Settled in First Inning--Sox Win First in Dodgers Stadium

In their second ever visit to the Dodgers home, dating to 2002, the Sox today won their first ever there. They put up a four spot in the top of the 2st frame, and then made it stand up for the rest of the game.  Vic started things off by getting hit by the Dodgers hurler, after which Pedey singled. Nap broke open the scoring as the next batter with a single that plated Vic. Next batter up, Gomes let loose on the first offering he saw and dropped it into the cheaps in center for a four zip lead. After that, the Sox rode the left arm of Lester, saved by Uehara, to the win.
Lester was sparkling, allowing no hits until the 4th, on his way to 7 1/3 solid innings of three hit ball. He allowed four free passes, but picked up six K's and had a game WHIP of 0.95. After Tazawa and Breslow collectively allowed a pair of hits and a walk in one third of an inning in the 8th, Uehara came on for a four out save and was perfect. In netting his thirteenth save, he only used a total of 15 pitches and grabbed one K as well.
Aside from Gomes' homer, the Sox offensive leaders for the day were the Dustman and Nap, the former going 2 for 4 with a two bagger while the latter was 3 for 4 and drove in his 70th ribbie of the year. Defensively, other than the pitching, the Sox play of the day was a solo DP by Drew, who caught a liner and then outran former Sox prospect Ramirez to second for the second out. All this and a double too!