Both Boston and New York got bombed

Well, the Red Sox scored 12 runs the other night against the Cleveland Indians... in one inning, before an out was recorded.

On Saturday, it was Boston's turn to take a beating, losing 14-5 at home to the Tampa Bay Rays.

And enough about Jon Lester being a feel-good story with his comeback from cancer and pitching a no-no in 2008.

He sucks.

Lester has already suffered his fourth subpar outing this season. That's out of only seven starts. Yup, four terrible outings in seven appearances.

And it's not like all those bad starts came at Fenway. He was shelled in his first start of 2009, giving up five runs in five innings against Tampa Bay at Fenway. He was bombed in Oakland (which happens to have a pitcher's park) for six runs in six innings in the next game. He was rocked in Cleveland for five runs in six innings on April 29th.

And now Saturday's stinker against the Rays, when he was pounded for eight runs in 4 1/3 innings. His ERA is 6.31.

Enough about how Lester is a hero. He sucks. And he's shown he can't beat the Rays--at least this season anyways.

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The Yankees also suffered a blow-out loss, getting pounded 12-5 in Baltimore.

Alex Rodriguez, who belted a three-run bomb on Friday in his first game coming off the hip surgery, was a non-factor on Saturday.

A-Rod went 0-for-3 with a walk, and the Yankees' Phil Hughes came back down to earth.

Hughes gave up only two hits in six scoreless innings in his season debut on April 28 in Detroit, when he took over for Chien-Ming Wang (who's on the DL).

Then he got rocked against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in his next start.

Now in his third start, he just didn't have it. The Orioles pounded Hughes for eight hits and eight runs, and the Yankees couldn't overcome that early deficit.

Hughes was actually in trouble in the first inning, but escaped unscaved.

He gave up a double and walk in the inning, but Melvin Mora popped out to end the threat.

Hughes was not so fortunate in the second. By the time Mora flied out to left in his next at-bat, the Orioles had already plated seven runs.