8/25: Freddy Garcia vs. Jon Lester

It was one of those nights that at one point looked like Jon Lester's effort might go down the drain on the freakiest of plays. With two on and two out in the seventh, Lester struck out Alexi Ramirez on a pitch in the dirt that he swung and missed, but it hit the corner of the plate, took a bounce away from Jason Varitek, and scored the tying run from third. Then a line drive...

Jon Lester is one of may reasons the Red Sox still have hope today. (Zac Trainor Illustration) "Now I don't know but I was told In the heat of the sun a man died of cold Do we keep on...

Jon Lester pitched well but had some bad luck with a bad bounce on a pitch that allowed the White Sox to tie the game in the 7th; taking away his chances for a win. Oki and MDC kept the Red Sox in the game and let the bats take over in the bottom of the 8 with 3 runs including a homer by J-Bay. Jonathan "Rhodes Scholar" Papelbon came in and recorded his 30th save of the...

Jon Lester pitched well, but unfortunately, the run support did not happen until the 8th inning, when Jason Bay hit the home run (his 28th) to put the Sox ahead for good. Manny WHO? Lester’s line: 6 2/3 innings, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits (including a homer) while walking 2, throwing a wild pitch, [...]

Jon Lester delivers the first pitch of the game to Scott Podsednik… SOX1FAN photo Jacoby Ellsbury stole his team-record 55th base of the season with this first-inning theft of third base… SOX1FAN photo Victor Martinez delivered a game-tying rbi-single in the seventh inning… SOX1FAN photo Jason Bay launched this bomb into the Green Monster seats in the eighth [...]

The Red Sox host Toronto for a three game set starting Friday. While Toronto began the season strong, they have since faded far from the race, falling under .500 - standing 20 ½ games behind the Yankees. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be a recurring theme for the Jays: strong starts but unkept promise, as they again fade in July. They stood first in the division...

After watching their 2-1 lead evaporate in the 7th inning, the Boston Red Sox rallied to tie the game and eventually win 6-3 over the Chicago White Sox in front of 38,059 at Fenway Park on Tuesday night. Jon Lester started the 7th by allowing a single to Paul Konerko and then walking Jermaine Dye. A.J. [...]

The Chicago White Sox offense was patient against Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester through six innings. He was at the 40 pitch mark in the second inning, at the 70 pitch mark in the fourth, and closing in on 100 pitches in the sixth, but Chicago had little to show for it: one run on three hits. Then the seventh inning came along, when fatigue set in for Lester. Boston&rsquo...

Sports Before Jon Lester, there was Greg Montalbano — (Hugging Harold Reynolds) ESPN makes fun of their own Favre coverage in new commercial — (Awful Announcing) The Bulls should definitely have drafted that rehab guy…not — (Not Qualified to Comment) Brandon Inge and his monster forearm tattoos — (Busted Coverage) Can the Twins still win the NL Central...

The Red Sox always seem to inspire some extra emotion and controversy, and nothing changed today. The Sox acquired former closer Billy Wagner from the Mets, likely guaranteeing themselves a pair of first round compensation picks if nothing else.After dropping two of three to the Yankees, the Sox rebounded with an ugly win over the Pale Hose last night and are battling ugly again...