I think lester has been stressing over the birth of his child the last two starts. The baby was born on the 7th, the day after he got rocked by detroit. He also was fatigued from not sleeping well of late and it showed against cleveland. He said nothing is wrong mechanically, physically so I am going to assume he is going to be back to vintage lester after the weight was lifted off his shoulders with the child. He's had 4 days to fully focus on this game so there are no excuses this time if he gets shelled. Phil Hughes, in my opinion, is one of the most over-rated pitchers in all of baseball. He struggled against the Jays in his last start, but Toronto didn't make him pay like they did in the previous 2 games of that series. I like the Boston lineup, especially with jokesbury in the 9 hole. If they stay patient against Hughes, who will give up walks if prompted to, then I think Sox can get a split.
A lot of ifs in this game, but there is certainly value on lester.