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Phillies Nation Perfect Season: Lee blanks Boston, tosses third straight complete-game shutout

Every day until Opening Day arrives, Phillies Nation will take a daily look back at a regular season victory from that particular day in history that you can watch in full in lieu of live Phillies baseball. Think of it is as your daily Phillies watch recommendation.

Phillies 5, Red Sox 0

On this day in 2011, Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee earned his fifth straight victory after tossing his third consecutive complete-game shutout.

Heading into the Phils’ match-up with the Red Sox, Lee had allowed just one run over his previous 33 innings, lowering his season ERA to 2.