Lester Over .500; Holt Continues to Shine!

Well, tonight, in winning their second one run game in a row and their fourth game out of six overall, the Sox grabbed a pair of early runs and made them stand up.  Holt scored both Sox runs, as a part of a 2-4 evening, including a double and a swipe, raising his BA to .338.  He also played center tonight, which, according to AP, is his sixth position this year. I'm not certain what the all of the other five were, but he's now played all three outfield spots and also started at both corners of the infield. As if all of this weren't enough, he also made the fielding gem of the day, possibly the month, during the Twinkies' 3d. The ball was in left and Gomes was camped out waiting to make the catch and lost it in the lights. Looked like a hit would drop in when out of nowhere, Holt flashed across the field and, glove and body fully extended, made a diving catch to end the inning. Had he not made it, it's quite likely that the ball could have gotten past the Sox outfield and rolled to the wall leaving a Twins hitter at least on second, if not third. Instead, it was high five city in the Sox dugout for the next several minutes. 
Sox pitching was, overall, also very good tonight. Although it took Lester 33 pitches to get out the 1st on a very hot, muggy Fenway evening, his line for the game was excellent. He went 6 1/3, allowing only four hits and one freebie, while ringing up another six K's and getting him over the one hundred mark for the season once again. In fact, tonight's K total put him ahead of none other than Cy Young (yes, that Cy Young) for fourth place in career K's in Sox history with 1342 overall. His game WHIP, by the way, once again an excellent 0.79.  He was then followed by members of the Hose pen. In order, Badenhop, Breslau, Tazawa and Mujica collectively allowed no hits and just a single free pass balanced against five K's over the final 2 2/3 innings. Not too shabby, to say the least.
In addition to Holt's already mentioned performance, the Dustman picked up a pair of hits, including a solid two bagger, his 22d of the season. He remains in the top five in the league in this stat. When he gets his BA back up to traditional Pedey standards, it's going to be scary to see where he ends up in total doubles for the year.  Fifty is not beyond possibility.