Jon Lester, looking to continue his long history of success against the Orioles, has matched Alfredo Simon with two scoreless innings.

In the first inning, Lester gave up a one-out double to J.J. Hardy but escaped with no further damage. And in the second, Lester gave up an infield single to Adam Jones, but got an inning-ending, around-the-horn double play when Mark Reynolds sent a grounder toward Red Sox third baseman Mike Aviles.

Historically, third basemen who start inning-ending double plays typically lead off the next inning with walks, which is exactly what Aviles did, setting up Boston’s top of the order for a big inning. Stay tuned …