Jon Lester proved once again why he is our ace this season, as he improved to 12-4 on the season hurling 7 strong innings and only giving up 1 run, a homerun to Aubrey Huff.
The Sox had some timely hits and Jason Bay easily had his best game thus far with the Sox, belting two homeruns in the 6-3 win. Even Varitek got into the act, belting his 9th homer of the season.
The bullpen once again continued it's Jekyll and Hyde season as Delcarmen was cruising get the first 2 outs of the 8th and then walked two batters bringing the tying run up to the plate. Papelbon had to come in and almost instantly gave up a double to Huff, making the score 4-3. Fortunately, the Sox scored two more runs in the Top of the 9th and Paps locked it down in the 9th for the W.
Hopefully Daisuke Matsuzaka can continue his great season tonight, with limited walks. If he doesn't walk many batters, he should be fine. Perhaps we'll see his Houdini act on display again tonight as he wiggles out of bases loaded jams without surrendering runs. He's matched up against Daniel Cabrera, a flame-thrower that is often erratic with his control. Expect the Sox to have men on base all night against him. Hopefully, they can cash in and score enough runs to win tonight.
Keywords: Aubrey Huff, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Cabrera, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Varitek
