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Game 140: Save Us, Jon Lester

By Ben Buchanan

The Red Sox aren't having a good time of things of late. Their offense has been shut out twice in four games, our rotation could be in shambles, and the bullpen is worn out.

We need a hero. A man who can rise above all this crap and win tonight's game. We need...Jon Lester:

Jon Lester

#31 / Pitcher / Boston Red Sox

6-2

240

L

L

Jan 07, 1984

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2011 - Jon Lester 14-6 26 26 0 0 0 0 165.0 138 59 56 17 62 156 3.05 1.21

And we need him to be a lot better than this guy, Luis Perez (well, he should be):

Luis Perez

#47 / Pitcher / Toronto Blue Jays

6-0

205

L

L

Jan 20, 1985

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2011 - Luis Perez 3-2 32 3 0 0 0 2 59.2 58 28 25 7 24 51 3.77 1.37

And if he could give up a lot of runs to the guys on the left here:

Lineup

BOSTON RED SOX TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Jacoby Ellsbury - CF Yunel Escobar - SS
Dustin Pedroia - 2B Eric Thames - LF
Adrian Gonzalez - 1B Jose Bautista - RF
Kevin Youkilis - 3B Adam Lind - 1B
David Ortiz - DH Edwin Encarnacion - DH
Marco Scutaro - SS Kelly Johnson - 2B
Carl Crawford - LF Brett Lawrie - 3B
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - C J.P. Arencibia - C
Darnell McDonald - RF Mike McCoy - CF

Well that would just be gravy.

Go Sox!

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