Sox Salvage One in Toronto

Sunday's 8-2 win in Toronto may have been one of the biggest of the season.

Not only did the Sox avoid the sweep and gain a game on the Yankees and Rays, but they may have finally got Jon Lester going.

Lester was overpowering, striking out a career-high 12 Blue Jays while allowing just 1 run in 6 innings. He was also able to avoid that one bad inning that has plagued him all season.

With the way Beckett has pitched in his last two starts, we may finally be seeing that potent 1-2 punch at the top of the rotation that we all expected coming into the season.

BOX SCORE: Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 2

Terry Francona decided to shake up the lineup for this one and it definitely paid off. While I'm not sure I agree with dropping Elssbury to 8th, I understand they want to have the guys with the highest on-base percentages at the top of the order and Ells still has just a .335 OBP despite his hot hitting of late.

Everybody in the lineup had a hit except for Tek, but he did walk three times. Youk hit two solo homers, Bay smashed his 15th of the season and Dustin's huge 3-run shot off the foul pole in the 4th proved to be the game-winner.

It would be nice to see Dustin go on one of those 25-for-50 streaks.

As we enter June, management's patience with David Ortiz has to be running thin. Even though he hit a few balls hard over the weekend, Papi still looks lost at the plate. This can't go on much longer.