Jon Lester throws seven strong innings, but Boston’s modest two-game winning streak is halted for lack of timely hitting.

David Ortiz, 36, is a free agent again after this season, and Boston must decide whether it’s worth it to re-sign him.

Boston gets another last at-bat victory, beating Toronto 3-2 and edging out of the AL East cellar.

A ninth-inning triple by Mauro Gomez is the eventual winner while Ryan Lavarnway adds a three-run homer and four RBI.

Boston, going nowhere this season, beats the hoping-to-go-somewhere Yankees in the ninth.

BOSTON — When Daisuke Matsuzaka arrived in Boston he was hailed as a “national treasure.” As he left the mound in the rain Saturday night, there were a smattering of boos from a fan base frustrated by years of his inconsistency. And now it looks like we may have seen the end of the Dice-K […]

Omar Vizquel’s go-ahead sacrifice fly off Clay Buchholz in the ninth gives Toronto the edge.