A day after dropping a game out of the division lead, Boston routs its rival behind Ellsbury, Lackey.

Jacoby Ellsbury hits a home run with two outs in the ninth to give Boston a 4-3 victory.

BOSTON — Pinch-runner Jarrod Saltalamacchia dived across home plate to score the winning run on Jacoby Ellsbury’s single in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 3-2 on a rainy Tuesday night.

Jason Varitek singled with one out in the ninth against Vinnie Pestano (1-1) and Saltalamacchia ran for him. Josh Reddick followed with a single that sent Saltalamacchia to second.

Ellsbury then singled, setting up the play at the plate. Center fielder Eziquiel Cabrera threw home and catcher Carlos Santana caught the ball wide of the plate, but Saltalamacchia won the race and scored.

BOSTON — Cleveland Manager Manny Acta’s pregame lesson about Fenway Park’s quirky angles and dimensions certainly couldn’t cover what Asdrubal Cabrera’s homer did.

Cabrera’s second two-run homer of the game, originally ruled a single off the short wall in right field and overturned by replay review, broke an eighth-inning tie and lifted the Indians to a 9-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.

“It might be the only park,” Cabrera said when asked if he thought his homer would have been out in any other ballpark.

Travis Hafner homered after Cabrera’s first of the game as the Indians won for just the third time in their last 11 games.

BOSTON – When Josh Reddick made his first appearance in Portland, he was 20 and even skinnier than he is today. He slipped unnoticed onto the Sea Dogs’ playoff roster in 2007, replacing the injured Bubba Bell. Why call him up from low Class A Greenville for only a few games? “The organization is high […]

Jon Lester pitches eight strong innings as Boston beats Chicago for the first time in eight games.