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The Red Sox have been maligned at times this season for a certain level of postseason inexperience in crucial areas of the baseball team.
Jason Bay and Jon Lester may resemble wet-behind-the-ears playoff neophytes when they’re stacked up against Manny Ramirez and Curt Schilling — the grizzled playoff duo that they’ve essentially replaced this summer — but both players performed with aplomb in a playoff-style 3-0 victory over the first-place Rays at Fenway Park last night.
The crisp victory moved the Sox to within ½ game of the Rays in the American League East standings, the smallest margin between the two competitors since July 28.
The ballgame also represented a benchmark of sorts for the John Henry-led ownership group, as the Sox set a new Major League record with their 456th consecutive sellout crowd at Fenway Park. The new record is one better than a Cleveland Indians sellout streak that lasted from 1995-2001 during the Tribe’s salad days.
Boston’s unquestioned No. 2 starter was as effective as he’s been all season in neutralizing the sting in the Rays’ bats. The 24-year-old threw 119 pitches over 7 2/3 shutout innings, and fanned nine batters while scattering six hits and three walks. It was the kind of authoritative start that one could envision Lester turning in for the Olde Towne Team once the calendar hits October.
While Lester was busy mixing screaming fastballs and filthy curveballs, Bay provided the big bang in the first by connecting on a solo home run to center. The Bay round-tripper gave the Sox a 3-0 lead, and represented the sixth home run and 31st RBI since the Sox acquired Bay from the Pittsburgh Pirates (by way of the Los Angeles Dodgers) on July 31.
Bay’s four-bagger followed a David Ortiz RBI double and a Kevin Youkilis RBI single against Tampa Bay starter Edwin Jackson were a pair of clutch hits that handed the peaking Sox an insurmountable advantage, given Lester’s brilliance.
Jonathan Papelbon ambled into game with two outs and the tying run at the plate in the eighth inning, and was untouchable for 1 1/3 innings en route to his 36th save.
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