WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE RED SOX AFTER LATEST WAVE OF UNCERTAINTY  —  TORONTO — Monday — the day the Red Sox suffered a 1-0, 11-inning loss to the Blue Jays — might end up being a memorable moment in this 2011 season.  For Sox fans' sake, they better hope that isn't the case.

The Juice: Brett Lawrie jumps off top rope, elbows Red Sox in 11  —  Nine innings and nine items (although sometimes it's more!) to get you going.  Ladies and gentleman of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice.  —  1. Kid can play, eh?:  What a great Labour Day for the Toronto Blue Jays.

After 12 long months, Stephen Strasburg is back at Nats Park  —  Every few days this season, Steve McCatty would get a text message with a picture attached, and before the Washington Nationals' pitching coach could even open it, he knew what was in the picture: It would be Stephen Strasburg's grinning face …

Lee Tosses Another Gem, Shuts Out Braves  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cliff Lee tossed a five-hitter for his sixth shutout of the season, helping the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies beat the second-place Atlanta Braves 9-0 on Monday night.  —  Lee (16-7) struck out six …

Alex Liddi about to become first Italian-born player in majors in almost 50 years |  Mariners notebook  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Alex Liddi will do something Tuesday that no one from his homeland has in nearly half a century.  —  The third-base prospect will become the first Italian-born major …

Ozzie: Embarrassment should spark Dunn, Rios  —  MINNEAPOLIS — There's only one guarantee for both Adam Dunn and Alex Rios as far as 2012 is concerned, and that's their contracts.  —  Dunn will have $14 million coming his way, while Rios collects a cool $12.5 million.

Trumbo, Wells Homer for Angels in Win Over M's  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mark Trumbo continued his torrid rookie season with a two-run homer and an RBI double, Vernon Wells hit his 20th home run, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Monday night to put themselves within 2½ games …

In Praise of Wins (Sort of)  —  Every now and again here, you might have noticed, I will throw a few body blows at the bloated concept of “pitcher wins.”  But — and I don't know if I've ever made this clear — I would not want pitcher wins to go away.  For one thing, they are fun to argue about.

Arizona clubs Esmil Rogers for 10-7 win over Rockies at Coors Field  —  Tulowitzki gets his 29th HR and surpasses 100 RBIs for the first time  —  Rockies catcher Chris Iannetta tags out Arizona's Geoff Blum at home plate during the fourth inning.  (Jack Dempsey, The Associated Press)

Sandoval homers twice, Bumgarner rolls over Padres  —  SAN DIEGO — Coming off a deflating loss to the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy wanted to see signs that the defending World Series champions hadn't packed it in.  —  They haven't.

Benson, Parmelee to join Twins on Tuesday  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins announced on Monday that they will recall outfielder Joe Benson and first baseman Chris Parmelee from Double-A New Britain and infielder Matt Tolbert from Triple-A Rochester prior to Tuesday night's game against the White Sox at Target Field.