Charlie Manuel scoffed at the notion of second place. So did Phillies stars Jimmy Rollins and Roy Oswalt.

The floor of the Red Sox clubhouse was filled with black equipment bags as players packed for their 10-day West Coast trip. Amid the clutter, the stuff that revealed the team's current condition was still hard to miss.

Jon Lester keeps piling up wins. He hopes it's enough to earn his first All-Star selection.

Red Sox catcher Victor Martinez has a broken left thumb, the latest injury for banged-up Boston.

David Ortiz capped his big May with his 11th homer of the season and Jon Lester pitched seven strong innings, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 8-1 on Sunday to salvage a split of the four-game series.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino might need to brush up on his city's sports history before he publicly saluting any more of its "ionic" moments.

Six years after he was traded away for the final pieces of Boston's World Series puzzle, Nomar Garciaparra finally got a friendly farewell from the Red Sox.