The Red Sox finally aligned their potent offense with their finest starting pitching in a 10-2 blowout of the Chicago White Sox. Jon Lester, in just his second start off the DL, went eight impressive frames—yielding just four hits and two earned runs.The Sox opened up a fairly close 5-2 game in the ninth inning, when they put up five runs—including back-to-back jacks by Adrian Gonzalez (#18) and Kevin Youkilis (#15).
The Sox keep a two-game lead on the Empire. Boston acquired right-handed starter Rich Harden from the A's and got SS Mike Aviles in a trade with the Royals.