
| Fantasy Stats | |
| Own% | Start% |
| 97% | 85% |
| Key Stats | |||||
| IP | W-L | SV | ERA | Ks | BB |
| 59.2 | 6-0 | 0 | 2.72 | 50 | 15 |
The Boston starter moved into fifth place on the franchise all-time strikeout list with his 1,109th strikeout. That moved him past Josh Beckett. Lester's win pushed his record to 6-0 with a 2.72 ERA, and he seemed to improve as the game went on.
Lester, who received eight runs of support in the third inning, allowed just two earned runs (in the bottom of the third) over his entire outing. He gave up eight hits and didn't walk a batter with five strikeouts over 107 pitches.
The 29-year-old has given up just two runs over his last 16 innings with 10 Ks over that stretch. With 50 Ks over 59 2/3 innings, Lester has continues to be one of the best starters in the American League.
He'll make his next appearance Monday in Chicago.
Lester, who made his eighth start of the season, had his bid for a perfect game broken up by a Maicer Izturis double in the sixth inning. It was the only baserunner he allowed all night. The left-hander went the distance as he pitched nine innings, surrendered one hit and struck out five, including two in the ninth to secure a 5-0 victory. He threw 118 pitches, 79 strikes.
Lester improved to 5-0 with a 2.73 ERA after Friday's win. He has allowed three runs and struck out 12 in his last 16 innings of work. Lester is scheduled to start Wednesday at Tampa Bay. He went 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in two starts against the Rays last season.
After getting tagged for five runs his last time out,
Lester surrendered a solo home run to Mitch Moreland in the third for the only damage over his first five frames. Then in the sixth, Nelson Cruz launched a two-run homer off the left-hander. He was done after throwing 115 pitches, 70 for strikes, and left with the game tied at 3-3.
The 29-year-old also struck out seven and walked three in the no-decision.
His next start is scheduled for Friday against the Blue Jays. In two starts against Toronto this season, Lester has gone 1-0 with a 3.46 ERA.
| CBSSports.com Player Ranking | |||
| Position | Current | Last Week | Rating |
| Starting Pitchers | 13 | 96 | 110.79 |
| Complete Rankings | |||
| Situational Stats | |||||||
| 5/18/2013 vs Minnesota | |||||||
| Situation | IP | W | L | ERA | SV | BB | SO |
| vs LHB | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.87 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| vs RHB | 49.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 | 0 | 14 | 30 |
| Last 7 Games | |||||||||
| OPP | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | Ks | |
| 4/13 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4/18 | @CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4/24 | OAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 4/30 | @TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 5/5 | @TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5/10 | TOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5/15 | @TB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Complete Game Log | |||||||||
| MAY | ||||||
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 12 Tor L4-12 | 13 | 14 @TB L3-5 | 15 @TB W9-2 | 16 @TB W4-3 | 17 @Min W3-2 | 18 @Min W12-5 |
| 19 @Min 2:10 pm | 20 @CHW 8:10 pm | 21 @CHW 8:10 pm | 22 @CHW 8:10 pm | 23 Cle 7:10 pm | 24 Cle 7:10 pm | 25 Cle 1:35 pm |
| Complete Schedule | ||||||
| 44 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Pitching Stats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | SVO | INN | H | R | ER | HR | HBP | BB | SO |
| 2006 | BOS | 7 | 2 | 4.76 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.1 | 91 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 60 |
| 2007 | BOS | 4 | 0 | 4.57 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 61 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 50 |
| 2008 | BOS | 16 | 6 | 3.21 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210.1 | 202 | 78 | 75 | 14 | 10 | 66 | 152 |
| 2009 | BOS | 15 | 8 | 3.41 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203.1 | 186 | 80 | 77 | 20 | 3 | 64 | 225 |
| 2010 | BOS | 19 | 9 | 3.25 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208.0 | 167 | 81 | 75 | 14 | 10 | 83 | 225 |
| 2011 | BOS | 15 | 9 | 3.47 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191.2 | 166 | 77 | 74 | 20 | 11 | 75 | 182 |
| 2012 | BOS | 9 | 14 | 4.82 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205.1 | 216 | 117 | 110 | 25 | 4 | 68 | 166 |
| 2013 | BOS | 6 | 0 | 2.72 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.2 | 45 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 50 |
| Total | 91 | 48 | 3.71 | 197 | 196 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1222.2 | 1134 | 528 | 504 | 114 | 47 | 445 | 1110 | |
| Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 2006 | BOS | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2007 | BOS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | BOS | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2009 | BOS | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2010 | BOS | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .000 | .000 |
| 2011 | BOS | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2012 | BOS | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2013 | BOS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | --- | --- |
| Total | 197 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .037 | .000 | .000 | |
| Fielding Stats | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | Posn | G | GS | TC | PO | A | E | DP | FLD% |
| 2006 | BOS | P | 15 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2007 | BOS | P | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 |
| 2008 | BOS | P | 33 | 33 | 42 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .952 |
| 2009 | BOS | P | 32 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .939 |
| 2010 | BOS | P | 32 | 32 | 43 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .930 |
| 2011 | BOS | P | 31 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .966 |
| 2012 | BOS | P | 33 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .946 |
| 2013 | BOS | P | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 197 | 196 | 213 | 63 | 139 | 11 | 11 | .948 | ||
| More Pitching Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | IBB | GO | AO | GO/AO | SB | CS | PK | BK | WP | AVG | PA | MB9 | SLG | RPF |
| 2006 | BOS | 1 | 82 | 86 | 1.05 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .294 | 367 | 15.4 | .434 | 0 |
| 2007 | BOS | 0 | 51 | 81 | 0.67 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .257 | 275 | 13.3 | .414 | 0 |
| 2008 | BOS | 1 | 247 | 197 | 1.39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .256 | 874 | 11.9 | .368 | 0 |
| 2009 | BOS | 0 | 209 | 156 | 1.43 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .242 | 843 | 11.2 | .366 | 0 |
| 2010 | BOS | 0 | 235 | 141 | 1.82 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .220 | 861 | 11.3 | .325 | 0 |
| 2011 | BOS | 0 | 211 | 154 | 1.49 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .234 | 799 | 11.8 | .374 | 0 |
| 2012 | BOS | 2 | 250 | 172 | 1.61 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .273 | 876 | 12.6 | .442 | 0 |
| 2013 | BOS | 0 | 68 | 58 | 1.24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .204 | 239 | 9.5 | .312 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 1353 | 1045 | 1.41 | 93 | 41 | 26 | 1 | 35 | .247 | 5134 | 12.0 | .378 | 0 | |
| Postseason Pitching Stats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | SVO | INN | H | R | ER | HR | HBP | BB | SO |
| 2007 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 1.93 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | BOS | 1 | 2 | 2.36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 2009 | BOS | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 2.57 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 39 | |
| Minor League Pitching Stats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | INN | H | R | ER | HR | HBP | BB | SO | |
| 2002 | R-Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | A-Augusta | 6 | 9 | 3.65 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 102 | 54 | 43 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 71 | |
| 2004 | R-Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2004 | A-Sarasota | 7 | 6 | 4.28 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.1 | 82 | 46 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 97 | |
| 2005 | AA-Portland | 11 | 6 | 2.61 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 148.1 | 114 | 52 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 163 | |
| 2006 | AAA-Pawtucket | 3 | 4 | 2.70 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 43 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 43 | |
| 2007 | AA-Portland | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2007 | A-Greenville | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |
| 2007 | AAA-Pawtucket | 4 | 5 | 3.89 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71.2 | 67 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 51 | |
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