Lowell hit a solo shot in the 2nd to give the Sox the 1-0 lead. Then in the 5th, Mr. David Big Papi Ortiz led off with his second homer of the year, hallelujah, and Boston went nuts. Ortiz went 2-3 so maybe the Big Man is coming around?!! Pedroia would knock in Ellsbury and the Sox would go on a tear from there with every starter having either a hit or a run and left the 5th up 4-0!! That's all they would need even though they tacked on 4 more runs making it 8-0!!!
So Lester had a great cushion and Sox nation went crazy hoping for the no hitter rerun of a couple days ago with Beckett (so close, yet so far), but in the top of the 7th, M. Young came to the plate with 1out, and he hit a single, breaking up Lester's no hitter. OH WELL, just as long as we win, but he still went on and allowed only 2 hits all game!! In the 9th he allowed one run, but game over, and Lester gets his 5th win, pitching all 9 innings, just the 2 hits allowed, 11 strikeouts and just one earned run, amazing (and that was the 2nd game in a row he was great)!!!!!! So the Sox would not only take this one 8-1 but take back 1st place by themselves as the Yankees lost!!!!
Rematch with The Texas Rangers today at 1:35 at Fenway with Dice-K (1-3) vs Padilla (3-3) -- should be a good matchup with Dice getting his 1st win last start and Texas fighting to stay in 1st in the Central and the Sox fighting to stay in 1st in the East. Lets go, Sox!!!
Keywords: Jon Lester, The Boston Red Sox

