BOSTON -- No one in a Boston Red Sox uniform, it appears, is safe. At any time.

What other conclusion can possibly be drawn after the Red Sox lost slugger David Ortiz to a heel injury Monday?

Boston's lone All-Star, Ortiz suffered the injury while circling the bases on a tie-breaking, three-run home run by Adrian Gonzalez, who was just getting over back spasms caused last weekend when he bent over to greet a kid in a stroller.

"This (expletive) team is cursed," Ortiz said humorlessly as he limped toward the showers, his mood darkened by the knowledge that he will undergo an MRI on Tuesday to determine the severity of the injury.

Ortiz left Fenway Park without the aid of crutches and was hopeful that the injury was not serious.

"I got sore," he said, "But I didn't hear any pop. That's a good sign. We'll see. We'll know more tomorrow. I think I'll be all right."