Now that's what I'm talking about. I caught the score while sitting in traffic on 405 south today, saw it was 1-0 in the 7th and Lester pitching well, very good to see him rounding into form (both for the Sox and for my fantasy league team which has now seen back-to-back strong starts from Buchholz and Lester). Watching the clips on mlb.com just now, I saw 4 very good pitches from Lester, changeups and sliders early, 95 mph fastballs in the middle and some good curve balls towards the end. No wonder the Jays only had one hit off of him.
Almost as good as Lester, was the performances from Bard (1IP and 3K) and Papelbon (a clean 9th with 1K), exactly the way we had hoped the Red Sox would be winning games this year. Lester's performance shouldn't come as a total surprise since he's done well against Toronto over the last 3 years (3.03 ERA with an opponents batting average of only .205), but yes, good to see.
And hey, look at that, we're back at .500 (11-11) on the season now!
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Yeah, that was a good performance. Is Red Sox would be winning this game?
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