ASHBURN, Va. -- He was all over the field making plays for the Washington Redskins, and his name isnt Robert Griffin III. Now Brandon Meriweathers season is done after one game with a torn ACL in his right knee -- and right after his left knee had finally healed. An MRI on Monday revealed the season-ending injury for the snake-bit safety who played just long enough to give a tantalizing taste of what he could do to help one of the worst pass defences in the NFL. "I think he brought a spark to the whole team," defensive end Stephen Bowen said. Meriweather went down without contact, his knee buckling as he was pursuing a running play early in the third quarter of Sundays 31-6 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. He had one interception, broke up two passes and had seven tackles despite playing a little more than half of the game. "He played great," coach Mike Shanahan said. "You cant ask a guy to play any better than he played." A two-time Pro Bowl player signed as a free agent in March, Meriweather sprained two ligaments in his left knee in a preseason game against the Chicago Bears, then reinjured the knee during a practice in the week before the regular season opener. He was ready to return for the Week 4 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he reinjured the knee again when he collided with teammate Aldrick Robinson during pregame warmups. Then, having watched the secondary struggle through the first nine games of the season, he finally suited up on Sunday. While the opponent wasnt exactly top-of-the-line -- the Eagles (3-7) dropped their sixth straight and had rookie quarterback Nick Foles making his first NFL start -- Meriweather helped the Redskins (4-6) break a three-game losing streak while forcing three turnovers and allowing 257 yards, a season-low for a Washington opponent. "He brought a lot of energy," cornerback DeAngelo Hall said. "He brought a lot of intensity, seeing things a little differently than somebody else might have. I loved it. ... He was definitely a play-maker. You could tell he was out there on the field." Shanahan noted that Meriweather didnt have a significant injury history before arriving in Washington. "This is just a couple of freak situations," Shanahan said, "so hopefully he can take care of that and be back next year ready to go." The Redskins began the season envisioning a starting safety tandem of Meriweather and Tanard Jackson, but Jackson was suspended for the season after failing a drug test. Madieu Williams has started every game, while DeJon Gomes and Reed Doughty have tried to hold down the other spot. Washington was ranked 29th against the pass through Sundays games. "I want to start off by saying Im sorry to all the redskins fan. Yall are the best," Meriweather posted on Twitter shortly after receiving the diagnosis. "But this was a bad season for me." 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Arencibia broke his right hand from a foul tip in an eight-run second inning.CHICAGO -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia was struggling, so Bobby Valentine did something drastic. Bench him? Nope. Instead, he started him in the cleanup spot for the first time in his career, and for one night, at least, it worked. Saltalamacchia homered to back a strong start by Jon Lester, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Saturday. "Sometimes crazy times ask for crazy measures," Valentine said. And the way he saw it, batting Saltalamacchia in the fourth slot was one. He came into the game mired in an 0-for-17 slide but broke out of it with two hits, including a two-run drive in the fourth, and Boston came out on top after dropping eight of 11. Scott Podsednik and Mike Aviles had two hits apiece, and Podsednik and Will Middlebrooks each drove in a run. Lester (4-4) and the Red Sox were leading 4-0 when the Cubs rallied in the seventh. Jeff Baker led off with a bloop double and Welington Castillo walked with one out. Then Luis Valbuena belted a three-run homer for his first hit with Chicago. Lester struck out David DeJesus before Scott Atchison retired Reed Johnson on a grounder to end the inning. Vicente Padilla worked the eighth and Alfredo Aceves finished for his 16th save in 19 chances. Pinch-hitter Steve Clevenger started the Cubs ninth with a single, but Aceves struck out Bryan LaHair and got Castillo to bounce into a game-ending double play. Lester gave the Red Sox just what they needed on the same day Josh Beckett went on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation, the latest in a long line of injuries for Boston. The veteran allowed seven hits, struck out eight and walked one against a team that came in with a .222 average against left-handers, third lowest in the National League. Jeff Samardzija (5-5) struck out six in 5 1-3 innings for the Cubs after getting roughed up in a loss to Minnesota in his previous start. He was charged with three runs and four hits. Samardzija was lifted after he issued consecutive walks to David Ortiz and Saltalamacchia. Randy Wells came in, and Middlebrooks drove in Ortiz with a single. Samardzijas only other glitch was the drive to right by Saltalamacchia on a 1-2 splitter. "It felt good," Saltalamacchia said. "I talked to (Valentine) as I was walking out (Friday) night aand thats exactly what he said.dddddddddddd He said Theyre gonna start falling because youve been swinging the bat well." The Cubs threatened with two out in the sixth, but a breakdown by Alfonso Soriano helped end it. With runners on first and second, Middlebrooks dropped his hard liner to third. Soriano never ran, though, and was thrown out at first. A crowd that had seen lapses from him before let him have it on the way to the dugout and when he trotted back out to left field. There were more loud boos when he struck out in the eighth. But the way Soriano sees it, he didnt deserve that kind of treatment. He said the boos were unfair and there really wasnt much he could do on that play. "I think that they dont understand the game," Soriano said. "Its a line drive, nothing you can do about it. If its a ground ball and I dont run, they can do whatever they want. But a hard line drive right at the glove? I dont know what they want." While the fans made their feelings clear, so did the Cubs. Put simply, they had Sorianos back. "Its one of those things where 100 per cent every player in the history of baseball would do the same thing," manager Dale Sveum said. "I did it a lot, a lot, of times." Soriano is a lightning rod for fans, though -- fair or not. "Sori takes a lot of heat for a lot of things," Samardzija said. "Obviously, it is what it is. Theres not one guy in that locker room that has anything bad to say about him." NOTES: With Beckett going on the DL, Boston recalled right-handed reliever Clayton Mortensen from Triple-A Pawtucket. Beckett was scheduled to start Sunday. Instead, LHP Franklin Morales (0-1 with a 3.04 ERA in 22 relief appearances) will pitch in his place, with Paul Maholm starting for the Cubs. ... OF Carl Crawford (sprained ulnar collateral ligament in left elbow) "threw the ball really well" from 110 feet, Valentine said. He also took batting practice for the second consecutive day. ... Red Sox RHP Aaron Cook (left knee laceration) will make his first rehab start on Monday with Triple-A Pawtucket and is scheduled to throw 50-75 pitches. ... Valbuena was promoted from Triple-A Iowa on Thursday. ... Actor Vince Vaughn threw out the first pitch and led the seventh-inning rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." ' ' '