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Whether it was day or night, the Boston bats were in a state of almost complete shutdown, capped by a 3-1 loss to the White Sox loss in the nightcap of Saturday's day-night affair.

Lacking thump throughout the afternoon, the Red Sox took a 3-1 loss to the White Sox in the opener of Saturday night's day-night doubleheader.

Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek, who fractured his right foot on June 30, is closing in on a return to action.

Manny Ramirez did apologize to Kevin Youkilis in the middle of a game back in June for taking a swing at him in the dugout when they were teammates in 2008.

It turns out that the Red Sox have yet another player who is grinding it out through a significant injury. First baseman Mike Lowell learned on Friday that he has been playing for the last couple of weeks with a non-displaced fracture in one of his left ribs.

It's hard to keep Dustin Pedroia away from the ballpark. Less than 24 hours after he'd undergone surgery on his left foot, Pedroia walked into the clubhouse on crutches and began chatting up his teammates. He should be cleared to begin his normal offseason training program at the beginning of December and be back at full strength for 2011.

Manny Ramirez was openly apologetic for the sour way his memorable tenure with the Red Sox ended.

What had seemed somewhat inevitable over the last week officially occurred on Friday, as second baseman Dustin Pedroia had surgery to repair the navicular bone in his left foot.

With Massachusetts in a state of emergency as a result of Hurricane Earl, Friday's series opener between Red Sox and White Sox at Fenway Park will be played Saturday as part of a doubleheader.

Jonathan Papelbon not only picked up his 35th save in the Red Sox's 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Thursday night, but right-hander also became the first closer to reach that plateau in each of his first five full Major League seasons.