Despite the win, this was a disappointing game. Lester was looking great after four no hit innings with 5 Ks and 1 BB but then he came out of the game with only 50 pitches. Turns out he strained his left lat and was put on the DL the next day. So Albers, Morales, and Bard hold the three run lead and Papelbon promptly coughs up a 2 run home run to Bautista, gives up a single and a walk to put the tying run in scoring position, and only gets bailed out on the subsequent single because a) Encarnacion is slow and b) the umpire blew the call and called him out. All this the day after I praise him for how good he's been this year!
At the plate, no one got more than 1 hit but Pedroia's was a solo home run and Ortiz, Varitek, and Drew all got theirs in the second inning, plating 2 runs. Cecil actually looked really good pitching for the Jays, going the complete 8 innings for the loss. Gonzalez continues to struggle as well, striking out twice. Gotta get him out of his funk and I don't know that hitting in the HR derby is gonna do it.
Rubber game is next. Wakefield goes for career win number 198!
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