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Stunned. That was the state of Red Sox Nation after a 9-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of the ALCS. And who could blame them? After an awful outing from Josh Beckett in Game 2, Sox fans looked to Jon Lester's start as a sure win, based off what he had accomplished in his two starts in the Division Series. But on Monday Night, we didn't see the Jon Lester we saw all season, or at the beginning of the playoffs. We saw the Jon Lester from April 9th against the Detroit Tigers, the last time the Red Sox lost with him on the hill.

In 5 and 2/3 innings, Lester surrendered 5 runs (4 earned) on 8 hits, along with 2 homeruns in the 3rd inning of action. He paled in comparison to Matt Garza, who in 6 innings surrendered only 1 run with 5 strikeouts. "He kept us off-balance, he made his pitches effectively," said Red Sox first baseman Mark Kotsay. "We just couldn't get anything going. We couldn't get any momentum offensively."

Now trailing 2-1 in the series, and with our current ace knocked out of commission until an unlikely Game 7 situation, it seems as if the Sox are going to need some type of miracle from Tim Wakefield to stay in this series. Although he is 19-5 against the Rays in his career, he was 0-2 in 3 games against the new-look Rays this season, lasting about 5 innings in each start. He will face off with Andy Sonnanstine, who has yet to surrender a run to the Sox in 2 starts this season.

Look, I know that this team has come back from huge deficits TWICE in Championship Series', but both of those comebacks were built on lights out starting pitching in games 5-7. But with an injured Josh Beckett, along with an apparently shaky Jon Lester, the Sox are going to need to tie this series tonight if they hope to repeat as AL Champions. So keep your fingers crossed, and pray to the Gods of the Knuckleball that Tim Wakefield's pitches put on their dancing shoes for Game 4.

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