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Red Sox: Lester was nearly perfect in his last start, on Saturday against the Rangers at Fenway Park. He took a perfect game into the seventh inning before Michael Young's one-out double to left-center field broke up Lester's bid. The left-hander finished the night with a complete game -- his first since his no-hitter on May 19, 2008, against the Royals at Fenway -- and he allowed two hits (both by Young) and two walks in Boston's 8-1 win. In his last two outings, Lester has struck out a combined 23 batters. He has faced the Phillies once before, in 2008, getting the win with seven scoreless innings and six hits allowed.Phillies: Blanton has pitched much better recently. He allowed just five hits and one run in six innings in a 3-2, 12-inning loss to the Dodgers on Saturday in Los Angeles. His only mistake came in the fourth inning, when he allowed a home run to right field to Andre Ethier to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. Blanton was 2-3 with a 7.11 ERA after his first eight starts this season. But in his past three starts, the right-hander is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA, having allowed four earned runs in 20 innings. "I feel like my stuff is coming out pretty good," Blanton said. "I feel like I have an idea where I'm going to throw it instead of throwing it up there and hoping it goes to the right spot."