Sox's Hanrahan needs season-ending surgery
BOSTON -- Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan needs season-ending surgery on his right forearm.

BOSTON-- The Red Sox have placed catcher David Ross on the seven-day concussion disabled list and recalled catcher Ryan Lavarnway from Triple-A.
BOSTON -- Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan needs season-ending surgery on his right forearm.
BOSTON -- Adam Lind hit a tiebreaking homer off Boston closer Junichi Tazawa leading off the ninth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.
BOSTON -- Jon Lester pitched a one-hitter Friday night, allowing only Maicer Izturis' two-out double in the sixth inning, and the Boston Red Sox broke a three-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
BOSTON -- Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan will be sidelined at least two months and is scheduled to visit Dr. James Andrews for an examination that could determine whether the pitcher needs surgery.
BOSTON -- The Minnesota Twins are heading home with a three-game winning streak. Doing it against the Boston Red Sox makes it more impressive.
BOSTON -- Allen Webster's hour drive from Pawtucket, R.I., to Boston lasted longer than his second career start.
BOSTON -- Scott Diamond allowed three hits in seven innings, Ryan Doumit hit his first homer of the season and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Tuesday night.
BOSTON -- Stephen Drew missed the start of the season with a concussion and struggled at the plate when he returned.
BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox have placed reliever Andrew Bailey on the 15-day disabled list because of strained right biceps.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- David Ortiz got the Boston Red Sox off to a good start with a two-run homer in the first against Texas ace Yu Darvish.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Boston Red Sox reliever Andrew Bailey is set to have an exam and MRI after not pitching for a week because of biceps soreness.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Craig Gentry had an infield hit that produced two runs and later hit a two-run homer as the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Saturday night.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Shane Victorino is back in the starting lineup for the Boston Red Sox.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Major League Baseball and the players association are donating a combined $100,000 to victims of the Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 people and injured about 200.
TORONTO -- Clay Buchholz pitched seven shutout innings to earn his major league-leading sixth win, Mike Napoli hit two of Boston's five home runs and the Red Sox routed the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Wednesday night.
TORONTO -- Edwin Encarnacion hit an upper-deck homer in the fifth inning, then connected for a go-ahead home run in the seventh that sent the Toronto Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 9-7 on Tuesday night.
BOSTON -- Big Papi and his wife are striking out.
BOSTON -- A close call for a reporter at Fenway Park at Red Sox batting practice Saturday.
BOSTON -- There was a little tension in Fenway Park when John Lackey's return from the disabled list began with a 27-pitch first inning.