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Lester's post-game reaction

Jon Lester following tonight's start in which he gave up three runs in 6.1 innings - his longest outing since going 6.2 innings at Oakland on April 2 - recorded a season-high five strikeouts and a season-low two walks: ``I threw the ball the way I wanted to throw it in the first couple of innings. A couple at bats I got the ball up a little bit, but this was definitely a big step forward for me. First-pitch strikes were a lot better, attacking the zone. My mindset going into the game was they're going to beat me swinging the bats. I'm not going to give these guys any fre epasses. So if that means throwing the ball down the middle, then that's what I did. If we lose that game, it's kind of a bitter sweet game because liek I said, it was such a big step forward for me as a pitcher."

Posted by Carolyn Thornton  at 10:57 PM | Permalink