BOSTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) — Josh Beckett allowed two runs over seven innings Wednesday and became the first 14-game winner in the majors this year while carrying Boston past Detroit 8-2.

Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello was ejected from Tuesday night's game after he hit Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis in the second inning. Porcello was not hurt in the ensuing scuffle.

Mike Lowell, who replaced Kevin Youkilis — ejected in his role in a benches-clearing brawl — hit two home runs and had three RBIs as the Red Sox beat the Tigers, 7-5, tonight in Boston.

BOSTON - Chris Lambert was out at a movie theater in Toledo, Ohio, last Tuesday, just two days removed from perhaps the best start of his pro career, when he got the call that the Tigers needed an extra arm in the bullpen.

All summer, Glen “Big Baby” Davis waited for a new deal from the Celtics. When training camp grew near and he was still unsigned, he figured it might not come. “There was a point I thought I wasn’t going to be back. I was telling my girlfriend, ‘We’ve got to…

BOSTON — Nick Green hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly and one of Boston's three homers as the Red Sox ended their three-game power outage and six-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.

Several readers have sent me messages recently complaining about the high airfares between two of America’s largest metro areas, especially compared with prices on many routes between other major cities.

After dominant, scoreless outings by A.J. Burnett and CC Sabathia on Friday and Saturday, Andy Pettitte showed Sunday night that the Yankees’ rotation is strong beyond the two highly paid newcomers.

A very old house in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood is getting an extreme green makeover. The house uses super-insulating materials so that it won’t need a furnace in the winter.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Back-to-back eighth-inning homers by Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira Sunday helped the New York Yankees beat Boston 5-2 for a four-game sweep.