Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 03, 2008
Less Against Lester

Hank Steinbrenner's rant lasted just one game, as Jon Lester shuts down the Yankees as the Red Sox take the game 7-0. It's Lester's second shutout of the season, the other coming on his no-hitter. The Red Sox lefty, however, does have three other games in which he pitched at least six inning while allowing no runs. He threw just 104 pitches, allowing five hits and two walks as the Yankees offense goes cold again.

The game went bad for the Yankees in the first inning. It was going to be a typical Pettitte inning. Two Red Sox hitters reached base, but with one out Andy induced Manny to hit a ground ball to Cano at second. It looked like the double play would get New York out of the inning unscathed, but Jeter threw away the ball on the relay. He didn't get much pressure, it was just a bad throw. That allowed the only run the Red Sox needed to score, and it was four nothing by the bottom of the second.

Boston extends their lead over the Yankees to five games in the wild card race.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:12 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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Yaknow - I'm way too past having heroes in sports but Lester is getting there. What a big performance.

Posted by: bandit at July 3, 2008 11:33 PM

I'm getting way past having sports heroes but what a performance by Lester - CG SHO at NYY breaking a 5 game losing streak. After he walked the first 2 he allows only 2 over the minimum against one of the toughest lineups in baseball.

Posted by: bandit at July 3, 2008 11:35 PM
After he walked the first 2 he allows only 2 over the minimum against one of the toughest lineups in baseball.
I thought the Sox were playing the Yankees -- not the Rangers... Posted by: Sal Paradise at July 4, 2008 01:01 AM

The Yankees offense is in serious trouble when Melky Cabrera and Robinson Cano combine for 4 of their 5 hits yesterday.

Posted by: Andrew Godfrey at July 4, 2008 10:38 AM
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