Lester and unlikely heroes give Sox win

Jon Lester delivered six innings of one-run baseball while Carl Crawford and Darnell McDonald each homered for a 6-1 win in Kansas City. The Sox had been stuttering offensively, with Adrian Gonzalez stopping his RBI production and David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis both on the DL. However, the two outfielders stepped in to give Lester his 13th win. Also, Jason Varitek knocked in the first run of the game with his first triple since 2007. I think that while Tek is not very fast, he got that triple due to his being an excellent baserunner. I mean, he noticed that the ball got stuck in the wall! And so he ran to third and stopped. I hope he can keep it up. Also, I am very glad that Crawford, the 20 million dollar man, is finally producing, and I am glad that one of D-Mac's homers came in such a clutch spot. Also, I am very happy that Dan Bard is keeping up his excellent work in the bullpen, throwing 2 scoreless innings for Boston. Because the Yankees also won, the Sox are now still a half a game back in the AL East. I hope they can keep it up tonight in Texas, with Erik Bedard going for his first Red Sox win.

Trivia
McDonald scored 2 runs and had three hits in the game.