G115: Red Sox 7, White Sox 4

Is this getting boring? ... The Red Sox have won six straight, 14 of 16 and 18 of 23. They've scored 62 runs in their last six games. They have had 10+ hits in each of their last seven games and are batting .354 with a .429 OBP during that time. They've also won 13 straight games at home. In their last 10 games at Fenway, the Sox have hit .334 and scored 86 runs. They leads the AL East by five games.

Tim Wakefield threw six shutout innings last night on only 70 pitches (11-11-7 20-12-9), allowing only four baserunners, before heavy rain forced a 40-minute delay. When he returned, his rhythm was off and he allowed back-to-back homers to Paul Konerko and Aaron Rowand. He finished with five hits allowed, five strikeouts and no walks. ... On the other side, Boston made Jon Garland throw 74 pitches in three innings and 90 through the first four (18-32-24 16).

Two Sox players told the Herald that Jon Papelbon will get the ball in Detroit on Tuesday, even though he's been pitching in relief for Pawtucket. ... Can we pull the plug on the the Mike Remlinger Era (6 batters: 3 hits, 2 walks, error)? ... Johnny Damon "tweaked" a hamstring running to first on Friday night, but he expects to play today. He has a hit in 49 of his last 51 games. ... Roberto Petagine hit his first home run since September 27, 1998.

Tony Graffanino is hitting .358 (24-for-67) since joining the Sox; in his last four games, all at Fenway, he's batting .563 (9-for-16), with four doubles, a homer, eight RBIs, and six runs scored. ... Meanwhile, in 11 games with the PawSox, Mark Bellhorn is 5-for-45 (.111) with 15 strikeouts and one home run. ... Keith Foulke threw 54 pitches off a mound (three sessions of 18) without discomfort yesterday afternoon. ... David Ortiz (3-for-4) reached base in eight consecutive at-bats (7 hits, 1 walk) before striking out in the eighth inning last night.

Here are the bottom 14 in RBI Opportunity (min. 300 PA):

                PA  R1  R2 R3  Tot BI RBI/Runner
 1. CGuzman    350 130  69 40  239 12  .0502
 2. CPatterson 351  95  64 31  190 14  .0737
 3. TWomack    317 105  60 31  196 15  .0765
 4. WTaveras   468 105  74 48  227 19  .0837
 5. MBellhorn  335 123  71 51  245 21  .0857
 6. NLogan     316  78  56 24  158 14  .0886
 7. CBlake     408 123  84 38  245 23  .0939
 8. ABerroa    473 122  87 34  243 23  .0947
 9. CGuillen   347 107  54 28  189 18  .0952
10. JWilson    452 122  76 39  237 23  .0970
11. DBell      426 157 108 61  326 33  .1012
12. JRollins   507 101  84 39  224 23  .1027
13. MCuddyer   321  97  65 40  202 21  .1040
14. ERenteria  481 172 113 65  350 37  .1057

Clement / Hernandez at 2:00.