Lester set to face Johnson in finale  —  Boston (49-29) at Florida (35-42), 1:05 p.m. ET  —  As entertaining as it was to watch Curt Schilling face Tom Glavine at Fenway Park earlier this week, Sunday's Red Sox-Marlins contest offers the opposite kind of intrigue.

Moehler's sore foot worsens, lands him on DL  —  · Brian Moehler's right big toe problem went from manageable to debilitating in less than an inning Saturday.  —  What was termed toe soreness two starts ago turned into a sprained right foot that forced him out of the game and onto the disabled list.

DH faces classic injustice  —  DH should be part of All-Star Game every year  —  Maybe this is a sacrilege, but would it really kill baseball to have the designated hitter at the All-Star Game every year?  —  I mean, who really wants to watch some scared American League pitcher try to bunt …

RANGERS NOTES  —  Rangers not going to panic  —  ARLINGTON — A dismal 1-5 road trip was disappointing for all the Rangers, but many of the players weren't even aware they had fallen to third place in the American League West — one-half game behind Seattle — until Friday afternoon.

Jimenez walks on wild side  —  Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs manager Tom Runnells is much more apt to make judgments based on what he sees firsthand instead of what he might read in the newspaper.  —  That's why he wasn't ready to commit on the impact of the addition of right-handed pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez on the Sky Sox.

Cards stumble early, late in tough loss  —  The "we're-still-in-first-place" Cardinals hit another (false) bottom Saturday night against the Kansas City Royals.  What might have passed for inspiration instead became another installment of a first-place club's six-week slide.