by Jake on June 18 at 11:41PM | comments (0)

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New England isn't exactly nationally renowned as a sunny, summer destination. But if there's one city that has it worse than Beantown... it's Seattle. It's the only city where they take arc's to work in the morning.

So it really shouldn't be any surprise that if the Sox only had six innings against the aquatic acrobats known as the Mariners, the best might go to the West.

The more troubling issue is the fact that Lester threw 114 pitches in five+ innings of work. Don't lose any sleep over the young ace's resilience, but he needs to keep the ball down if he wants to throw any more complete games.

As he develops, he's going to keep trying to work the corners - and while that's all well and good for his long term career, it's going to translate to longer outings in the meantime.  Thankfully, the staff is, by-in-large, healthy, which will provide much needed inning support. And with Smoltzy coming back... look out now.

But while this can be an extra padding, he still needs to work on his efficiency.

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