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BOSTON -- With one ace already on the disabled list, the Boston Red Sox werent taking any chances when their other star pitcher landed awkwardly after a pitch late in the game. By that point, though, Jon Lester had more than done his job. Lester pitched into the eighth inning before jamming his right hip and leaving the game, and Dustin Pedroia homered during a seven-run second to help the Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 in the opener of a four-game series Thursday night. "I slipped a little bit. I guess the doctors were kind of calling it a little jammed hip, a type of zinging sensation down my leg." Lester said. "It just didnt feel normal and like I said, at that point in the game, especially with that offence -- they can score some runs in a hurry -- so theres no point in trying to be a hero. Weve got a long way to go the rest of the season." Toronto, which reeled off 11 straight wins this month, had won 12 of its past 14 games and 15 of 19 to close within 6 1/2 games of the AL East-leading Red Sox. Then the Blue Jays ran into Lester. The left-hander retired 10 straight to begin the game and didnt allow a hit until the fifth. But he exited the game with a 7-2 lead after giving up consecutive singles to start the eighth and running the count to 3-0 on Emilio Bonifacio. Farrell came darting out of the dugout as the infielders crowded around Lester. Moments later, Lester walked off the field and Junichi Tazawa came on in relief. "The final pitch that he threw, his landing foot kind of gave way and he jammed his hip," Farrell said. "Given where we were in the ballgame and the number of pitches he had thrown, he clearly had done his job and we werent going to take any chances." It was quite a scare for Red Sox Nation. Clay Buchholz, who is 9-0 with a 1.71 ERA, hasnt pitched since June 8 because of neck stiffness and a sore shoulder. Lester, however, isnt concerned about his leg. He has experienced this before and doesnt think he will miss any starts. "Im not too worried about it. The doctors didnt seem worried about it," he said. "I actually feel fine now. Walking off the field, it just kind of stays with you for a little while, and then after the docs looked at me, I feel normal. Hopefully that will carry over to tomorrow and we wont have to worry about it." The Blue Jays capitalized when Lester left the game, cutting the deficit to 7-4 on a sacrifice fly by Jose Reyes and a groundout by Jose Bautista. Koji Uehara preserved the lead with a perfect ninth for his third save. Lester (8-4) was charged with four runs on five hits with five strikeouts and three walks in winning for just the second time in his last eight starts. "I feel that responsibility to go out there and save the bullpen and thats what we tried to do tonight," Lester said. "Obviously would have liked to give (Tazawa) a little better situation than what he came into, but he kept us with the lead and thats the main thing." After starting the season 6-0 with a 2.72 ERA through his first nine starts, Lester struggled over his past seven, going 1-4 with a 7.30 ERA. He returned to form just in time to face baseballs best team in June -- and Bostons bats provided him all the support he needed. The Red Sox jumped all over Chien-Ming Wang, tagging the right-hander for seven runs while batting around in the second. Wang (1-1) lasted just 1 2-3 innings, allowing all seven runs on six hits with two walks and no strikeouts. "They dropped seven on us," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "Against a good pitcher, you are never going to catch that. Too much to overcome." Lester needed only 30 pitches to get through three innings and didnt allow a baserunner until Bautista walked with one out in the fourth. Melky Cabrera singled for Torontos first hit with one out in the fifth and moved to second on a base hit by Rajai Davis. Maicer Izturis drove them both home with a double to left-centre. Yet it wasnt enough to make up for Bostons blistering start. Wang allowed the first seven batters to reach base during the drawn-out second. David Ortiz and Mike Carp walked, Daniel Nava delivered an RBI single off the Green Monster in left field and Jarrod Saltalamacchia followed with an RBI single up the middle to make it 2-0. Stephen Drews double to right scored Nava, and consecutive base hits by Jose Iglesias and Jacoby Ellsbury stretched the lead to 5-0 before Wang even managed an out. It got even worse. After inducing a double play, Wang served up Pedroias fifth homer of the season, a two-run shot that landed in the first row of Green Monster seats and ended Wangs evening after just 45 pitches. "We swung the bats well," Pedroia said. "A lot of guys strung together some quality at-bats. It was a huge inning for us." NOTES: The Red Sox played their 81st game, marking the 16th consecutive season Boston has owned a winning record halfway through the season. ... Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz, on the DL with a neck strain, has been shut down for two to three days with lingering soreness in his right shoulder, according to Farrell. Buchholz (9-0, 1.71 ERA) underwent an MRI on Wednesday that revealed inflammation in the bursa sac area, but no structural damage. Farrell said he hopes Buchholz will resume throwing this weekend. ... Ellsbury has hit safely in eight straight games and 22 of the past 25. ... Wang fell to 6-7 in 16 career appearances against the Red Sox. ... Toronto RHP Josh Johnson (1-2, 4.60 ERA) will face Allen Webster (0-2, 11.25) in the second game of the series Friday. ... Carp returned to the lineup after missing three games and eight of the past nine with right hamstring tightness. Zapatillas Asics Hombre 2015 . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. Asics Onitsuka Tiger España . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. http://www.asicsnimbus17.es/asics-onitsuka-tiger/asics-mexico-66.html . Fellow centre Pavel Datsyuk remains out because of a concussion. Zetterberg has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points, and Datsyuk has a team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. Zapatillas Asics Gt 2000 Mujer . -- Its been a long road back for Sean Bergenheim. Comprar Asics Noosa Tri 9 Mujer . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. For the first several months of the season, Liverpool have been one of the leagues surprise packages. The Reds have been dismantling clubs with a dizzying array of attacking prowess, which has so far served to cancel out some subpar defending.Liverpool (9-4-2) have hit some adversity heading into the busy festive period, winless in two consecutive matches and missing their most dynamic creative player heading into Wednesday nights encounter with Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium.Liverpools attacking midfield corps of Philippe Coutinho, Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane have been making opponents heads spin for most of the season, but Coutinho is out for about five weeks after suffering an ankle injury against Sunderland on Nov. 26. Manager Jurgen Klopp hasnt quite figured out how to replace him in the two matches that followed -- a 4-3 loss at Bournemouth and 2-2 draw with West Ham United at home on Sunday.Klopp utilized a 4-3-3 against Bournemouth with a front three of Mane, Firmino and Divock Origi. Sundays lineup featured the same front three with Lallana returning to the starting 11 after his own injury spell.Things started well for the Reds as Lallana put the hosts up after just five minutes, but Dimitri Payets well-taken free kick equalised for West Ham in the 27th. The visitors then went ahead in the 39th as a deflected long pass landed at the feet of Mikhail Antonio, who slid it past an out-of-position Loris Karius.Origi did well to equalise just minutes after the restart as the sides were forced to share the spoils, but as good as the attack has been, the defence has been equally shaky, conceding two preventable goals Sunday.Klopp conceded that his club has things to work on in the defensive third.As a manager, if you concede goals, how can you be happy about this? But they are all different, thankfully, he told reporters. We have to work on all the different things, but its quite difficult to work a lot on free-kicks or on deflected passes in defence.I think for us, and especially for me, the most important thing is that in absolutely most of the situations, we are really good in defending. (Against West Ham) we had a little bit of a problem but its a clear rule that the boys are responsible for the good things and I am responsible for the bad things in the game.ddddddddddddKlopp gave an assessment of what his club will face Wednesday.Unfortunately, they are a very difficult side to play, because they havent scored a lot until now but they dont concede a lot, the German commented at Mondays pre-match press conference. They are a football-playing side with quite skilled players. We made the opposition analysis this morning and its really interesting to see what they are capable of. Its an interesting challenge, I would say.Middlesbrough, for their part, continue to scrap and claw as a promoted side looking to hit that magical 40-point mark that almost guarantees safety. At 3-6-6, they have some work to do towards that end, but a win Wednesday would certainly help.Boros results have been up and down, as any promoted clubs are They have been surprisingly sold in the defensive third, having only conceded 16 goals in 15 games to make up for a struggling offence. The Teesiders gave a good account of themselves in Sundays 1-0 defeat to Southampton at St. Marys Stadium, but were done in by a 53rd-minute strike from Sofiane Boufal.Despite the loss, Aitor Karankas boys must turn their attention to Liverpool.Its an important period in the Premier League, Karanka told Sky Sports. We lost (Sunday), but I think the performances have been really good so were looking forward to those games.We are a recently-promoted team and we have shown we will create chances and compete against every single team. We are together and we are going in the same direction.Middlesbroughs last Premier League encounter with Liverpool ended in victory, 2-0 at the Riverside in February 2009. In the last meeting in all competitions, the Merseyside outfit progressed from a League Cup tie 14-13 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at Anfield.Liverpool havent won a Premier League game in Middlesbrough since March 2002, drawing four and losing three contests there since. ' ' '