Ross picked up his sixth save of the season in Sunday's win over Baltimore. He allowed a hit and struck out two in one inning.

Ross has been serving as the team's de facto closer for the month of September and has converted all six chances. It hasn't always been pretty, but he's getting the job done.

Ross, who has been serving as Boston's closer the last few weeks, is arbitration-eligible this winter and would like to come back to Boston, the Boston Globe reports.

Interim manager Torey Lovullo refers to Ross as a "late-inning lefty who can collect big outs." Any future with Boston will not be as a closer, but the Red Sox do have several openings in the bullpen. Perhaps Ross can be a lefty setup man, paired with the right-handed Junichi Tazawa, as the relievers that bridge to closer Koji Uehara.

Ross picked up his fifth save of the season, and third in three days, in Monday night's win over the Rays.

Ross is emerging as the closer-of-choice out of the Boston bullpen, though he does make it interesting. In this three-game save run, Ross has allowed four hits, a walk, three runs, and two homers in 3.0 innings. Hardly sustainable, but Red Sox interim manager Torey Lovullo doesn't have many options.

Ross picked up his third save of the season, but gave up two runs on two hits and a walk in one inning in Saturday's win over the Blue Jays.

Ross is the closest thing the Red Sox have to a closer at this time -- all three of his saves have come in the last two weeks -- but he's been a streaky performer this season.

Ross picked up his second save of the season, allowing one hit and striking out one in the 13th inning of Sunday's win over the Rays.

Boston doesn't have a closer at this time, but interim manager Torey Lovullo as a few guys, including Ross, he trusts with late-inning work. This was Ross' second save in the past 10 days.

Ross struck out the only batter he faced to record his first career save in Boston's 7-5 win over Philadelphia on Friday night.

Ross was asked to quench the flames as the Phillies put three runs on the board against closer Jean Machi. He struck out Ryan Howard on three pitches to log the save, and with the Red Sox bullpen in a state of collapse, he could be a candidate for more save chances in the future. However, it should be noted that the left-handed Ross was given this assignment to face the lefty swinging Howard so a good match-up situation may have had a significant impact on the decision.

Ross notched his third consecutive hold Wednesday night, throwing a scoreless eighth inning in a 3-0 win over the White Sox.

The injury to Koji Uehara (wrist) has shifted roles in the bullpen and now Ross finds himself setting up games.

Ross struck out his lone batter faced in the eighth inning of Thursday night's win over the Royals.

Ross has had an inconsistent season, but with Junichi Tazawa moving into a closer's role, the left-handed Ross will be asked to pitch in high-leverage situations. He's been better against left-handed batters -- he struck out lefty Eric Hosmer on Thursday -- but with Boston's crumbling bullpen, interim manager Torey Lovullo may not have that luxury.

Ross allowed a hit and struck out a batter in two-thirds of an inning in Wednesday night's loss to Houston.

Ross has been used mainly in the middle innings and for multiple innings since he was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket in the middle of June. He's managed to whittle his ERA back down to 3.28 from 5.29, giving up three earned runs in 18.2 innings over 10 appearances.

Ross was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on Monday, Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal reports.

Ross has bounced around from Pawtucket to Boston quite a bit lately. Ross has appeared in 15 games for the Red Sox, posting a 5.29 ERA and a 1.53 WHIP in 17 innings. He's unlikely to see too many high leverage situations and will continue to float between the majors and Triple-A unless he stakes a firm claim to a bullpen role in this latest stint in the big leagues.

Ross was Ross optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday.

This marks the fourth time Ross has been optioned to Pawtucket in the last four weeks, after he spent the first five weeks of the season in the majors. He owns a 5.29 ERA and 12:6 K:BB ratio through 17 big-league innings this season, with each of his 15 appearances coming in relief.

Ross has officially been recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket.

Ross will serve as the team's 26th man Wednesday, but will likely be sent back to Triple-A following the two-game set. He won't start either game, but should provide the club with an extra arm out of the bullpen temporarily.

Ross will join the Red Sox for Wednesday's doubleheader, the Boston Globe reports.

Ross is the 26th man for the day, providing an extra arm out of the pen.

Ross has been optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket, Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe reports.

Ross was optioned to create room for the re-signed Jeff Bianchi, who had become a free agent after he was designated for assignment by the Red Sox earlier in the weekend.

Ross will be recalled from Triple-A on Thursday, WEEI.com's John Tomase reports.

With Daniel Nava going on the DL, the Red Sox will opt to bolster the bullpen in the short term by recalling Ross. So far the transition of Ross to the bullpen has not gone smoothly at the major league level, as he had a 5.14 ERA and 1.64 WHIP before being sent down last week.

Ross was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on Saturday.

He has a 5.14 ERA and 1.64 WHIP this year and has not been as successful transitioning to the bullpen as the Red Sox had hoped when they acquired him from Texas. Ross will try to get back on track at the Triple-A level.

Ross was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports.

Ross could replace Justin Masterson in the Red Sox's rotation after he was placed on the disabled list Thursday. His stint with the club earlier in the season was out of the bullpen, however, so it's still possible that Steven Wright will take over and he will stick in the pen.

Ross was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on Sunday, Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe reports.

Ross was dropped from the Boston bullpen after failing to record an out in a four-hit, three-run appearance Friday against the Blue Jays, which inflated his ERA to 6.17 for the season. He'll be replaced by Steven Wright, who was recalled from Pawtucket to presumably serve as Boston's long man.

Ross was unable to get an out and gave up three runs on four hits in Friday night's loss to the Blue Jays.

Ross had produced four consecutive scoreless appearances before Friday's meltdown. He has pitched relatively well since a allowing multiple runs in consecutive mid-April appearances, but overall he's permitted nine runs (eight earned) on 16 hits and four walks in 11.2 innings. If the Red Sox are considering more moves in the pitching staff, Ross has minor-league options and is a candidate for demotion.

Ross allowed a two-run homer in Saturday's loss to the Orioles. He's allowed homers in each of his last two appearances, surrendering four runs on five hits and a walk in three innings.

Ross, who won a roster spot with a strong finish in training camp, still has minor league options remaining and is an obvious candidate for demotion should the Red Sox need to clear a roster spot.