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Lester makes first home start since no-hitter

Jun 5, 2008 - 1:54 PM Tampa Bay (35-24) at Boston (37-25) 6:05 pm. EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) -- Jon Lester will receive a raucous ovation when he takes the mound Thursday as the Boston Red Sox aim for a 13th straight home win against the Tampa Bay Rays.

In his last home start May 17, the cancer survivor sent the partisan crowd into a frenzy when he struck out Kansas City's Alberto Callaspo on his 130th pitch of the night to finish off Boston's second no-hitter in eight months.

The Fenway faithful would much rather focus on that night than Lester's last two performances. The righthander has allowed seven runs - six earned - and 14 hits in his last 10 innings.

Lester (3-3, 3.67 ERA) will try and lead the Red Sox to their third straight win. Josh Beckett threw six solid innings and J.D. Drew had an RBI double and scored twice as Boston posted a 5-1 victory on Wednesday.

James Shields (4-3, 3.24) aims to slow the Red Sox, who are 3-1 since losing David Ortiz to a wrist injury. Shields is 1-1 with a 4.97 ERA in two starts against Boston this season. The Rays' ace tossed a shutout in a 3-0 win on April 27, but was rocked for seven runs and 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings of a 12-4 loss here on May 3.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
    BOSTON 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 x 7 8 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TAM - JAMES SHIELDS, GRANT BALFOUR (2ND), J.P. HOWELL (4TH), GARY
    GLOVER (5TH), DAN WHEELER (7TH), AL REYES (8TH) AND DIONER
    NAVARRO
    BOS - JON LESTER, MIKE TIMLIN

    Jun 5 9:44 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MANNY RAMIREZ SCORED JULIO LUGO AND DUSTIN
    PEDROIA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M RAMIREZ ON FIRST, J DREW ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
    BOSTON 7 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.280, 0-FOR-2)

    Rays 1, Red Sox 7  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 5 7:56 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO J.D. DREW SCORED CHRIS CARTER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J DREW ON FIRST, D PEDROIA ON SECOND, J LUGO
    ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
    BOSTON 5 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.298, 1-FOR-2, HR, 3 RBI)

    Rays 1, Red Sox 5  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 5 7:52 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED CHRIS CARTER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LUGO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
    BOSTON 4 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.307, 1-FOR-1)

    Rays 1, Red Sox 4  Bot 2, 0 OutsJun 5 6:59 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JONNY GOMES SCORED WILLY AYBAR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GOMES ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1
    BOSTON 3 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J RUGGIANO (.250, 0 HR, 1 RBI)

    Rays 1, Red Sox 3  Top 2, 0 OutsJun 5 6:35 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY MANNY RAMIREZ (13) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 1ST OFF JAMES SHIELDS SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA AND J.D. DREW.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 0, BOSTON 3
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.283, 8 HR, 27 RBI)

    Rays 0, Red Sox 3  Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 5 6:18 PM

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