by shawn medeiros | Apr 14, 2008 | Cleveland Indians, Joe Borowski, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Timlin
With some help of course. Down 4-2, Kevin Youkilis homered to deep left field to bring it closer at 4-3 in the eighth inning and then Dustin Pedroia followed in the ninth inning with a sacrifice fly to score Julio Lugo to tie the game at 4-4. That is where Ramirez...
by evan brunell | Apr 14, 2008 | Cleveland Indians, Game Threads, Jake Westbrook, Jon Lester
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (7-6) @ Cleveland Indians (5-7) Jon Lester (1-2, 4.50) @ Jake Westbrook (1-1, 2.76) 7:05 PM EDT | Progressive Field (Cleveland, OH) TV: NESN, ESPN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Red Sox hit the road to go to Cleveland, where they...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 9, 2008 | David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Jeremy Bonderman, Jon Lester, Marcus Thames, Tim Wakefield
It is about time a team to picked to be in the World Series got a win. Unfortunately, it came against the Red Sox in a 7-2 loss. Jon Lester gave up four runs after getting an early 2-0 lead in his second start but got the loss with four walks, no strikeouts, and...
by evan brunell | Apr 9, 2008 | Detroit Tigers, Game Threads, Jeremy Bonderman, Jon Lester
Prev. Gm: Detroit Tigers (0-7) @ Boston Red Sox (4-4) Jeremy Bonderman (0-1, 5.68) @ Jon Lester (1-1, 3.38) 7:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN | RADIO: WEEI 850, WROL 950 GAME NOTES: While I do feel bad for the Tigers for the losing streak they’re...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 8, 2008 | Bill Buckner, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Detroit Tigers, Jeremy Bonderman, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
Daisuke Matsuzaka shined again for the Boston Red Sox when they needed him the most on a day where players and coaches could only think about winning. And so could Bill Buckner. Matsuzaka went 6.2 innings only allowing four hits, four walks, and struck out seven....
by shawn medeiros | Apr 2, 2008 | David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Shaun Marcum, Tim Wakefield, Toronto Blue Jays
Jon Lester (1-1) out-pitched Rich Harden the second time around earning his first victory of the season. David Ortiz and Jason Varitek provided the offense both homering to propel the Red Sox to their second straight victory winning 5-0. Lester managed to turn over...
by evan brunell | Apr 2, 2008 | Jon Lester, Oakland Athletics, Rich Harden
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (2-1) @ Oakland Athletics (1-2) Jon Lester (0-1, 9.00) @ Rich Harden (1-0, 1.50) 3:35 PM EDT | McAfee Coliseum (Oakland, CA) TV: NESN | RADIO: WEEI 850, WROL 950 GAME NOTES: Dice-K rebounded from a subpar start last week to put an excellent...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 2, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Joe Blanton, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Oakland Athletics, Rich Harden
Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out nine and gave up just two hits in 6.2 innings pitched to earn his first victory of the season. The Boston offense contributed with two runs batted in from Jacoby Ellsbury and Jason Varitek in the win. Jonathan Papelbon notched his second...
by shawn medeiros | Mar 26, 2008 | Joe Blanton, Jon Lester, Manny Ramirez, Oakland Athletics, Rich Harden
Rich Harden looked like Rich Harden of old pitching a gem against the Boston Red Sox in the 5-1 win. Harden threw six innings, gave up three hits, walked three, gave up one run (solo shot to Manny Ramirez) and struck out nine to grab his first victory of the season....
by evan brunell | Mar 26, 2008 | Jon Lester, Lester's Cancer Scare, Oakland Athletics, Rich Harden
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (1-0) @ Oakland Athletics (0-1) Jon Lester (0-0, -.–) @ Rich Harden (0-0, -.–) 6:05 AM EDT | Tokyo Dome (Tokyo, Japan) TV: NESN, ESPN2 | RADIO: WEEEI 850, WROL 950, XM 177 GAME NOTES: Too much for my liking have I seen Yankee fans...
