BOSTON -- Rick Porcellos unbeaten home season ended because of a hanging second-inning slider.Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 42nd home run, Kevin Gausman narrowly outpitched Porcello over eight innings and the Baltimore Orioles pulled within a game of AL East-leading Boston with a 1-0 win over the Red Sox.Baltimore took two of three in the series, but as disappointed as he was, Porcello took solace in Bostons AL East lead.We lost and its a big game. Theres no satisfaction in that, Porcello said. This was big game for us. We were hoping to take the series from them, but that being said, weve still got a one-game lead and we get them for four at their place.The Orioles are headed back home and will host the Red Sox next week for four games that could push one team ahead to stay. Then again, the AL East looks like a four-horse race heading into the final weeks.Baltimore moved one game ahead of slumping Toronto for the top AL wild card after the Blue Jays lost at home to Tampa Bay 8-1 earlier Wednesday. And then there are the Yankees, hanging around four games back of Boston. New York begins a four-game series at Fenway Park on Thursday night.A lot of big baseball to be played and were still in a good position, Porcello said. Its going to be a lot of fun. This is what you train for. This is what you play for -- to play meaningful baseball in September and hopefully into October.Gausman (8-10) and Porcello (20-4) had nearly identical line scores over eight innings, each striking out six and allowing just four hits, except Porcello allowed Trumbos leadoff shot in the second inning.Porcello was 13-0 in home starts with one no decision entering the game.We have to score something to help him out, said right fielder Mookie Betts, one of just four Boston players to get a hit. If we score one or two we can get a win but we didnt do that today. He did his job.GREAT GOUSMANThis was Gausmans fourth scoreless outing in his past five starts and matched the longest start of his career. He threw 120 pitches and lowered his ERA to 3.43.He was just throwing all his pitches for strikes and keeping us off balance, Betts said.OUCHBoston had a scare later in the second when J.J. Hardy hit a hard grounder up the middle and the ball bounced off Porcellos calf to third baseman Travis Shaw. Hardy ran out the single while Porcello limped around the mound. The game was delayed briefly to allow Porcello a few warm-ups before continuing.It got me in a good spot. If it got me in the shin it might have been a little bit tougher, Porcello said.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: RHP Steven Wright (right shoulder strain) is expected to start throwing next week in Fort Myers, Florida. Manager John Farrell said the knuckleballer will need to gradually regain some arm strength and his return during the regular season is uncertain. I dont want to rule it out, but at this point its going to become a little bit more challenging with each passing day, Farrell said.UP NEXTRed Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-7, 4.70) gets the start Thursday as Boston opens a four-game series against the New York Yankees. RHP Masahiro Tanaka (13-4, 3.04) is up in the visiting Yankees rotation. Nike Sf Air Force 1 Saldi . Philadelphia is 2-0 against the Senators this season and scored five goals in each victory. The Flyers recorded a 5-0 win in Ottawa on Nov. 12 and then earned a 5-2 home decision on Nov. 19. The Flyers have claimed three straight and four of the last five encounters with the Sens overall and Philly has won two in a row and three of its past four tests in Canadas capital city. Air Force 1 Uomo Saldi ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. http://www.nikeairforce1scontate.it/ . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Air Force 1 Italia . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. Paul Georges buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter spurred a 21-4 run, finally sending Indiana past the Magic 97-87 in a tougher-than-expected opening night matchup. Air Force 1 In Offerta . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. What a week. Every year the end of November brings us a cornucopia of outstanding basketball, and this year certainly lived up to that expectation.Now, can we take all this great Feast Week action and use it as a road map come tournament time in March?Well, yes and no. Or perhaps I might better say, no and yes.First the no part. One problem with a straight November and December dictate March approach is that, naturally, not every team participates in a holiday tournament. Kentucky, to take one elite example, has chosen to sit out this whole holiday tournament thing in 2016-17. Maybe that alone means the Wildcats are doomed come March, but I wouldnt bet on that.Annother issue here is that not all holiday tournaments are the same when it comes to degree of difficulty.dddddddddddd For instance, this season Duke emerged victorious in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off, with wins over Penn State and Rhode Island. More power to the Blue Devils (and bear in mind the Rams had to defeat a very underrated and tough Cincinnati team just to make it the final against Duke), but can that really be compared to a tournament title from, say, Maui? A tournament, in Maui, which, by the way, North Carolina won. ' ' '