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Jon Lester defined the word 'ace' on Monday night—going 7 2/3 innings, yielding one earned run, striking out seven and walking none in a
3-1 win in Game Five. He becomes only the second Red Sox lefty to have three World Series wins—the other guy was somebody named
Babe Ruth. The victory moved
The Carmine Hose to within
one win of their eighth World Series Championship. The tone was set early with back-to-back doubles by
Dustin Pedroia and
David Ortiz in the first inning. With the game tied at one in the seventh, Boston went in for the kill on Cardinal ace
Adam Wainwright. A one-out single up the middle by wunderkind
Xander Bogaerts started the rally, followed by a clutch walk by the slumping
Stephen Drew. Then,
David Ross roped a double down the left field line to put Boston in the lead.
Jacoby Ellsbury then singled in an insurance third run. Big Papi was again other-worldly—going 3-4 with an RBI (
Ortiz is now hitting .733 in the 2013 Fall Classic). And, of course,
Koji Uehara got four outs for the save. The Red Sox are up three games to two and will return to the friendly confines of Fenway Park for Game 6 on Wednesday night.
