Game chat: Phillies, Red Sox pits East's best teams

Jon Lester (5-5, 5.09) and Joe Blanton (4-3, 5.46) toe the slab when the interleague schedule resumes tonight at Citizens Bank Park. Coming off a victorious 7-3 road trip, the Phillies (35-23) are home for nine-straight games against the American League East, starting tonight against the first-place Red Sox (36-24). We discussed Lester a little earlier. Offensively, they feature a balanced lineup, which sets up like this tonight: Pedroia, Drew, Youkilis, Bay, Ortiz, Varitek, Ellsbury, Green. For the Phils against...