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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 [...]

Jon 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 Red Sox and Mariners split the day-night double-header at Fenway Park on Wednesday.
Playoff Watch –
Yankees 6-3 loss to Blue Jays — 5.5 games lead over Red Sox.
Rays 12-3 loss to Angels — 5.5 games lead over Red Sox.
Red Sox 5, Mariners 3
The Good — Josh Beckett – 6 1/3 innings – 3 ER on [...]

John Lackey looked sharp and this time, the Red Sox bullpen didn’t blow his 3-run lead.  Lackey surrendered just 3 runs (2 earned) in his 8 innings of work.  He scattered 6 hits and 2 walks over the outing, but racked up 10 K’s in some big situations.  That also makes 2 out of 3 [...]

Make it 2 in a row for the Red Sox over the Angels this week at Fenway Park.
Playoff Watch —
Yankees 9-5 win over Tigers –6 games lead over Red Sox.
Rays 8-6 win over Rangers — 5.5 games lead over Red Sox.
The Good — John Lackey – He gave up a lot of hits [...]

What should have been an uplifting 3-game sweep in Toronto turned into a disastrous late-inning loss that sent shockwaves throughout the Red Sox organization.  After the Red Sox gave up 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to allow the Blue Jays to win 6-5, questions abound.  Has Manager Terry Francona lost his touch?  [...]

The sweep was not meant to be – ah what could have been…
Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 1 — 8/11/10 – Clay Buchholz rose to the occasion with another electric start – 8 innings, 1 run (unearned) on 5 hits and 2 walks.  He made an efficient 109 pitches and never gave the Blue Jays [...]

It was a BIG win for the Red Sox – 7-5 over the Blue Jays – in order to keep the momentum going from Monday’s 2-1 nail-biter over the Yankees in the Bronx.
The Good — The Red Sox Offense – 11 hits, 2 walks and 7 runs all scored by a different player.  Not bad.  [...]

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.
Daniel Bard (25 holds) and [...]

Clay Buchholz was electric on Friday night and the Red Sox bats came through with clutch hits as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 6-3 in the all-important Game 1 of the 4-game series at Yankee Stadium on Friday night.  Playing in front of a packed house and a record attendance of 49,875 crazed fans, [...]