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D6 The Boston Globe WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2008 Lester has 'Public' gives a schooling too muc I ii BARRY CHINGLOBE STAFF Coco Crisp (left) and Jacoby Ellsbury smile after their joyride each came home on David Ortiz's double in a six-run fourth. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t'l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 on the By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell GLOBE STAFF For the first time in his career, Red Sox starter Jon Lester threw a pitch that was recorded at 97 miles per hour. But Lester actually thought he was too strong against the Orioles last night. The lefthander, who picked up the lopsided 14-2 victory at Fenway Park, lasted five innings. He gave up one run and six hits, walked four and struck out five.

He received a great deal of offensive support as well as defensive help but wasn't overly pleased by his performance. "Coming into this year, I think the highest I ever did was 96," said Lester, who improved to 13-5. "That was a couple of years ago. It was one of those nights, I felt real strong, almost too strong. "I was getting out too early, trying to almost throw the ball past guys every time instead of just almost going half-speed and just relying on my stuff and throwing strikes.

It was unfortunate because I had good stuff. "To only go five and have some unneeded walks there and some long innings was tough." Lester retired the Orioles in order in the first inning. In the second, he gave up two hits, and in the third, he gave up one. The run he allowed came in the fourth. Aubrey Huff singled and Ramon Hernandez hit a ground-rule double to right, moving Huff to third.

Kevin Millar's sacrifice fly scored Huff. Oscar Sala-zar drew a walk, but Lester struck out Lou Montanez and Juan Castro to end the inning. In the fifth, Lester got two outs before Nick Markakis doubled through the hole at shortstop. Huff then walked the fourth walk for Lester, his highest total since April 29 against Toronto but Hernandez lined out to end the inning, and that Without a senior roster forward available, the Revolution were in a challenging situation before the match even started. Injuries kept Kenny Mansally (ankle sprain), Taylor Twellman (facial lacerations), Kheli Dube (adductor strain), and Adam Cristman (toe sprain) out of the lineup.

As a result, Khano Smith and Brandon Manzonelli started at forward. The offensive opportunities were limited for the Revolution, and what chances they had, they failed to put away. "Obviously, we didn't want to go out like that, and we didn't want to lose like that, but at the end of the day, I think it's a blessing in disguise," Smith said. The Revolution now can focus on the MLS standings, as this was their last in-season tournament. Last month, they won the Super-Liga and advanced to the semifinals of the US Open Cup.

"You never want to get beat at home," said Reis. "Unfortunately, that happened tonight. Now the important thing is to focus on the MLS Cup." That sentiment was echoed by Revolution coach Steve Nicol. "The last three months, we've played every four days with a roster of 18," Nicol said. "You're traveling, that's what you get, you get a team that's getting no juice.

"So we'll maybe manage a training session or two. in the next couple of weeks and get some strength back and get on with MLS." The Columbus Crew lead the Eastern Conference with 40 points, and the Revolution are 2 points behind. On Saturday, the Revolution travel to Ohio to play the Crew. In their first meeting May 24, the Revolution walked away with a 1-0 win. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiitiii Joe Public FC, 4-0 at GiHette Stadium 2-4 nc.wji,t ft a ft Scoring: Pitzpatrick Gregory Richardson (Wol-ry Wolfe) 17th minute: Richardson (unassisted) 45th minute; Roen Nelson (Richardson) 48th minute; Richardson (Silas Spann) 8ist Shots: New England 10, Joe Public 9.

Corner kicks: New England 2. Joe Public 3. Fouls: New England 14, Joe Public 13. Yellow cards: NE, Jay Heaps 2 (78th, 90th, ejected), Gabriel Badilla 88th; JP, Dale Saunders 13th. Saves: NE, Matt Reis JP, Alejandro Figueroa 4.

Referee: Steven Depiero. Attendance: 3323. Lineups NEW ENGLAND Matt Reis: Amaechi Igwe. Gabriel Badilla. Jay Heaps.

Chris Tierney. Jeff Larentowicz (Pat Phelan 46th), Mauricio Castro, Khano Smith, Shalrie Joseph (Rob Valentino 68th). Wells Thompson, Brandon Manzonelli (Joe Germanese 72d). JOE PUBLIC FC Alejandro Figueroa; Dale Saunders, Robert Arnold Owarika, Wolry Wolfe, Jason Springer (Lyndon Andrews 85th), Roen Nelson (Jamal Gay 76th). Kerry Baptiste.

Oeon Carlyle Mitchell (Silas Spann 72d), Christopher Harvey, Fttzpatrick Gregory Richardson, Keyeno Thomas. Revolution are routed in tourney By Monique Walker GLOBE STAFF FOXBOROUGH Joe Public FC I forward Greg ory Richardson managed to do everything the Revolution couldn't last night. Richardson scored a hat trick and set up another goal to lead Joe Public to a 4-0 victory in the preliminary-round series of the CON-CACAF Champions League in front of 3,523 at Gillette Stadium. Joe Public won the series on aggregate goals (6-1) and advanced to Group play of the tournament. Joe Public became the first Caribbean club to knock out a US team in the history of CONCACAF club competition, and the first Caribbean team to score three goals against a US team.

They did it behind Richardson, a native of Guyana, who said the Columbus Crew were the only MLS club to express interest in his talents. That may change after his performance against the Revolution. Richardson was out for two months with a knee injury and was playing in just his third game back last night. He proved to be the offensive fuel for Joe Public. "I can't explain it," Richardson said.

"It's one of my best performances. It's the first time I ever play MLS team and plus the high stage. I just knew they couldn't handle it. My speed alone, I would have killed them." Joe Public wasted little time. In the 17th minute, Roen Nelson sent a pass from the halfway line to Richardson, who had a step on the Revolution's Gabriel Badilla andAmaechi Igwe.

Richardson managed to take the shot, despite a sliding Badilla to his Jeft and a charging Igwe on his right, for a 1-0 lead. Richardson had also kicked off the scoring six minutes into the second half in the first match (a 2-1 win for Joe Public last week). Richardson came back in the 45th minute last night, dodging Badilla along the right side, to chip in a goal over keeper Matt Reis's head to the top left corner for a 2-0 lead. In the opening minutes of the second half, Richardson sent a pass to Nelson, who dribbled in a goal off Reis's fingertips to the left side of the net, boosting Joe Public's lead to 3-0. Red Sox at Fenway Part Baltimore 008 100 Ml 2 SI Boston 904 619 21x-14 28 BALTIMORE AB Bl BB SO Avg.

Roberts 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .2 Cintron2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .275 Jonescf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .276 Markakis rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .308 Scott If 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Huffdh 2 110 10 .312 Quirozph-dc 1 0 0 0 0 0 .185 R. Hernandez c-lb 4 0 2 0 0 0 .258 Millar lb 3 0 1 1 0 0 .243 McCroryp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Salazar3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .217 Montanez If-rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .352 Castro ss -4 0 0 0 0 2 .209 Totals 32 2 8 2 6 BOSTON AB Bl BB SO Avg. Ellsbury If 4 2 1 1 2 1 .267 Lowrie3b 2 3 1 2 3 0 .283 Ortizdh 3 2 3 4 1 0 .274 Cashph-dh 2 1 1 0 0 0 .236 Pedroia 2b 5 1 3 5 0 0 .330 Kotsayrf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .350 Van Every pr-rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Varltekc 4 0 2 0 0 1 .228 Rosspr-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bailey lb 3 2 1 0 2 0 .290 Corass 5 0 2 0 0 1 .281 Crisp cf 5 3 3 0 0 1 .268 Totals 40 14 20 14 8 6 LOB-Baltimore 9, Boston 12. 2B-Cintron (5), Markakis (43), R. Hernandez (19), Lowrie (19), Ortiz 2 (23), Pedroia (43), Kotsay (5).

HR Pedroia (16) off F.Cabrera. SB-Roberts (36), Ellsbury (44), Crisp (18). SF-Millar, Lowrie, Pedroia. GIDP-Bailey, Crisp.Runners left in scoring position-Baltimore 5 (Jones, Markakis, R. Hernandez, Castro 2): Boston 6 (Pedroia 2, Van Every, Varitek, Cora 2).

Runners moved up-Montanez, Castro. DP-Baltimore 2 (Sala-zar, Roberts and Millar), (Salazar and Millar); Boston 2 (Ellsbury and Varitek), (Cora and Bailey). Baltimore IP ER BB SO NP ERA Liz (L 5-4) 3'A 9 9 9 3 2 75 7.91 F.Cabrera l'i 3 2 2 1 3 33 5.40 Castillo 12A 6 2 2 2 0 47 3.68 McCrory 1 2 1 0 2 1 42 15.43 Boston IP ER BB SO NP ERA Lester (W 13-5) 5 6 1 1 4 5 99 3.37 Delcarmen 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 3.90 Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.63 Pauley 2 2 1 1 0 0 29 8.53 Inherited runners-scored -F. Cabrera 2-2, ACastillo 2-0. PB-Quiroz.

Umpires-Home, Jim Joyce; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Tim Tschida. Red Sox statistics ball was it for Lester. He improved his career record against the Orioles to 6-0 with a 2.81 earned run average. "I feel good, which is fortunate," said Lester. "It's a long season with a lot of innings, and right now I feel pretty good and hopefully can just keep riding that wave." Manager Terry Francona noticed that Lester labored against righthanders.

"His location tonight was really not what it's been said Francona. "His ball was arm side, up and away to a lot of righthanders. You know, he's been so good down, and tonight there were balls he left up, especially with righthanders." The red-hot Dustin Pedroia had five RBIs, which gave Lester all the support he needed and then some. "He has been unreal," said Lester. "He's swinging the heck out of the bat right now.

It seems like every time you turn around, he's up to bat with guys on base and comes up clutch every time. He's done a great job for us defensively, offensively, leadership. Whatever Francona or the team asks of him, he does a good job of doing." As for himself, Lester said he had a talk with pitching coach John Farrell after his outing. "It's almost like I need to go half-speed," Lester said, "and not put as much effort into each throw and each pitch and just stay within myself a little more and realize I do feel strong, I do have pretty good stuff tonight, and just learn how to harness that and execute pitches instead of just going up there throwing and focus on executing that pitch." Nancy Marrapese-Burrell can be reached at marrapeseglobe.com 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 Wild-card races AMERICAN IEAGUE Pet GB BOSTON 81 57 .587 Chicago 77 61 .558 4 Minnesota. 77 61 .558 4 New York.

74 64 .536 7. LAST NIGHTS RESULTS At BOSTON 14 Baltimore 2 At Cleveland 9 Chicago 3 At Toronto 7 Minnesota 5 New York 7 at Tampa Bay 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet GB Milwaukee 80 58 .580 Philadelphia. 76 63 .547 AM 'St. Louis 74 64 .536 6 not including last night's game LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Philadelphia 4 at Washington 0 New York 6 (10 inn.) Milwaukee 5 St Louis at Arizona just on the fly with Youkilis's last-minute problem. "We grinded it out really well tonight," said Francona.

"We were patient, started making Liz throw the ball over the plate. He made some mistakes and we made him pay for it." Francona was particularly thrilled with Ortiz. "He had some very good swings," said the manager. "Took a good swing at a 3-and-0 fastball, little bit late, and he hit the ball off the left-field wall on the very next pitch. "But again, he came up in situations where the pitcher had to throw the ball right over the plate because there were so many men on base.

The guys ahead of him did a pretty good job." As did the guy behind him, Pedroia, who now has 75 RBIs second among AL second basemen to Seattle's Jose Lopez. All are amazed by what they've seen from Pedroia, including a new teammate, Mark Kotsay, who said, "I was going to paint an 'S' on his chest. He'a great young player. It's fun to see him hit behind Ortiz, who's such a huge guy, but Dustin is such a great competitor." Pedroia, Sox smash Orioles BATTING 14, Orioles 2 HOW THE RUNS SCORED THIRD INNING RED SOX Cora flied to center. Crisp singled to third and stole second.

Ellsbury and Lowrie walked, loading the bases. Ortiz doubled to center, scoring Crisp and Ellsbury and sending Lowrie to third. Pedroia hit a sacrifice fly to left. Kotsay doubled to right, scoring Ortiz. Varitek struck out.

FOUR RUNS, THREE HITS, ONE LEFT. FOURTH INNING ORIOLES Huff singled to second. R. Hernandez doubled to right, sending Huff to third. Millar hit a sacrifice fly to left, R.

Hernandez taking third. Salazar walked. Montanez and Castro struck out. ONE RUN, TWO HITS, TWO LEFT. RED SOX Bailey singled to left.

Cora struck out. Crisp singled to center, sending Bailey to second. Ellsbury singled to center, scoring Bailey and sending Crisp to third. Ellsbury stole second. Lowrie walked, loading the bases.

Ortiz doubled to right, scoring Crisp and Ellsbury and sending Lowrie to third. F. Cabrera relieved Liz. Pedroia homered (16) to left. Kotsay struck out.

Varitek flied to left. SIX RUNS, FIVE HITS, NONE LEFT. FIFTH INNING RED SOX Bailey walked. Cora singled to right, sending Bailey to second. Crisp and Ellsbury struck out.

Lowrie doubled to right, scoring Bailey and sending Cora to third. Castillo relieved F. Cabrerar. Ortiz walked. Pedroia popped to third.

ONE RUN, TWO HITS, THREE LEFT. SEVENETH INNING RED SOX Ellsbury grounded to first. Lowrie walked. Cash batted for Ortiz and singled to left, sending Lowrie to third. Pedroia doubled to right, scoring Lowrie and sending Cash to third.

Van Every singled to center, scoring Cash and sending Pedroia to third. McCrory relieved A. Cas: tillo. Ross struck out. Bailey walked.

Cora flied to center. TWO RUNS, THREE HITS, THREE LEFT. EIGHTH INNING RED SOX Crisp singled to right. Ellsbury walked. On Quiroz's passed ball, Crisp took third, Ellsbury second.

Lowrie hit a sacrifice fly to left. Cash popped to second. Pedroia singled to third, sending Ellsbury to third. Van Every grounded to first. ONE RUN, TWO HITS, TWO LEFT.

NINTH INNING ORIOLES Salazar grounded to third. Montanez singled to third. Castro grounded to pitcher, sending Montanez to second. Cintron doubled to center, scoring Montanez. Jones flied to center.

ONE RUN, TWO HITS, ONE LEFT. Avg. 2B .345 13 .333 0 .330 43 J15 36 .293 22 .350 5 .290 1 .289 30 .313 7 .283 19 .281 8 .280 23 .274 23 .270 25 .268 13 .268 14 .267 15 3B HR 0 0 SB CS BB SO 16 22 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 6 0 41 3 47 48 93 27 36 2 10 68 114 9 28 25 39 12 11 78 79 63 61 36 55 34 51 27 57 39 74 12 41 32 37 16 12 1 18 0 3 3 0 4 44 8 .236 7 .230 9 .000 0 .228 19 .284 298 45 106 552 910 24 149 73 108 28 SOX VS. OPPONENTS Sox 80 ...108 Opp. 60 71 84 982 83 155 0 5 Home runs (home)-.

Home runs (away) Stolen bases Left on base 1082 Errors 73 Double plays 125 Triple 0 Complete games. 5 PITCHING W-L ERA Sv. 0.00 0 IP SO 0 1 68 38 186 119 30 20 22 18 56 38 9 11 74Vj 78 171 93 28'A 31 33 14 34 22 117 58 114'j 72 60'i 42 Miller- Johnson Guthrie Bierd Castillo 2-4 2.23 10-11 3.57 3.60 -1-0 3.68 -2-3 4.61 4.66 Sarfate 4-3 4. D. Cabrera.

8-8 5.24 F. Cabrera 2-1 5.40 Waters 2-1 5.45 Walker. 1-2 5.82 Burres 7-9 6.08 Olson 8-7 6.53 Liz 5-4 7.91 Mickolio 9.00 McCrory 0-0 15.43 Totals63-75 5.07 1 2'i 1226 2 1 795 Help is wanted, but may be hard to find AB Casey 59 165 Van Every 3 6 Pedroia 135 570 Youkilis 125 473 Kotsay .93 338 wRedSox 5 20 Bailey 16 31 Bay 134 508 wRedSox 28 115 Lowrie 58 184 Cora 59 121 Drew 107 364 Ortiz 88 336 Lowell 101 381 Lugo 82 261 Crisp 100 306 Ellsbury 125 469 Cash 50 123 Ross 53 135 wRedSox 1 1 Varitek 113 372 4777 RBI 13 57 12 0 2 1 108 188 75 82 149 94 40 99 42 17 5 9 9 5 95 147 93 23 36 29 23 52 39 10 34 8 78 102 60 92 52 103 27 70 45 82 64 70 67 22 34 125 41 10 29 17 31 0 0 33 85 11 13 0 38 729 1356 694 PITCHING App. ERA IP CG ER BB SO HR Sv. Papelbon ST 5 3 1.68 59 43 0 11 7 67 3 35 Lopez 59 2 0 2.81 51VS 47 0 16 19 30 4 0 Matsuzaka .24 16 2 2.82 14j 107 0 44 80 124 10 0 Okajima 54 3 2 2.83 54 46 0 17 21 49 6 1 Masterson 26 4 4 3.33 75 61 0 28 34 58 9 0 Lester 29 13 5 3.37 181 182 2 68 57 129 13 0 Wakefield 25 8 9 3.76 158 133 1 66 55 102 22 0 Delcarmen .63 0 2 3.90 60 49 0 26 24 58 4 1 Colon 6 4 2 4.09 33 37 0 15 9 26 5 0 Aardsma 42 3 2 4.19 43 38 0 20 31 46 3 0 Beckett .23 11 9 4.34 149'j 153 1 72 30 145 17 0 Byrd 26 10 11 4.58 157'! 174 1 80 29 69 30 0 wRedSox 4 3 1 4.78 26'j 28 0 14 5 13 7 0 Timlin 41 4 3 4.97 41 47 0 23 16 24 6 1 Pauley 2 0 0 8.53 6' 9 0 6 2 3 1 0 81 57 3.94 1228 1160 5 538 474 996 128 40 RED SOX Continued from Page Dl this afternoon in place of the injured Jeremy Guthrie.

The Sox had this one wrapped up by the fourth inning, when they held a 10-1 lead. By that time, Ortiz had all three of his hits, including two doubles, and had knocked in his four runs. Pedroia had already knocked in four with a sacrifice fly and a three-run homer. The Sox scored four in the third and six in the fourth, and the rest was pretty much a walk in the Fens. So much for the "progress" the Orioles have made this year.

So much for the "spoiler" team they could be in September. They look every bit the last-place team they are, having dropped a season-low 12 games below .500. In their last 54 games, the Orioles have allowed 10 or more runs 13 times. -i "You hope you can get it out of your system," said Trembley. "You've hit rock bottom and you would think that sooner or later, it's going to turn for you." With the Rays losing to the Yankees, the Sox are within four games of the division lead, and with six games left against Tampa Bay, they haven't given up on winning the AL East.

We're playing very well as a team right now and we're trying to defend our title," said Pedroia. "We'd love to win our division and we know we have a climb to do that, but I think everybody here is up for it. There's a whole month of September to go, and a lot can happen." Before the game, Francona went on about how proud he is of this team and how much fun he's had managing it because "we do things the right way." 'Thereisacohesivenesstothe Sox that has been brought about, in part, by the many injuries they have had to work around. Even last night, they had to ad- bus Crew and that Mansally and Dube will follow in the upcoming weeks. The Revolution have eight games left in the regular season.

But they are not going to sign just anyone. "It has to be the right situation," Burns said. "We're certainly not feeling pressured into doing anything that we don't want to." Badilla answers call The Revolution will be without defender Gabriel Badilla for their next two matches. Badilla was called up to the Costa Rica national team for World Cup qualifying matches next week against Suriname and Haiti. He will miss the matches against Columbus Saturday and Chivas USA next Thursday.

Badilla, who was part of the Costa Rican team in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, has played two games with the Revolution since signing Aug. 18. He made his debut against the Galaxy, paired at center back with Michael Parkhurst in a 4-4-1-1 formation. The first game for the duo together came against one of the league's most dynamic scorers in forward Landon Donovan. Donovan scored two goals, the second time splitting Parkhurst and Badilla on his way to an open shot.

"It's always tough when your first game has to be against the best forward in the league," said Parkhurst. "I know we gave up two goals, and some of that was my fault. The other part of it is it's Landon Donovan, who is one of the best players in the league." Monique Walker can be reached at mwalkergbbe.com By Monique Walker GLOBE STAFF FOXBOROUGH The Revolution are in the market for a forward, but getting one may be easier said than done. They have until Sept. 15 to make roster moves, and Mike Burns, the Revolution's director of soccer, said finding the right player and one eligible and able to come to New England could be a challenge.

"I'm not going to mislead anyone," Burns said. "It's difficult at this time to find someone. We are trying. It's just very unusual that our four injured players are all forwards." The situation may be even more dire, as the Revolution are expected to announce that forward Adam Cristman is out for the season with a toe injury that has nagged him most of the year. None of the four forwards on the team's senior roster were available for last night's game against Joe Public FC, which made establishing an offense difficult.

The result was a 4-0 loss. The injured group includes Kenny Mansally (ankle sprain), Kheli Dube (adductor strain), and Taylor Twellman (facial lacerations). Twellman was held out for precautionary reasons for fear he may have a concussion following a collision in Saturday's match against the Los Angeles Galaxy. The four forwards have accumulated 20 of the Revolution's 43 goals in all competitions this season. Burns said the team is hopeful that Twellman will be back for Saturday's match against the Colum REVOLUTION NOTEBOOK SOX RECORDS 47 19 Away 34 38 Day 22 17 Night 59 40 One-run games 16 20 Two-run games 11 9 Extra innings 7 2 Shutouts 13 7 Orioles statistics BATTING Avg.

AB HR RBI Florentine 1.000 1 0 1 0 1 Montanez .352 54 12 19 1 7 Huff. 312 523 88 163 30 98 Markakis 308 523 97 161 18 80 Roberts .296 540 95 160 9 52 Mora. 283 477 74 135 23 97 Jones 276 406 54 112 8 51 Cintron .275 109 11 30 1 8 Scott .270 408 60 110 21 57 R. Hernandz. J58 399 44 103 14 59 Payton .255 306 39 78 7 40 Millar 243 489 71 119 20 71 Fahey .241 87 5 21 0 11 Torres 222 9 2 2 0 0 Salazar .217 23 4 5 2 5 Castro .209 115 12 24 2 14 Quiroz 185 119 11 22 2 12 Moore 125 8 1 111 Totals .272 4809 704 1306 159 675.