AL: BOSTON (63-40) at TAMPA BAY (38-64) <h3>Lester, Red Sox look for more domination vs. Devil Rays</h3> <div class="pre">Boston (63-40) at Tampa Bay (38-64) 7:10 pm EDT</div> ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - The Boston Red Sox will lookto the courageous Jon Lester to continue their excellent playagainst a division rival. Lester and the Red Sox look for their fifth consecutive winagainst the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Saturday. Boston has won two straight and seven of eight, including a 7-1win in Friday's series opener. The Red Sox have won all four meetings from the Devil Rays thisseason, outscoring them by a lopsided 33-11. What's even betterfor Boston is that it plays Tampa Bay 14 more times thisseason. Lester (1-0, 3.00 ERA) takes the mound for his second startafter returning from a battle with cancer. The lefthander wasdiagnosed with the disease in August and declared cancer-free inDecember after undergoing six chemotherapy sessions. The23-year-old, however, still needs to have periodic checkups. "I'm just trying to put it behind me and move on and just goback to pitching and not worry about things," Lester said. Lester was impressive in his debut last Monday when he held theCleveland Indians to two runs and five hits in six innings. Henever has faced the Devil Rays. Tampa Bay counters with James Shields (8-6, 4.44), who has beenless than stellar recently. The righthander, who has alternatedwins and losses in his last four starts, is just 2-6 in hislast eight outings. It's a lot different than the start of 2007for Shields, when he began 6-0 in his first 13 starts. In his last start, Shields surrendered a career-high 10 runs, 10hits and four walks in a season-low 3 1/3 innings in a 21-4debacle to the New York Yankees. The Devil Rays have lost seven straight.
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON AT TAMPA BAY -- LINEUPS BOSTON TAMPA BAY AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Julio Lugo SS .222 6 47 Akinori Iwamura 3B .285 3 14 Kevin Youkilis 1B .306 10 51 Brendan Harris SS .299 8 41 David Ortiz DH .320 16 60 B.J. Upton CF .343 12 42 Manny Ramirez LF .306 17 64 Carlos Pena 1B .279 24 65 J.D. Drew RF .247 6 39 Delmon Young RF .290 9 53 Mike Lowell 3B .306 15 73 Ty Wigginton DH .275 16 49 Jason Varitek C .268 9 43 Jonny Gomes LF .259 8 24 Coco Crisp CF .282 5 41 Josh Wilson 2B .293 0 15 Alex Cora 2B .262 2 15 Josh Paul C .245 0 5 Jon Lester LHP (1-0, 3.00) James Shields RHP (8-6, 4.44)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON AT TAMPA BAY -- LINEUPS BOSTON TAMPA BAY AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Julio Lugo SS .222 6 47 Akinori Iwamura 3B .285 3 14 Kevin Youkilis 1B .306 10 51 Brendan Harris SS .299 8 41 David Ortiz DH .320 16 60 B.J. Upton CF .343 12 42 Manny Ramirez LF .306 17 64 Carlos Pena 1B .279 24 65 J.D. Drew RF .247 6 39 Delmon Young RF .290 9 53 Mike Lowell 3B .306 15 73 Jonny Gomes LF .259 8 24 Jason Varitek C .268 9 43 Josh Wilson 2B .293 0 15 Coco Crisp CF .282 5 41 Greg Norton DH .206 2 10 Alex Cora 2B .262 2 15 Josh Paul C .245 0 5 Jon Lester LHP (1-0, 3.00) James Shields RHP (8-6, 4.44)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY WARMUPS: BOS - JON LESTER (1-0, 3.00) TAM - JAMES SHIELDS (8-6, 4.44) UMPIRES: HP - MARK WEGNER 1B - ADRIAN JOHNSON 2B - BRUCE FROEMMING 3B - BRIAN RUNGE WEATHER: INDOORS</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY STARTING BATS: BOS - JON LESTER AND JASON VARITEK TAM - JAMES SHIELDS AND JOSH PAUL DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J LUGO (.222, 6 HR, 47 RBI) K YOUKILIS (.306, 10 HR, 51 RBI) D ORTIZ (.320, 16 HR, 60 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 0 TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - JAMES SHIELDS DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.285, 3 HR, 14 RBI) B HARRIS (.299, 8 HR, 41 RBI) B UPTON (.343, 12 HR, 42 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS TAMPA BAY (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .305 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .319 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 J Drew rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 A Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 B Harris ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 B Upton cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .343 C Pena 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 D Young rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J Gomes lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 J Wilson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 J Paul c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 0 -- 0 TAMPA BAY - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era J Shields 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.41 Pitches-strikes: J Shields 16-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Shields 0-0. Batters faced: J Shields 3. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Adrian Johnson. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Brian Runge. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY CONFIRMED STARTERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - JAMES SHIELDS</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 0 TAMPA BAY 0 0 1 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - JAMES SHIELDS DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.306, 17 HR, 64 RBI) J DREW (.247, 6 HR, 39 RBI) M LOWELL (.306, 15 HR, 73 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS TAMPA BAY (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .305 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .319 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 J Drew rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 A Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287 B Harris ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 B Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .341 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 D Young rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J Gomes lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 J Wilson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 J Paul c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Totals 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 BATTING: S - B Harris. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 0 -- 0 TAMPA BAY - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era J Shields 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.41 Pitches-strikes: J Lester 11-9; J Shields 16-10. Ground balls-fly balls: J Lester 1-2; J Shields 0-0. Batters faced: J Lester 4; J Shields 3. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Adrian Johnson. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Brian Runge. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY JASON VARITEK SCORED J.D. DREW. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J VARITEK ON FIRST, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1 TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 2ND DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.282, 5 HR, 41 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE BASES LOADED WALK TO JULIO LUGO SCORED JASON VARITEK. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J LUGO ON FIRST, A CORA ON SECOND, C CRISP ON THIRD, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2 TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 2ND DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.305, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 2 2 3 0 TAMPA BAY 0 0 1 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - JAMES SHIELDS DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.290, 9 HR, 53 RBI) J GOMES (.259, 8 HR, 24 RBI) J WILSON (.293, 0 HR, 15 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (2) VS TAMPA BAY (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .222 K Youkilis 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .305 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .319 M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 J Drew rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .305 J Varitek c 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .270 C Crisp cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284 A Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Totals 9 2 3 2 1 4 4 BATTING: 2B - J Drew (19, J Shields). RBI - J Varitek (44), J Lugo (48). 2-out RBI - J Varitek, J Lugo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Youkilis 2. Team LOB - 3. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287 B Harris ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 B Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .341 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 D Young rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J Gomes lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 J Wilson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 J Paul c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Totals 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 BATTING: S - B Harris. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 02 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.57 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era J Shields 2 3 2 2 1 4 0 4.50 HBP - A Cora (by J Shields). Pitches-strikes: J Lester 11-9; J Shields 48-30. Ground balls-fly balls: J Lester 1-2; J Shields 1-1. Batters faced: J Lester 4; J Shields 11. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Adrian Johnson. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Brian Runge. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 2 2 3 0 TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 1 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - JAMES SHIELDS DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.319, 0-FOR-1) M RAMIREZ (.305, 0-FOR-1) J DREW (.250, 1-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (2) VS TAMPA BAY (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .222 K Youkilis 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .305 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .319 M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 J Drew rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .305 J Varitek c 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .270 C Crisp cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284 A Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Totals 9 2 3 2 1 4 4 BATTING: 2B - J Drew (19, J Shields). RBI - J Varitek (44), J Lugo (48). 2-out RBI - J Varitek, J Lugo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Youkilis 2. Team LOB - 3. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287 B Harris ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 B Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .341 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 D Young rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J Gomes lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 J Wilson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 J Paul c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Totals 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 BATTING: S - B Harris. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 02 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era J Shields 2 3 2 2 1 4 0 4.50 HBP - A Cora (by J Shields). Pitches-strikes: J Lester 21-15; J Shields 48-30. Ground balls-fly balls: J Lester 1-5; J Shields 1-1. Batters faced: J Lester 7; J Shields 11. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Adrian Johnson. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Brian Runge. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY J.D. DREW SCORED DAVID ORTIZ. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J DREW ON FIRST, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 3 TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 3RD DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.305, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL BOSTON AT TAMPA BAY NOTE: BOSTON DESIGNATED HITTER DAVID ORTIZ DOUBLED IN THE THIRD INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 13 GAMES.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 2 1 3 6 0 TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 1 0 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - JAMES SHIELDS DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: G NORTON (.206, 2 HR, 10 RBI) J PAUL (.245, 0 HR, 5 RBI) A IWAMURA (.287, 1-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (3) VS TAMPA BAY (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .222 K Youkilis 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .305 D Ortiz dh 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .321 M Ramirez lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .304 J Drew rf 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .252 M Lowell 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .307 J Varitek c 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 .270 C Crisp cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .283 A Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Totals 15 3 6 3 1 5 9 BATTING: 2B - J Drew (19, J Shields); D Ortiz (33, J Shields). RBI - J Varitek (44), J Lugo (48), J Drew (40). 2-out RBI - J Varitek, J Lugo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 2, K Youkilis 2. Team LOB - 5. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287 B Harris ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 B Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .341 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 D Young rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J Gomes lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 J Wilson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 G Norton dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 J Paul c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Totals 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 BATTING: S - B Harris. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 021 -- 3 TAMPA BAY - 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era J Shields 3 6 3 3 1 5 0 4.53 WP - J Shields. HBP - A Cora (by J Shields). Pitches-strikes: J Lester 21-15; J Shields 71-45. Ground balls-fly balls: J Lester 1-5; J Shields 3-1. Batters faced: J Lester 7; J Shields 17. UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Adrian Johnson. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Brian Runge. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
