The Sox have been playing well lately, but these trips to Tropicana don't usually go very well. Tampa Bay has won 8 of 12 meetings between the teams this season, including 5 of 6 at Tropicana Field. The good news is the Sox have their most consistent pitcher on the hill tonight in Jon Lester.
Lester doesn't have a decision in 5 of his last 6 starts. After recording a victory against Toronto on Aug. 20, he allowed 3 runs in 6 2/3 innings of a 6-3 win over the White Sox on Tuesday. Lester is 4-2 with a 4.66 ERA against the Rays, but he's 0-2 with a 8.22 ERA in 3 starts this season, with Boston losing all of them. Hopefully he will have better luck tonight, but the key will be keeping guys from getting free walks to first base.
They Rays are countering with Andy Sonnanstine, who has been nothing short of horrible this season going 6-7 with a 6.61 ERA.
Game starts at 07:08pm on NESN.
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