After the dust settled and Coco Crisp avoided a James Shield haymaker and took a licking from Jonny Gomes and Carl Crawford, Manny Ramirez drove in five runs helping beat Tampa 7-1.
Jon Lester earned the win pitching 6 1/3 innings, yielding one run, no walks, and struck out five. Lester improves to 4-3 on the season and grabs his first win since throwing his no-hitter.
Chris Carter also notched his first Major League hit in his first at-bat in the game.
Star of the Game: Coco Crisp
One, for making it seem like he was not going to charge the mound and two, for avoiding that hell of a punch by Shields. I swear he would have been dead if Shields connected on Crisp’s chin. FYI, Crisp’s dad was a boxer and supposedly Crisp had boxed back in his hay-day as well.
Preview of Next Game: Keep things perfect
Bartolo Colon will try to improve to 4-0 against King Felix who is 3-5 on the season. The Mariner’s have been putrid of late so the Sox should be able to jump all over them in this series.
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