After rushing back from an injury, Richard Fitts endured his worst outing as a big leaguer on June 2 and was optioned to Triple-A Worcester a day later. Now, he's working on getting back to Boston.

Tucson has not had a major-league farm team since 2008, when the Tucson Sidewinders, who were the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, left to play in Reno, Nev.

State police say a car veered into oncoming traffic and collided with another vehicle on Rt. 309, leaving three people dead and two others hospitalized.