Even for Red Sox, it's ‘hit the panic button’  —  BOSTON — On Monday night, “panic” was overstating it.  After another blowout loss that dropped them one game from elimination in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series, “panic” was about right, second baseman Dustin Pedroia said.

Rays pulling tarp off upper-deck seats at the Trop  —  The nosebleed seats in the upper deck of Tropicana Field will no longer be draped in blue when the Tampa Bay Rays come back home — whether that's for Game 6 of the American League Championship Series or Game 1 of the World Series.

ALCS Game 4 pre-game tidbits  —  Pre-game tidbits from Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday night between the Rays and Red Sox at Fenway Park:  —Red Sox manager Terry Francona reconfigured his lineup after his team lost two games in a row to fall behind 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.

Lowell done for the year, set for surgery on hip  —  BOSTON (AP) — Mike Lowell will undergo surgery on his right hip Monday, depriving the Red Sox of last year's World Series MVP for the rest of their season.  —  The third baseman, who is not on Boston's roster for the AL championship series …

Enough postseason, let's get to Peavy  —  So I'm getting the distinct impression that most of you on the Braves/MIB blog would like to be done already with this postseason so we can get on to important stuff: the Braves' pursuit of starting pitchers and a power-hitting outfielder.

PADRES: Padres make Peavy available for trade  —  It has been 10 months since the Padres did everything in their power to keep Jake Peavy from testing free agency, signing him to a $52 million contract extension.  But one season and 99 losses later, the team has let it be known …