Jon Lester’s 15th win of the season was not all that pretty, but the team ended their 3-game skid with a 9-6 win over the O’s at Camden Yards in Baltimore.
Playoff Watch –
Yankees 4-3 win over A’s — 8 game lead over Red Sox.
Rays 2-1 win over Blue Jays — 7 game lead over Red [...]
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Josh Beckett put the Red Sox in an early 3-0 hole after 3 innings, and the Red Sox could never recover against young O’s lefty Brian Matusz. Beckett ended up yielding those lone 3 runs through his 7 inning outing, but it wasn’t the shutdown performance that the club was looking for. Red Sox on the Prowl as Lester Dominates Rays in Tampa — Red Sox 3, Rays 1 – 8/27/10 Tropicana FieldJon Lester picked up his 14th win of the season with a dominating 3-1 win over the Rays in Tampa on Friday night. Lester pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball (the run was unearned because of Marco Scutaro’s error), scattering 2 hits and 5 walks during the outing. He racked up 10 K’s and [...] The season comes down to this – the Red Sox trail both the Rays and Yankees by 5.5 games in the AL East and AL Wild Card races. In order to make some headway, the Red Sox have to take at least 2 of 3 from the Rays this weekend in Tampa. It won’t be [...] Mother Nature finally handed the Red Sox their first rain out of the 2010 MLB schedule. Rain postponed the 2nd game of the 3-game series between the Red Sox and Mariners this week at Fenway Park. The game will be made up as part of a day-night double-header today. Tickets for the Tuesday night game [...] I certainly didn’t see this one coming. Jon Lester endured the worst start of his career in the Blue Jays 16-2 drubbing of the Red Sox Friday night at Fenway Park. Whoa – what a disaster. Lester never gave his team a chance and finally left the game after Lyle Overbay’s 2nd home run of [...] How fast and how far has Josh Beckett fallen? For the 3rd straight Beckett allowed at least 6 earned runs! That is not good, not good at all… It was a frustrating series loss for the Red Sox in Texas.With the Yankees and Rays both playing poorly all week long, it was a chance for the Red Sox to pick up some ground on their nearest rivals. After starting the week 3-0, they finished up losing 3 out of their last 4 games. [...] It looked like the Red Sox had put Thursday’s horrific 9th inning loss behind them, as they staked ace Josh Beckett to an early 8-2 lead after 3 1/2 innings. But then the wheels came off and the Red Sox ended up losing 10-9 in 11 innings. Is this the beginning of the end for [...] Jon Lester did his best to help the Red Sox earn the series split against the Yankees in New York on Monday. Lester picked up his 12th win by pitching 6 1/3 scoreless innings. He gave up 4 hits and 3 walks, but ran out of steam in the 7th inning. |
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