Lester Continues to LiveStrong

Jon Lester continued to own the Kansas City Royals, and got the bare minimum of offense to get the win.And with no help from a home plate umpire in dire need of a seeing eye dog.Lester was magnificent again last night, pitching eight shutout innings and allowing just four hits for his seventh win. It was his first time facing Kansas City since his no-hitter against them in May 2008. And now he has gone the last 25 innings against them without allowing an earned run.He also just filmed a commercial for "LiveStrong" in support of people with cancer. He certainly was that, and a whole lot more.Brian Bannister was just as good last night, if not better for the first seven innings. The Red Sox got just one hit against him, and it looked like another night of the Red Sox making a rather mediocre pitcher look like Sandy Koufax again.In the fifth, the Sox had first and third with one out, and Mark Kotsay broke for second, in a play designed to get the run home. Kotsay stopped, and...