I feel so happy for Jon.Making a comeback.
He beat cancer.
World Series(last year)
last night a no hitter.
How sweet is that.
Did anyone see this?

BOSTON -- Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester, who a year ago was making a comeback from cancer, pitched a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals Monday night.


With camera flashes popping and fans screaming at the end, Lester retired 23 of the last 24 batters to lead the Red Sox to a 7-0 win.

"It was great, the fans were great. It was one of the loudest times I have heard at Fenway when I’ve been out there pitching," said an understated Lester in his post-game news conference.

Only three Kansas City runners reached base. Billy Butler reached on a walk and Miguel Olivo reached on a fielder’s choice in the second inning.

Esteban German was walked by Lester to start the ninth inning.

When Lester, 24, got his ninth strikeout to end the game, he was mobbed by his teammates and hugged by manager Terry Francona in a long, hard embrace.

"What a story to see him to do that. You feel like a proud parent," Francona said. Lester said that Francona had been like a second father to him during his treatments for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

What words did the two men exchange when they hugged?

"It’s something that’s really between me and Terry. After everything I’ve been through, he’s been like a second dad to me. He cares a lot about his players," Lester said.

A diving catch by Jacoby Ellsbury in the fourth inning took away what otherwise might have been the only hit of the game for the Royals.

"After the catch, I realized he had a no-hitter going. He pitched tremendous," said Ellsbury, who gave Lester a hug after the game. "Now that I look back at it, I am really glad I made that catch."

It is the second no-hitter in the last two years for Red Sox pitchers. Over Labor Day weekend, rookie Clay Buchholz, making only his second major league start, pitched a no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles.

Lester became the 18th Red Sox pitcher to throw an no-hitter and the first left-handed pitcher to do so since Mel Parnell in 1956. It was the first complete game of Lester's major league career.

Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek became the first catcher in major league history to catch four no-hitters. "I am very fortunate. Each one is totally different," said Varitek.

"You see how he has grown in strength (from his illness), as a human being not just a baseball player. That brings him from a young man to an adult. Things have not been easy for him. Just let him enjoy the moment."

The Fenway sound system played "Tessie," the victory anthem the team adopted as the team won two World Series. Lester won the deciding game 4 at Colorado last year, less than a year after chemotheraphy cured his cancer.