BOSTON RED SOX VS OAKLAND ATHLETICS

Boston Red Sox lefty Jon Lester starts against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park in Boston on July 13, 2006. (UPI Photo/Katie McMahon)

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MLB: Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay's Matt Garza and four relievers held Boston to three hits and the Rays beat the Red Sox 3-1 Sunday to win the ALCS and move on to the World Series.

MLB: Tampa Bay 9, Boston 1

BOSTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- B.J. Upton and Rocco Baldelli each hit a three-run homer Monday to lead Tampa Bay to a 9-1 win over Boston in Game 3 of the ALCS.

Matsuzaka gets Red Sox start in ALCS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Boston will go with starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka against Tampa's James Shields in Friday's first game of the American League Championship series.

MLB: Boston 4, LA Angels 1

ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Jason Bay gave Boston the lead with a two-run homer in the sixth Wednesday and the Red Sox began the playoffs with a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

Choo, Lester take AL monthly honors

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- American League officials choose Cleveland outfielder Choo Shin-soo and Boston left-hander Jon Lester as the AL player and pitcher of the month for September.

MLB: Boston 6, Cleveland 1

BOSTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Jon Lester and three relievers combined on a two-hitter Thursday and the Boston Red Sox kept their slim division title hopes alive by downing Cleveland 6-1.

MLB: Toronto 6, Boston 3

TORONTO, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Marco Scutaro and Alex Rios knocked in two runs each Saturday, keying Toronto's 6-3 win over the Boston Red Sox.

Cabrera, Gomez share AL's weekly award

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Cleveland's Asdrubal Cabrera and Minnesota's Carlos Gomez were selected Monday to share the American League player of the week honors.

MLB: Boston 4, Toronto 3

BOSTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Jon Lester gave up a run on four hits in eight innings Sunday to pace Boston's 4-3 win over Toronto.

MLB: Boston 3, Tampa Bay 0

BOSTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Jason Bay homered Monday when the Boston Red scored all their runs in the first inning of a 3-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.