Well, John Farrell's most recent 'old' team showed up at the Fens tonight, and his original 'Old' team (and current team) immediately put them in their place. With Lester pitching seven quality innings, the first four and a third without any hits allowed, the Sox quickly took it to the Jays. Facing former long time nemesis (when he was with the Stripes) Chien Ming Wang, the Sox sent eleven men to the plate in the 2d and collected seven hits, two of them for extra bases, while running up a seven tab for the inning. The barrage was topped off by The Dustman's fifth shot of the season, getting him to 47 ribbies so far and keeping him alive for a shot at a ribbie century for the year. Turned out that the seven was all they'd need for the evening. Lester finally ran out of gas in the 8th, loading the bases with nobody retired, and was then replaced by Tazawa. When he left, Lester knew that as long as the Sox held a lead through game's end, he had his eighth W of the year. So, when Tazawa replaced him and allowed a sacfly for one run, and then wild pitched what became the second run of the inning to third, eventually to score on a ground out, both charged to JL, Lester still could breathe fairly easily. Tazawa closed out that inning, and then gave way to Uehara for the save in the 9th, his second consecutive two-K perfect inning save.
Stats-wise, the Hose had at least one hit from every starter except Carp, with Salty getting a pair and Dusty getting the aforementioned HR.
As the Evil Empire, Yankees to you, lost, the Sox lead over them increased to 4.5. Baltimore, at this moment is leading but rain delayed against Tito and company, so if that holds up, the Hose will still lead them by 3.5. With tomorrow's game, the season is officially half over.
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