Where his pitch count was, as effective he was, we were looking for at least one more inning. In your half of the seventh, any circumstances in which you would have pinch-hit for Lester? He's done such a great job at his work in between starts to maintain the durability and strength overall. And he's been on a great run, particularly this entire second half. JOHN FARRELL: Well, the clues have been every time he's walked out in the postseason. Did you see any clues either before the game or early in the game that Lester was going to throw as well as he did? But more importantly the rapport that he and Jon have continued to refine as we've gone through this postseason, you know, is the reason why we've won the games in which he started and they've worked great together. He's come up with some big hits in this series and against Detroit. He can do some things: He'll draw the third baseman in with an attempted bunt. JOHN FARRELL: Well, as we talked about offensively, he's given us a little bit of a spark in there. Piggybacking off the previous question, can you talk a little about how Ross has complemented Lester? And also he's been your starting catcher in the three wins. And on the third consecutive day, we felt like four outs was probably the max for him. He gets a quick strikeout of Adams, which kind of helps conserve the number of pitches he's got to throw overall. JOHN FARRELL: As we've said, every time he walks to the mound, it's one of the most calm innings that we'll watch, regardless of the stage, regardless of the importance of the game. We've talked a lot about how he and Jon have worked well in the last six or seven times they've paired up. The key double in that seventh inning for the go ahead run. He does such a great job of running the game. And once he's gotten it, he's swung the bat through the month of September and in the postseason better than anytime in the year. And it took him probably 25 at-bats once he was activated to finally get his timing. JOHN FARRELL: He missed two full months or more. How hard a season has it been for David Ross, the concussion, the time he missed and trying to stay sharp with not a whole lot of at-bats and playing time? There was a little bit of gathering after each pitch. You could see his reaction after he'd throw a pitch. Jon, you know what, end of the season, he's battled a little bit of back tightness, and that started to gradually come on a little bit more. We sent him back out for the 8th in Ortiz, just so we could double-switch with Uehara coming in there. But, no, we wanted to get him off his feet after that inning. JOHN FARRELL: No, David - he's been running the bases a lot, thankfully. Did both Lester and Ortiz injure themselves? Fortunately we were able to break through in the seventh inning. We talked before the game, we felt this was going to be a classic pitcher's duel it was shaping up that way.
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