Red Sox sweep

Submitted by Kevin Thomas on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 20:10

Jon Lester threw eight shutout innings, allowing two hits, as the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0, giving Boston a sweep of both the weekend series and Sunday's doubleheader.

Jason Varitek singled in two runs and Jason Bay homered.

The Red Sox (84-58) lead Texas by 3.5 games in the wildcard race (not counting the result of Texas' second game of a late doubleheader against Seattle.

Boston is off Monday and has 20 games to play.

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Kevin covers baseball for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He first reported on spring training games for the St. Petersburg Times in 1978. He wisely moved to Maine in 1994 and now writes about the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox — when he's not coaching Little League baseball.

He is married to Nancy, and the couple recently completed their lineup card with the birth of their ninth child.

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