With Lester, Red Sox have healthy outlook

BOSTON (AP) - 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.

"I don't think I try to be that," Lester said yesterday before Boston's offday workout. "It doesn't matter to me who's the No. 1 starter and who's the No. 5 starter. We all have equal importance to this team when it comes to...