ARLINGTON, Texas, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Jon Lester allowed five hits over eight shutout innings Saturday, carrying the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over Texas.
The four total runs came one night after the teams combined to score 19 times on 30 hits.
Lester (3-7) struck out five and did not walk a batter while throwing 109 pitches. He gave way in the ninth to Scott Atchison, who coughed up up a one-out homer to Josh Hamilton and an infield single to Vladimir Guerrero.
Felix Doubront then replaced Atchison and needed to throw only three pitches. Guerrero was caught trying to steal second and Doubront struck out Mitch Moreland to end the game.
It was Doubront's first major league save and came in the seventh appearance of his rookie season.
J.D. Drew singled home Boston's first run in the fifth and the Red Sox still had only a 1-0 lead going into the ninth. Bill Hall had an RBI single in that inning and the Red Sox added an unearned run when center fielder Julio Borbon misplayed a fly ball.
Colby Lewis (9-9) was charged with the loss. He gave up only one run on six hits and struck out nine in 6 2/3 innings.
