For those that thought Maddon should have left Lester in( I was one) And before anybody starts bemoaning the manager’s decision to take ace Jon Lester out after seven scoreless innings at 94 pitches, it was Lester — who has battled a flu bug all week — who told Maddon he was done. “I was gassed,” Lester said, his voice still raspy. “The sixth and seventh innings got to me.”