Jon Lester takes an 11-game winning streak at Fenway Park into tonight’s start against the Rays. In his 16 starts, including five no-decisions, during the streak, Lester has compiled a glittering 2.28 ERA in the fabled Graveyard of Lefthanders.
Lester’s home winning streak is the longest by a Red Sox pitcher since Jack Kramer won 14 in a row from May 11, 1948 through September 13, 1949.
The last pitcher with a longer home winning streak anywhere was Johan Santana, who went 17-0 for the Twins at the Metrodome from August 6, 2005 through April 2, 2007.