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Red Sox vs. Indians matchups, 4/7 04.07.11 at 9:49 am ET
By Scott McLaughlin

Jon Lester

Thursday afternoon’s series finale between the Red Sox and Indians features a pair of aces who looked like anything but in their first starts of the season. Jon Lester giving up five earned runs over 5 1/3 innings in Boston’s opener against the Rangers was bad, but the Indians’ Fausto Carmona was even worse in his first start. He gave up a staggering 10 earned runs on 11 hits over three innings in a loss to the White Sox.

Carmona is 2-3 with a 4.25 ERA in seven career games against Boston, but current Red Sox have fared even better than those numbers would indicate. As a team, they’re hitting .336 against Carmona. Marco Scutaro and David Ortiz are both hitting .400 or better against him, while Jason Varitek and Jarrod Saltalamacchia aren’t far behind at .375. Ortiz and J.D. Drew each have a home run and five RBIs off Carmona.

Lester hasn’t been great against the Tribe — he has a 4.53 ERA in eight starts — but he does have a 3-1 record against them. Current Indians are batting .314 against the southpaw, though. Jack Hannahan, Austin Kearns and Adam Everett are all hitting .500 against him, while Orlando Cabrera and Lou Marson are both hitting .400 or better as well. One guy who has struggled, though, is Shin-Soo Choo, who is 0-for-6 with two strikeouts against Lester.

Red Sox vs. Carmona

Marco Scutaro (26 career plate appearances): .440 BA/.462 OBP/.600 SLG, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

David Ortiz (18): .400/.500/.667, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts

Dustin Pedroia (17): .231/.412/.385, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts

Carl Crawford (15): .286/.333/.500, 3 RBI, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts

Kevin Youkilis (15): .300/.467/.300, 1 RBI, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts

J.D. Drew (14): .231/.286/.462, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 walk

Jason Varitek (10): .375/.500/.500, 2 RBI, 2 walks, 1 strikeout

Jarrod Saltalamacchia (9): .375/.444/.625, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

Jacoby Ellsbury (7): .286/.286/.286, 2 strikeouts

Mike Cameron, Adrian Gonzalez, Jed Lowrie and Darnell McDonald have never faced Carmona.

Indians vs. Lester

Orlando Cabrera (18): .400/.500/.533, 4 RBI, 3 walks

Travis Hafner (15): .214/.200/.214, 3 RBI, 3 strikeouts

Jack Hannahan (12): .500/.500/.500, 2 RBI, 4 strikeouts

Asdrubal Cabrera (11): .143/.222/.143, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts

Shin-Soo Choo (9): .000/.111/.000, 2 RBI, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

Austin Kearns (8): .500/.750/.500, 1 RBI, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts

Lou Marson (7): .429/.429/.571, 2 RBI, 1 strikeout

Shelley Duncan (6): .333/.333/.500, 1 RBI, 3 strikeouts

Adam Everett (5): .500/.600/1.000, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

Matt LaPorta (5): .200/.200/.200, 1 strikeout

Michael Brantley (3): .333/.333/.333, 1 strikeout

Travis Buck (3): .000/.000/.000, 1 strikeout

Carlos Santana has not faced Lester.

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