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Emerging ace Lester faces Rays in Game 3

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria checks out the team's locker room after their arrival at Fenway Park in preparation for Game 3 of the American League baseball championship series in Boston, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Boston will play Tampa Bay on Monday, Oct. 13.

Jon Lester is pitching like an ace. Just don’t call him that. The strapping Red Sox left-hander hasn’t allowed an earned run in 14 innings this postseason. That followed 5 2-3 shutout innings in a Game 4 win that completed a sweep of the Colorado Rockies in last year’s World Series. Ace? That’s not a label he seeks.

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