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7:07 pm EDT Fri Jul 9, 2010

All the injuries finally appear to be catching up to the Boston Red Sox. Fortunately for Boston, few opponents are catching up to Jon Lester’s pitches. Lester seeks to help the injury-riddled Red Sox avoid matching their longest losing streak of the season Friday night when they open their final series before the All-Star break against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Boston went a major league-best 30-12 from May 18-July 3 - a feat made more impressive by its ever-growing injury list. Eleven Red Sox are on the DL, including former AL MVP Dustin Pedroia, leadoff man Jacoby Ellsbury, catchers Victor Martinez and Jason Varitek, and starting pitchers Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz. Several players who weren’t even on the opening day roster have now been pressed into regular duty, including Darnell McDonald, Daniel Nava, Eric Patterson and Kevin Cash.

The makeshift lineup has competed valiantly but appeared to hit a wall this week, as Boston dropped a series finale at home to Baltimore before getting swept in three games at Tampa. The Red Sox have 12 runs during the four-game skid, their longest since dropping a season-high five in a row April 15-19. Having Lester on the mound can’t hurt. The left-hander went 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA in his first three starts but is 10-1 with a 1.84 ERA over his last 14 outings to earn his first All-Star appearance. He picked up his first win April 28 at Toronto, striking out a season-high 11 while limiting the Blue Jays to one hit and two walks over seven innings of a 2-0 victory. Lester has only struck out more batters once in his career - he fanned 12 Blue Jays in an 8-2 win at Rogers Centre on May 31, 2009.