Today the Red Sox avoided a sweep at the hands of the Phillies in a 5-2 win. The Red Sox took their first lead of the day in the 5th inning on RBI singles by Drew Sutton and Jacoby Ellsbury to make it 2-0. In the 6th, Jason Varitek knocked a solo home run to give the Sox a 3-0 lead. In the top of the 8th the Red Sox took a 5-0 lead on back-to-back home runs by Dustin Pedroia and Jason Varitek, Varitek's second home run of the day. In the 9th, the Phillies scored their only runs of the day on a 2-run homer by Ryan Ho
ward to make it 5-2, but that was it. Jon Lester (top right) pitched very well, allowing just 2 hits in 7 shutout innings. He rightly earned the win and is now 10-4/3.43/105 as he is having a great year. Daniel Bard pitched a scoreless inning before Bobby Jenks allowed Howard's homer, recording 1 out. Jonathan Papelbon earned his 15th save of the year afterwards. Jacoby Ellsbury had a great game, going 3-5 with an RBI, as he is now .300/9/40. Dustin Pedroia only went 1-5, but his one hit was a big one as it was his 7th home run of the season. Jason Varitek (left) had a very good game, going 2-4 with 2 solo home runs, as he is now .248/5/17. Josh Reddick went 2-4 and scored a run, as he is on a tear, batting .444. Drew Sutton went 2-4 with a run and an RBI as he is .310/0/6 as he's been good when called upon. Marco Scutaro went 2-4. Tomorrow, the Sox head to Houston and will send Tim Wakefield (4-3/4.54/33) against Bud Norris (4-6/3.36/100) and the Astros.
Bright Spots:
Jon Lester- 7 shutout innings and the win
Daniel Bard- a scoreless inning
Jonathan Papelbon- his 15th save
Jacoby Ellsbury- 3-5 with an RBI
Jason Varitek- 2-4 with 2 solo home runs
Josh Reddick- 2-4 with a run
Drew Sutton- 2-4 with a run and an RBI
Marco Scutaro- 2-4
Dull Spots:
Bobby Jenks- 2 runs in 1/3 of an inning
Darnell McDonald- 0-3 with 3 runners left on base
Adrian Gonzalez- 0-4 with 2 strikeouts
This was a good game for the Sox and they played really well.
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