Papi, Tek homer in Lester win

Ty Hampton
Sox Swagger

The Red Sox put a royal hurtin’ on Kansas City Sunday afternoon with an 8-1 win at the Fen to split the 4 game set with the Royals.

The Royals led briefly in the 2nd inning on a fielder’s choice RBI by Pena, but that didn’t last long. The Sox bats gave the dominant lefty Jon Lester more than enough buffer, rocking both starter Bruce Chen and reliever Brad Thompson to the tune of 8 runs. Ortiz blasted a 2-run home run with Jason Varitek going deep as well for 7th time in 2010. Mike Cameron had a big day at the plate, the best he’s had since his injury return, going 3-for-3 with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, and 3 runs.

Lester ran his record to 6-2 and lowered his ERA to 2.97, posting an impressive streak of only allowed 2earned runs or less for the 7th time in his past 8 attempts. This lefty is hot people, nobody better mess with Les. If ya plan to in June, might wanna bring your hard-hat because it’s surely gonna hurt.

Red Sox Record: (29-23)
Tuesday’s Matchup: John Lackey vs. Gio Gonzales