Cleveland Indians: Lester Can't Solve Tribe, Sox Can't Solve Masterson

8 - 4 - 10     at Boston     W, 9 - 1     46 - 62

     Every good pitcher has that one team that he just can not beat, and for Red Sox hurler Jon Lester, that team is the Cleveland Indians.  In two starts against the Tribe this season, Lester has allowed ten runs, eight of them earned, in eleven innings, and his record is 0 - 1.  That loss came in his most recent outing as he was knocked around by Cleveland's young line - up to the tune of four tallies in five frames.  Two of those runs were unearned, but only because of a throwing error that Lester committed himself.
     On the flip side of that proverbial coin, every struggling pitcher has that one team that he seems to always beat, and for Justin Masterson, that team is the Boston Red Sox.  Earlier this season, he twirled a two - hit shutout when he was facing the BoSox, and in this game, he was able to go five innings while allowing just one base runner to cross home plate.  The win was Masterson's fourth of the year, and half of those have come against the Sox.
     The Tribe scored a gift run in the 3rd when Lester tried the cut down the lead runner at third base on an attempted sacrifice bunt.  However, Lester threw the ball wildly into foul territory, allowing Andy Marte to score.
     Asdrubal Cabrera's sac fly and Shelley Duncan's two - out, RBI double in the 5th, enabled Cleveland to expand their advantage, an advantage that eventually grew to 4 - 1 before the visitors removed all doubt in the 7th.
     The Indians scored five times in that 7th frame as they took advantage of a pair of Boston fielding miscues to start the rally, and then Marte finished the scoring splurge with his three - run homer that just did clear the Green Monster in left field.
     The win gives the Tribe four victories in thier last five games.