Probably because he's allowed a decent amount of hard contact. And isn't getting the same strike zone as Lackey It's not a "this game" thing. Gotcha. I get the same feeling. I feel like when Lester is not on he gets hammered. And it happens so randomly like that game in LA where he was pitching really well into the 7th and then gave up like 4 runs. So I am always sort of prepared for bad Lester to show up out of the blue.