PAWTUCKET (AP) - David Ortiz homered for the third straight game during a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket on Saturday night.

The Boston Red Sox slugger, who has been sidelined since May 30 because of a partially torn tendon sheath in his wrist, couldn't help Pawtucket beat Toledo however, as the Mud Hens won 13-5. Ortiz was 1-for-4 with the homer.

Toledo right-hander Chris Lambert, a native of Manchester, N.H., got Ortiz to lunge at a breaking pitch in the first inning and Boston's All-Star designated hitter fouled out weakly to first baseman Derek Wathan.

Ortiz crushed a 3-1 fastball off the elevated billboard that's located just to the right of the right-center field videoboard in the third.

Lambert fanned Ortiz on a 3-2 breaking ball in the fifth and left-hander Clay Rapado retried Ortiz on a checked-swing third strike in the seventh. After the game, Ortiz informer Pawtucker manager Ron Johnson that he would not play in the season finale this afternoon.

In three games with Pawtucket, Ortiz went 3-for-9 with three home runs. He is expected to return to the Red Sox for the home series with the Yankees on July 25.

Charlie Zink (11-3) took the loss for the PawSox, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. In his shortest outing of the year, he didn't make it out of the second inning, giving up nine runs. George Kottaras added three hits for Pawtucket, including his 18th home run.