VA Sox Fan

Actually limericks mojo was GOOD!

Yeah, exactly!!

Salty on the money AGAIN

Dammit Diane! What a catch.......s***!

Thank you. The frustration is not just with us fans. Do people actually believe Lester wants to suck? Don't you think he's frustrated? He's STRUGGLING, BADLY. Chill.

Oh s*** YOUK

Way to hustle Ells!!

WHAT A SWEET PLAY BY AVILES!!! Yay baby!! :thumbsup:

At least Salty actually made contact. Come on Lester!

2 stolen bases already! Whoooooo!!!!

Alright Ells and Crawford!!

Nice DP! Come on offense!!

I know from reading last night's GT that some people like the new placement of the score box by NESN. I don't for selfish reasons. I like to sit on my deck and watch the game and when I angle my tv so I can the game I used to always be able to see the score box. Can't now. Oh well. Lester is not having a good start, at all.

I have no idea. I like your suggestion that Crawford should DH. It makes total sense

Hey db! Good to see you out here!

I fixed the line up. Obviously Pedro is playing 2B.

More from the Globe: Game time: 7:10 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI Red Sox vs. Humber: Sweeney 2-9, Gonzalez 3-8, Ortiz 2-7, Ellsbury 1-6, Saltalamacchia 3-5, Crawford 2-4, Aviles 1-4. White Sox vs. Lester: Rios 8-36, Konerko 9-21, Ramirez 4-20, Pierzynski 4-11, Beckham 2-11, Hudson 1-7, Viciedo 2-6, Dunn 0-4, De Aza 1-4, Flowers 1-3. Stat of the Day: After his three-run, eighth-inning homer Monday night, Adrian Gonzalez has a team-high nine game-winning RBIs this season. Notes: Lester makes his first post-All-Star break start. He lasted just 4.1 innings on July 8 against the Yankees, taking the loss after giving up five runs (four earned) on nine hits. He last faced the White Sox on April 28. In one of his best outings this season, Lester pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out seven. Lester has not lasted past the seventh inning since May 14, but he has a team-high 10 quality starts. He is 12 strikeouts away from 1,000 career Ks ... Humber has been on the disabled list since June 17 with a strained right elbow. Since pitching a perfect game on April 21 at Seattle, his ERA is 7.47. He got battered in the follow-up act on April 26 against Boston, allowing nine runs on eight hits in five innings. The Sox won that game, 10-3. He is 1-2 with a 8.83 ERA lifetime in three starts against Boston. In Humber's latest outing, he stopped a two-game losing streak by picking up the win against the Dodgers, a five-inning affair on June 16. He pitched in a rehab start Thursday for Double A Birmingham, allowing one run, two hits, and no walks in six innings. .... Last night's Red Sox win snapped a seven-game losing streak at Fenway against the White Sox, a streak that dated back to Aug. 26, 2009 ... Over his past 17 outings, Vicente Padilla has a 1.23 ERA. Sixteen of those outings have been scoreless ... Gonzalez has hit safely in 20 of 21 games ... Since being dealt to Chicago, Kevin Youkilis has 15 RBIs and is hitting .323 ... Pierzynski is batting .500 over his past four games.

WHITE SOX (49-40) Alejandro De Aza, CF Kevin Youkilis, 3B Adam Dunn, DH Paul Konerko, 1B Alex Rios, RF A.J. Pierzynski, C Dayan Viciedo, LF Alexei Ramirez, SS Gordon Beckham, 2B Pitching: RHP Philip Humber (3-4, 6.01)

RED SOX (46-44) Jacoby Ellsbury, CF Carl Crawford, LF Daniel Nava, DH Adrian Gonzalez, 1B Will Middlebrooks, 3B Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C Ryan Sweeney, RF Mike Aviles, SS Pedro Ciriaco, 2B Pitching: LHP Jon Lester (5-6, 4.49) WIN!!

From an article in the Globe: Among James' comments, first on the notion Paterno did not act appropriately when informed of allegations against Sandusky: "It's very hard, in fact I think it's impossible, to explain why Paterno should have been the first to go to police. ... [Paterno] knew less about it than everybody else there. On the extent of Paterno's power at Penn State: "[The thought that] everything revolves around [Paterno] is total nonsense. He had very few allies. He was isolated. He was not nearly as powerful as people imagine him to have been." On the media's role in the story: “Paterno is one of the very few people who saw Sandusky and saw a coach who wasn’t doing a job anymore, rather than a hero … people who are responsible for it are the media. The media created this smokescreen behind which Sandusky operated, and then they’re trying to blame Paterno.”

More from the Globe: Game time: 7:10 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI Red Sox vs. Axelrod: Aviles 0-2, Punto 0-1, Ross 0-1, Shoppach 0-1, Gonzalez 0-0 (1 BB). White Sox vs. Cook: Hudson 17-41, Dunn 4-18, Pierzynski 1-12, Rio 3-8, Ramirez 2-5, Youkilis 1-4, Beckham 1-2. Stat of the Day: Since being traded to Chicago on June 24, Kevin Youkilis became the first White Sox player since 1974 to record five game-winning RBIs in his first 14 games with the club. Notes: Cook last pitched on July 4 at Oakland, picking up the loss after scattering nine hits and three runs over six innings. In three starts since getting recalled from Triple A Pawtucket in late June, Cook is 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA in 20.0 innings pitched. Opponents are hitting .224 against in in that stretch. Cook has only faced the White Sox twice in his career. He is 1-0 with four earned runs and 15 hits allowed in 12 innings ... Axelrod gets the start after Gavid Floyd was scratched with tendinitis in his right forearm. He has only made eight appearances, and five starts, this season. He is 1-2 with a 6.16 ERA in 30.2 innings, and has allowed seven homers in that span. He last faced Boston on April 27 in relief, allowing one run on three hits in 2.1 innings. The White Sox lost that game, 10-3 ... Carl Crawford will make his first major league appearance since Sept. 28, 2011. In 11 minor league games rehabbing his strained elbow ligament and then a groin injury, Crawford hit .306 (11 for 36) with eight walks and two stolen bases ... Youkilis is hitting .295 with 15 RBIs in 16 games since being dealt. For contrast, he had 14 RBIs in 42 games with the Red Sox this season.

WHITE SOX (49-39) DeAza CF Youkilis 3B Dunn DH Konerko 1B Rios RF Pierzynski C Viciedo LF Ramirez SS Beckham 2B Pitching: RHP Dylan Axelrod (1-2, 6.16)

RED SOX (45-44) Ellsbury CF Crawford LF Ortiz DH Gonzalez 1B Ross RF Saltalamacchia C Middlebrooks 3B Aviles SS Ciriaco 2B Pitching: RHP Aaron Cook (2-2, 4.37) WIN!!