J. Lester and the Sox traveled to Baltimore last night to play the Orioles in what would be the Lester show. He has been amazing in his last 6 starts he hasn't giving up no more than 3 runs and has 4 wins and 48 strikeouts, Awesome!
Last night would be no different, Lester pitched 7 scoreless innings with 8 k's and allowing only 5 hits, so was deffinitly in the works for another win just as long as his offense stepped up for him. The Sox only had scored 1 run in their previous 2 games. Not tonight, JD Drew who was moved and now hitting in the #1 spot went 3-5 leading the game off with a triple and later hitting a homer and was just a double shy of the cycle(maybe we should leave him at lead off)!! After the lead off triple, Pedroia would knock him in on a base hit and the Sox would lead 1-0 before Lester even started the bottom of the 1st. That would be all the support he would need. Even though the Sox would add 3 more runs in the 4th with everyone in the lineup helping like Variteck who went 2-4 with a run and RBI and Ellsbury who was 1-3 with a run and 2 stolen bases-- Sweet. The offense seems to be comming back around.
So the Sox left the 4th up 4-0 and that would be the final and Lester's 7th win, with some help from the bullpen and Paplebon. This was Pap's 19th save of the year and his 132 save for the Sox which tied him for first with Bob Stanley for the franchise record!!!! One more Paps!!!! So the Sox move up another half game on the Yankees who had the night off and are now leading the AL east by 3 1/2 games with a 47-29 record, nice!! So tonight the Sox go against Baltimore again with Smoltz versus Hill, so we should have another good game on our hands at 7:05, GO SOX!!! Sox Nation!!
Keywords: Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester
