Lilly's Numbers Against Sox

Thanks to David Pinto's amazing Day by Day Database, here are Ted Lilly's appearances against Boston (all starts except for the first game):

             IP    H  R BB   K
09/11/00 NYY  1    0  0  0   1
04/22/01 NYY  6.2  7  2  2  10
05/23/02 NYY  5    6  3  1   3
06/02/02 NYY  4    5  4  2   1
 
08/14/03 OAK  6    3  1  2   5
08/20/03 OAK  3.1 10  6  3   2
 
04/09/04 TOR  5.1  5  4  2   3
04/21/04 TOR  5.2  6  3  3   6
05/22/04 TOR  5.2  5  2  2  10
08/17/04 TOR  7    6  4  4   5
08/23/04 TOR  9    3  0  2  13
04/10/05 TOR  5    6  1  1   6
05/25/05 TOR  6.2  4  1  3   4
07/01/05 TOR  6    7  1  2   3
09/12/05 TOR  5.2  5  3  1   3
09/28/05 TOR  6.2  6  2  5   3
04/13/06 TOR  7    6  1  0  10

             95.2 90 38 35  88 3.57

In his last seven starts against Boston, Lilly is 5-0 with a 1.76 ERA. Of his six career double-digit strikeout games, four have come against the Sox.

In several recent starts, the Jays have gotten out to big early leads, as they did last night, perhaps taking some pressure off Lilly to be perfect and leading the Sox hitters to hack away more than usual. Or it's just "one of those things".