The Boston Red Sox will give Jon Lester the starting nod as they set to host the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at 7:10 pm ET.

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At 7-2 and with 11 interleague games remaining, Boston (66-44) appears in good position to record a ninth straight winning season against NL opponents. The Red Sox have batted .376 with 31 extra-base hits while outscoring their last six interleague opponents 39-13.

Boston's also averaged 6.0 runs during a five-game home winning streak against Arizona (55-53).

Lester (10-6, 4.27 ERA) is 11-5 with a 3.04 ERA in 22 interleague starts, and though he's 0-2 in his last four against the NL at Fenway Park, the left-hander has posted a 3.10 ERA during that stretch. Lester allowed a run in seven innings of a 2-1 walkoff victory over San Diego on July 3.

He yielded a two-run homer and three other hits in seven innings of a 6-2 win over visiting Arizona in 2010.

Lester has given up two runs over 13 1/3 innings of his last two outings overall, allowing four hits over seven in Sunday's 5-0 victory at Baltimore.

"A Jon Lester pitching to his capabilities is going to be one of the better pitchers in the league," manager John Farrell told the Red Sox's official website. "He's shown it the last couple of times out."