Lester

At this point in the season, the Sox's will take whatever sweeps they can.

 Lester was efficient. He threw just over 100 pitches by the 9th inning, and there was no sign that even that effort had taxed him. His fastball still registered at 96  in the 9th. Allowing just one earned run,

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we've only played Seven games this season? There are no important issues Seven games into a season. Lester has had two rough starts. Am I ready to sit Lester in favor of Wakefield? Of course not. Wake's even more deserving of a starting role than Lowell is, but we don't hear folks clamoring for his starting spot.

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We will find out sometime tomorrow.

Now the Sox will go forward with a 5-man rotation of Beckett, Lester, Matsuzaka, Wakefield, and Byrd, and Colon is scheduled to return in September. Is this a good enough rotation to make the playoffs and win in the playoffs? With the top 3 of Beckett,

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well as competing for a playoff spot, you MUST win the games against the weaker teams.

Hopefully Lester can be the stopper again tonight as he goes against the Orioles. We need to take at least 2/3 from them. We just have to hope the offense can give him some run support.

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Let me rephrase that. It wasn't due to Lester's pitching. He threw a great game, unfortunately Buehrle threw better, only giving up four hits and two walks over seven innings. Lester also pitched seven innings, but gave up six hits and three walks, which eventually turned into 4 runs. Those numbers tell you it's all about the bats. As per usual, the Sox got on base, but then couldn't get home. they left a total of six men on base. If any of those guys made it home the Sox might've had a shot.

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ave suddenly wound up on the DL.   Maybe they were surprised by the suspensions handed to Lester and Casey.  (I know I was.)  Maybe the Mariners, the worst team in baseball, just happen to be this season's thorn in the Sox' side.  Who knows the reason.  The fact is they weren't the Red Sox we know and love.  I believe a team follows the lead of the man on the mound.  And last night the man on the mound just didn't have his stuff.  I mean, look at

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Lester takes the mound this afternoon, pitching to prevent a sweep in Oakland as the Sox wrap up their final series in McAfee Coliseum.  Duchscherer's no-hit bid late last night was spoiled by an Ortiz single hit to right field, what proved to be the only Sox hit of the night.

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The game ain't over yet." See, Lester still has three batters to face. And these are the Red Sox. If it can go wrong, it will. And surprise, surprise, Lester walked the first batter he faced in the 9th. After retiring the last 18. Here we go, I thought. But luckily that walk didn't amount to anything. The next three batters ground out to Lowell, ground out to Youkilis and struck out. How fitting that the final out was a K,

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s pitching depth was that they would not have to overwork Buchholz or their other young pitcher Jon Lester this season and would also have the flexibility to give regular rest to Schilling and Tim Wakefield, both on the wrong side of 40 and both who wore down last season and had to do stints on the disabled list.  Standard thinking in the industry says not to increase a young pitcher's workload by more than 30 innings over his previous careers high in innings pitched, something the Red Sox have been careful to heed in developing their young arms.  That puts

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