two outs in the 11th, his eighth homer since being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas on Aug. 4.

Shawn Camp (3-3) pitched one scoreless inning for the win as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak.

Boston lost for the fifth time in seven games.

Red Sox starter Josh Beckett left in the fourth inning with a sprained right ankle. Manager Terry Francona and trainer Mike Reinold came to the mound after the right-hander threw a ball to Lawrie. After a brief discussion, Beckett walked off the field without assistance and was replaced by right-hander Alfredo Aceves.

An All-Star for the third time this season, Beckett came in having won his past three starts. He allowed three hits in 3 2-3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk.

Blue Jays right-hander Henderson Alvarez pitched six scoreless innings, extending his shutout streak to 14 innings. Alvarez allowed four hits, walked one and struck out four.

Alvarez retired the first eight batters in order before Marco Scutaro singled in the third. Jacoby Ellsbury doubled him to third but Dustin Pedroia grounded out to end the threat.

The Red Sox put runners at first and second with two outs in the fourth but Josh Reddick struck out looking.

Scutaro hit a one-out double in the fifth but was caught in a rundown after Alvarez grabbed Ellsbury’s grounder to the mound. Ellsbury tried to advance to second but was thrown out, completing the 1-5-6 double play.

Carlos Villanueva replaced Alvarez and walked Kevin Youkilis to begin the seventh. After Carl Crawford flied out, Reddick singled to right and both runners advanced on Jason Varitek’s grounder. Scutaro ended the inning by grounding out to shortstop.

Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-out double off Casey Janssen in the eighth and David Ortiz was intentionally walked to bring up Youkilis, who struck out looking.

Toronto put a runner at third base three times in the first four innings. Edwin Encarnacion struck out to end the first, Jose Molina grounded out and Dewayne Wise struck out in the second and, after Aceves walked Lawrie in the fourth, Molina ended the inning by flying out to right.

Aceves left after walking Mike McCoy and hitting Eric Thames with one out in the eighth. Daniel Bard came on and got Jose Bautista to fly out, then struck out Adam Lind.

Jonathan Papelbon struck out Lind on three pitches to leave the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th.

NOTES: Boston recalled C Ryan Lavarnway and RHP Kyle Weiland and purchased the contract of INF Nate Spears, all from Triple-A Pawtucket. … Red Sox LHP Erik Bedard (left knee) will be skipped in his next scheduled start, Friday at Tampa Bay. … Francona said RHP Bobby Jenks (back) is unlikely to pitch again this season. … Blue Jays SS Yunel Escobar (left wrist) missed his second straight game. … Toronto reinstated RHP Dustin McGowan (shoulder) off the 60-day DL. McGowan last pitched in the majors July 8, 2008. … Blue Jays manager John Farrell returned after missing 10 games with pneumonia. … Wise made a superb diving catch on Crawford’s sinking liner to center to begin the ninth.

(Sports Network) – The Boston Red Sox try to get themselves back on track this
evening when they open a three-game set against the Texas Rangers at Fenway
Park.

Boston saw its lead atop the American League East standings dwindled to a
half-game on Thursday when it dropped a 4-2 decision to the New York Yankees,
who took two of three in the series and pulled even in the loss column with
the Red Sox.

Dustin Pedroia’s two-run homer was the lone offense for the Red Sox, who had
won three of four coming in. Alfredo Aceves (9-2) suffered the loss, charged
with two runs in 1 1/3 relief innings.

David Ortiz went 1-for-3 in the loss to extend his hitting streak to 15 games.
He is batting .500 with seven doubles, seven homers, 16 RBI and nine walks
during the run, which is his longest with the Red Sox. He had a 19-gamer with
the Twins in 2002.

“They played better than us,” said Pedroia. “Long games — we’re all tired.
Tonight, we just didn’t swing the bats that well. We move on and try to win
tomorrow.”

That starts with left-hander Andrew Miller, who had perhaps his finest outing
with Boston his last time out on August 25 against the Rangers. Miller
scattered three hits in 6 1/3 scoreless innings of that one and improved to
6-1 to go along with a 4.42 ERA.

“We’ve always seen glimpses, and he just kept going out and repeating,” Boston
manager Terry Francona said after that start. “Man, he threw fastball,
breaking ball, changeup. Again, against a lineup that is pretty dangerous and
he really did a good job.”

This will be his second-ever start against Texas.

The Rangers, meanwhile, have played well since losing three of four to Boston
last week. Texas won for the fourth time in six tries since that series on
Thursday, as Ian Kinsler hit a pair of solo home runs to back C.J. Wilson’s
quality outing, helping the Rangers defeat the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-2, in the
rubber match of a three-game series in Arlington.

Wilson (14-6) retired the first 15 hitters he faced and struck out eight over
six-plus frames. He allowed two runs on two hits and a walk to bounce back
from a forgettable five-inning, six-run effort against the Angels on Saturday.

Michael Young also went deep for AL West-leading Texas, which welcomed back
Adrian Beltre from the disabled list

Beltre, who was 1-for-4 with a run scored, will be back in Boston tonight for
the first time since leaving for the Rangers as a free agent this past winter.
He hit .314 with 13 homers in 75 games last season for the Red Sox, but left
for a five-year $80 million deal with Texas.

Getting the call on the hill will be lefty Derek Holland, who is 12-5 with a
4.30 ERA. Holland beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last Friday, as he
allowed just a run and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings.

He is 1-1 in two starts versus the Red Sox with a 4.76 ERA.

Texas has won four of its seven matchups with Boston this season. Tonight,
though, will be its first trip to Beantown since it went 4-3 there last year.

The Sports Network

BOSTON Jacoby Ellsbury hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning, Josh Beckett improved to 4-0 against the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox came from behind for a 9-5 win on Wednesday night.

The Red Sox, who lost the series opener 5-2 on Tuesday night, extended their AL East lead over the Yankees to 1 ½ games and improved their record to 11-3 this season against their division rivals.

David Ortiz and Jason Varitek also hit two-run homers for Boston.

The Yankees scored four runs in the sixth off Beckett (12-5) — the same amount they managed in his other 32 innings against them this season — and went ahead 5-4.

In the bottom of the inning, Phil Hughes (4-5) retired the first batter. Then he went ahead of Josh Reddick 0-2 before walking him, and Reddick scored the tying run on Varitek’s double. After Marco Scutaro flied out, left-hander Boone Logan came in to face lefty Ellsbury. On a 3-and-1 count, Ellsbury hit his 24th homer into the left-field seats above the Green Monster.

Beckett allowed four earned runs and six hits through seven innings. He struck out eight and walked three.

Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a scoreless inning and the Red Sox improved to 62-3 this season when leading after six.

The Yankees had taken a 1-0 lead in the third on Derek Jeter’s RBI single. The Red Sox went ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the inning, scoring on Dustin Pedroia’s groundout with runners at second and third and on Jed Lowrie’s RBI single.

Jeter got his second single in the top of the fifth, moving into 20th place all-time, ahead of Craig Biggio, with 3,061 career hits. He was left stranded.

Boston made it 4-1 in the fifth on Ortiz’s homer deep into the centre field bleachers after Adrian Gonzalez singled. It was Ortiz’s 28th homer of the year and extended his hitting streak to 14 games.

The Yankees regained the lead in the sixth, helped by an error by right fielder Reddick.

Mark Teixeira was hit by a pitch leading off the inning, took second on a wild pitch by Beckett and scored on a double by Robinson Cano. Nick Swisher then walked and Eric Chavez followed with a liner down the right field line. It got by Reddick and Chavez was credited with a double. The error allowed him to take third and Swisher to score. Eduardo Nunez’s sacrifice fly put the Yankees on top 5-4.

Varitek gave the Red Sox a four-run cushion in the eighth with his 10th homer.

NOTES: Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez missed his fourth straight game with a sprained left thumb. … Red Sox 3B Kevin Youkilis, on the DL since Aug. 18 with a low back strain, played his second straight rehab game for triple-A Pawtucket and can be activated on Friday. … Boston RF J.D. Drew missed the second game of his scheduled two-day rehab assignment at Pawtucket on Wednesday night with a sprained middle finger. He was hurt Tuesday night when he went 3 for 3. Plans for the Red Sox to activate him on Thursday may change. He went on the disabled list on July 26, retroactive to July 20, with a shoulder injury. … Yankees C Russell Martin of Chelsea, Que., with a sore left thumb, missed the game. Manager Joe Girardi said he planned to use him Thursday night in the finale of the three-game series. … Struggling RHP A.J. Burnett (9-11) faces LHP Jon Lester (14-6) on Thursday night.

The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP)—Jacoby Ellsbury(notes) hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the sixth
inning, Josh Beckett(notes) improved to 4-0 against the New York Yankees and the Boston
Red Sox came from behind for a 9-5 win on Wednesday night.

The Red Sox, who lost the series opener 5-2 on Tuesday night, extended their
AL East lead over the Yankees to 1 1/2 games and improved their record to 11-3 this
season against their division rivals.

David Ortiz(notes) and Jason Varitek(notes) also hit two-run homers for Boston.

The Yankees scored four runs in the sixth off Beckett (12-5)—the same
amount they managed in his other 32 innings against them this season—and went
ahead 5-4.

In the bottom of the inning, Phil Hughes(notes) (4-5) retired the first batter.
Then he went ahead of Josh Reddick(notes) 0-2 before walking him, and Reddick scored
the tying run on Varitek’s double. After Marco Scutaro(notes) flied out, left-hander
Boone Logan(notes) came in to face lefty Ellsbury. On a 3-and-1 count, Ellsbury hit his
24th homer into the left-field seats above the Green Monster.

Beckett allowed four earned runs and six hits through seven innings. He
struck out eight and walked three.

Daniel Bard(notes) and Jonathan Papelbon(notes) each pitched a scoreless inning and the
Red Sox improved to 62-3 this season when leading after six.

The Yankees had taken a 1-0 lead in the third on Derek Jeter’s(notes) RBI single.
The Red Sox went ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the inning, scoring on Dustin
Pedroia’s(notes) groundout with runners at second and third and on Jed Lowrie’s(notes) RBI
single.

Jeter got his second single in the top of the fifth, moving into 20th place
all-time, ahead of Craig Biggio, with 3,061 career hits. He was left stranded.

Boston made it 4-1 in the fifth on Ortiz’s homer deep into the center field
bleachers after Adrian Gonzalez(notes) singled. It was Ortiz’s 28th homer of the year
and extended his hitting streak to 14 games.

The Yankees regained the lead in the sixth, helped by an error by right
fielder Reddick.

Mark Teixeira(notes) was hit by a pitch leading off the inning, took second on a
wild pitch by Beckett and scored on a double by Robinson Cano(notes). Nick Swisher(notes) then
walked and Eric Chavez(notes) followed with a liner down the right field line. It got
by Reddick and Chavez was credited with a double. The error allowed him to take
third and Swisher to score. Eduardo Nunez’s(notes) sacrifice fly put the Yankees on top
5-4.

Varitek gave the Red Sox a four-run cushion in the eighth with his 10th
homer.

Notes: Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez(notes) missed his fourth straight game with a
sprained left thumb. … Red Sox 3B Kevin Youkilis(notes), on the DL since Aug. 18 with
a low back strain, played his second straight rehab game for Triple-A Pawtucket
and can be activated on Friday. … Boston RF J.D. Drew(notes) missed the second game
of his scheduled two-day rehab assignment at Pawtucket on Wednesday night with a
sprained middle finger. He was hurt Tuesday night when he went 3 for 3. Plans
for the Red Sox to activate him on Thursday may change. He went on the disabled
list on July 26, retroactive to July 20, with a shoulder injury. … Yankees C
Russell Martin(notes), with a sore left thumb, missed the game. Manager Joe Girardi
said he planned to use him Thursday night in the finale of the three-game
series. … Struggling RHP A.J. Burnett(notes) (9-11) faces LHP Jon Lester(notes) (14-6) on
Thursday night.