Lester Gives Up Big Inning Again

A pattern is developing for Jon Lester this season; get into a grove for a few innings and then bam, the wheels come off and the opposing team has put a crooked number on the board. Tonight it was the fifth inning where the Twins scored 5 times including a three run homer over the Hefty bag. Lester's ERA is now above 6. Ouch.

The Sox offense had 9 hits including 2 by Ells extend his streak to 21 games. Ortiz had a double in his first game at the #6 spot. Too many runners were LOB and only 2 runs crossed the plate.

Red Sox Lose 5-2 BOX SCORE

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Red Sox	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	9	0
Twins	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	7	1