New York Yankees' Melky Cabrera hits a solo home run off Boston Red Sox's Paul Byrd in the third inning of their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams ...

Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona sends starting pitcher Paul Byrd back to the dugout during a pitching change in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, in Kansas City ...

Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona relieves starting pitcher Paul Byrd (36) in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (John Sleezer/Kansas City ...

Boston Red Sox pitcher Paul Byrd delivers against the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)