Lackey :
Has averaged 1.98 walks per 9.0 innings in 2013, the 8th-lowest rate in the AL...
Has surrendered 1 walk or fewer in 18 of 26 starts (69%), the most such starts by a Red Sox in a season since Josh Beckett also did it 18 times in 2008.
Has 18 quality starts this season, tied with Jon Lester for the Red Sox lead...
Has allowed 2 runs or less in 9 of his last 16 games since 6/15.
Has received a team-low 4.29 runs of support per 9.0 IP (80 RS/168.0 IP) this
season...Has not received a single run of support in 6 of his last 12 starts since
7/7...Has gone winless in 10 of his 18 quality starts in 2013 (8-6)...Has allowed
3 ER or fewer in 8 of his losses, the most such losses in MLB
Is 2nd in the AL with a 2.38 ERA (20 ER/75.2 IP) at home in 2013, trailing only
NYY?s Hiroki Kuroda (1.97).
Last start: Earned the win as the Red Sox defeated the Yankees, 13-9, on
9/7 in the Bronx...Gave up a season-high 7 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks over
5.2 innings...Struck out 6 while tossing 105 pitches (71 strikes)...
Allowed
individual runs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings...
Surrendered 3 runs in the 6th
before being replaced by Matt Thornton with 1 on, 2 outs, and the Sox leading
12-6...
Charged with 1 additional run in the frame.
His 7 runs allowed were his most since giving up 8 on 9/19/11-G2 vs. BAL.
Snapped a career-high 15-game streak with at least 6.0 IP, the longest such
streak by a Sox since Jon Lester did it in 17 straight from 4/28-7/30/10.