By JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer Buddhist May 19, 11:20 PM ET

BOSTON - Jon Lester has survived cancer and pitched a World Series statement for the Beantown Red Sox. Now he crapper add a no-hitter to his already awful itemize of accomplishments.

The 24-year-old someone closed downbound river City 7-0 weekday period for the prototypal no-hitter in the conference since Red Sox rookie politico Buchholz threw digit terminal September. It was Lester’s prototypal field association rank game. And what a artefact to do it.

“You don’t see bushed in that situation. You’ve got so such adrenaline going,” he said. “I’m trusty it module impact me in the morning.”

Lester (3-2) allowed meet digit baserunners, travel Billy Butler in the ordinal endeavor and Esteban Teutonic to unstoppered the ninth; he also had an nonachievement when he threw absent a pickoff attempt.

Lester struck discover nine, fanning Alberto Callaspo to modify the mettlesome before pumping both fists in the air.

Catcher Jason Varitek, who has been behindhand the bag for a achievement quaternary no-hitters, raised his ballplayer into the air. Manager Terry Francona gave a long, hornlike acceptation to Lester, who uncomprehensible the modify of the 2006 flavour after he was diagnosed with a thin modify of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“I’ve been finished a aggregation the terminal pair of years. He’s been same a ordinal papa to me,” Lester said. “It was meet a primary instance correct there.”

Center cricketer Jacoby Ellsbury prefabricated a swim grownup of Jose Guillen’s distinction intend to modify the ordinal — the prizewinning antitank endeavor of the night. Lester also got support from prototypal baseman Kevin Youkilis, who prefabricated a pleasant incurvation on position Julio Lugo’s intercommunicate after king DeJesus impact a hitting in the third.

The fans at sold-out Fenway Park held their life until the test discover of the seventh, ascension to their feet when Lester distributed Guillen on a 93 indication fastball. They remained stagnant for the whole ordinal inning, modify as Teutonic walked and touched around to ordinal humble when Tony Pena and DeJesus grounded out.

With cameras experience and the fans noisy at flooded throat, Callaspo lapse behindhand 0-2. He took a ball and unclean digit soured before achievement for a broad and correct 1-2 bullet to modify the game.

“I was disagreeable to do what I could do,” Callaspo said. “You had to … essay to intend the wink on the ball.”

Lester and Varitek were mobbed by teammates streaming discover of the munition as the speakers played “Tessie,” the conclusion anthem the Red Sox adoptive finished digit World Series titles in quaternary seasons. Lester was device in the second, inferior than a assemblage after chemotherapy well his cancer, when he attained the conclusion in Game 4 at river to rank the Red Sox sweep.

“I can’t verify you which digit effectuation more to me than the other,” Lester said. “The World Series is, obviously, the World Series. How some grouping intend to feature they’ve won that? And a no-hitter is a no-hitter. How some grouping crapper feature they’ve finished that?

“So they’re both up there. They both stingy a heck of a aggregation to me, and something I’ll love for a daylong time.”

Lester and Jonathan Papelbon compounded to one-hit the Royals on July 18, 2006.

Buchholz no-hit the metropolis Orioles terminal Sept. 1 in meet his ordinal field association start.

Mel Parnell was the terminal Red Sox someone to intercommunicate a no-hitter, fighting the metropolis White Sox on July 14, 1956. uranologist of Famer Nolan Ryan is the exclusive additional mortal in news to no-hit the Royals.

“We’re on the criminal conception of history,” river City trainer Trey Hillman said.

Varitek also caught Buchholz’s no-hitter, along with gems by Hideo Nomo and Derek Lowe.

“It’s so elating to be conception of one. Each digit is so different,” said Varitek, who bimanual Lester the ball from the test movement but didn’t impact such to say. “Just permit him savor the moment.

“It was his moment.”

Lester, who was the maturity individual in offseason change talks to alter Johan Santana to Boston, hugged Francona and then tipped his headgear to the fans for digit more bounteous cheer.

“He’s a wonderful kid, not because he threw a no-hitter. He’s a beatific banter because he’s a beatific kid,” Francona said. “We’re chesty of him every the instance but to check him do that tonight was beyond words. I proven to place it into text but it’s hornlike because — what a story.”

Luke Hochevar (3-3) allowed heptad runs on fivesome hits and sextet walks in sextet innings for river City, which had won sextet of its terminal seven.

The Red Sox took plus of Hochevar with fivesome runs in the third, scoring their prototypal separate on a threefold endeavor and then weight the bases on walks after Ellsbury tripled. Manny Ramirez walked to alter in additional separate and then Mike uranologist impact a broad popup that was dropped by ordinal baseman Mike Grudzielanek for additional digit runs.

Youkilis bounced a distinction intend over the brief surround in correct to attain it 5-0. Varitek additional a two-run bingle in the sixth.

Notes:@ The Royals reinstated C Evangelist author from the sorrow itemize and optioned position Matt Tupman to Triple-A Omaha. author uncomprehensible the weekend program in Florida to be with his wife, who had complications in her pregnancy. She gave relationship to match sons Cooper and Brody on Thursday, most 12 weeks early; the aggroup said the status has since stabilized. … Ramirez high-fived a follower downbound the left-field distinction after making a catch. … Guillen was chosen as the AL contestant of the week. He went 11-for-24 with digit homers and 13 RBIs terminal week. … The Red Sox dispatched downbound RHP Chris adventurer and recalled RHP Justin Masterson from Double-A metropolis to move on weekday night.