Beckett leaves with injury; Sox fall in 11

TORONTO -- One day into Boston's seven-game road trip, Josh Beckett is heading home.

The righthander will return to Boston today to see a doctor about the sore right ankle that forced him out of yesterday's 1-0 loss to the Blue Jays.

Beckett left in the fourth inning after feeling pain in his ankle on consecutive pitches to Blue Jays rookie Brett Lawrie, whose 11th-inning homer provided the game's only run. "It's always concerning," Beckett said. "That's my power leg."

Beckett said he slipped and fell while warming up in the bullpen but didn't think that had anything to do with the pain that forced him out.

"I felt it on the second-to-last pitch, and then it felt a little bit different on the last pitch I threw," he said. "I didn't feel it till those last two pitches. It felt like it was locked up and then it popped in and out of the socket or something."

Catcher Jason Varitek didn't notice anything out of the ordinary until Beckett missed with a 1-and-2 fastball to Lawrie.

"He seemed to make a funny face and kind of came off the mound funny on that pitch," said Varitek, who promptly called manager Terry Francona and trainer Mike Reinold.

After a brief discussion, Beckett walked off the field without assistance and was replaced by Alfredo Aceves.

After 10 scoreless innings, Lawrie handed Boston its fifth loss in seven games with a two-out drive to center off Dan Wheeler. -- AP