Jon Lester pitched seven shutout innings tonight as the Red Sox down the Phillies 3-0. He allowed one walk and six hits, five of those for singles. Since the start of May, Lester's posted a 2.54 ERA, allowing just two...

There is no doubt that Josh Beckett is the ace of the Boston rotation. At 8-0 with a shining 2.53 ERA, the soon-to-be-activated Daisuke Matsuzaka is not far behind. What about Jon Lester? Tonight, the 24-year-old left-hander blanked one of baseball's...

Ever hip Art Martone, points out this transcribbled Gammo-ray blast from Hacks with Haggs. I can’t imagine there are many teams around baseball that have greater pitching depth than the Red Sox, and if they do then that list is pretty...

Jon Lester pitched seven solid innings and Coco Crisp belted a two-run shot and stole two bases as the Red Sox shutout the hot-hitting Phillies, 3-0, at Citizens Bank Park last night. Lester was rarely in any kind of trouble last night. And the two...

APCoco Crisp celebrates after hitting a second inning home run last night. Looking at Red Sox starting pitchers right now, things aren't exactly hunky-dory. Not with Curt Schilling, Clay Buchholz and now Bartolo Colon all nursing injuries, stripping...

 Well the Sox got a visit from the ghost of Red Sox past in the form of Jamie Moyer.  Moyer was how I remembered him, and the Sox had his pitch count up early.  Moyer got lucky on several occasions, and was able to pitch out of some...

Last week in Florida, Jamie Moyer dominated the Marlins with an eight-inning, two-hit, no-run performance to improve his lifetime record against Florida to 9-0. Tonight, he faces a Red Sox team that has abused him as roughly as he has the Fish....

In his brief MLB career, Jon Lester has beaten cancer and hurled a no-no. Hell, he's even got a ring. Not bad. That shouldn't intimidate old man Moyer and his supporting cast of super bats tonight in the second round of Red Sox fans invading...