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Well, the Red Sox won an amazing game and the Yankees were crushed by the Orioles. The AL East lead is back to 5 (the Sox will take the division by at least 7 games, you'll see). Jon Lester's first Fenway start was great. Lester wasn't involved in the decision but the young lefty went seven strong innings and allowed just one run on two hits while striking out six and walking just one Devil Ray batter. In the ninth inning, trailing 1-0, Mike Lowell tied the game for the Sox with a towering homerun over the Monster and Coco Crisp won it with an RBI single, driving in Jason Varitek (who had doubled). Eric Gagne pitched a solid top half of the ninth, showing all the idiots who wanted him demoted to Portland that he is a great pitcher. It was only Boston's second win of the season when trailing going into the ninth inning -- and their first since the Mother's Day "Miracle" against the Orioles -- and the team now has a 2-41 record in such instances. This night feels even better when looking at the Yankee score. New York was hammered, 12-0, by Baltimore. Things are looking better, even if for just a night. Daisuke Matsuzaka, arguably the best pitcher in baseball over the last two months, goes for the Sox tomorrow night as they try for the sweep of Tampa Bay.