July 24, 2011

G99: Red Sox 12, Mariners 8

Mariners - 200 010 401 -  8 13  1
Red Sox  - 500 051 10x - 12 17  0
Tim Wakefield won his 199th career game -- #185 with Boston -- and collected his 2,000th strikeout as a member of the Red Sox, as Boston finished a three-game sweep of the lowly Mariners. Seattle has now lost 15 consecutive games, a new franchise record.

Miguel Olivo's two-run homer gave Seattle an early lead, but the Red Sox wiped that out when they batted around in the bottom of the first. Jacoby Ellsbury doubled, took third on a wild pitch, and scored on Adrian Gonzalez's single. Kevin Youkilis homered to left to give Boston a 3-2 lead. Three opposite field hits gave the Red Sox two more runs: David Ortiz's single off the Wall, Carl Crawford's double off the Wall, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia's two-run single to right.

The Red Sox, up 5-3, batted around in the fifth. With one out, Gonzalez singled and Youkilis walked. That ended Pineda's (4.1-8-7-1-4, 85) afternoon. Aaron Laffey came in and allowed four hits to four batters: Ortiz singled, Crawford singled (7-3), Josh Reddick doubled (8-3), and Saltalamacchia singled (10-3).

In the sixth, Dustin Pedroia extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a double to center field; he scored on Gonzalez's third single of the day.

Crawford was on base four times (two singles, double, walk) and drove in two runs. Saltalamacchia was 3-for-4 with four RBI.

Wakefield (6.1-10-7-1-4, 100) struck out Mike Carp on three pitches to end the sixth inning. It was his 2,000th regular season Red Sox strikeout; he is 2nd on the team's all-time list, trailing Fat Billy (2,590). In the seventh, Wakefield surrendered three singles and a grand slam to Brendan Ryan. Alfredo Aceves pitched the final 2.1 innings.

The Yankees beat the A's 7-5. The Red Sox (16-3 in July) lead the East by three games.
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Michael Pineda / Tim Wakefield

Seattle sends another rookie to the hill, hoping to avoid a franchise-record 15th straight loss. The Mariners also lost 14 consecutive games in 1992 (September 2-18).

Pineda, 22 years old (6-7, 255), has made 19 starts and has a 3.24 ERA and a 1.056 WHIP. He was named to the All-Star team earlier this month.After making only 25 starts above Single-A (13 AA and 12 AAA last year), Pineda forced his way into the rotation. He has pitched 6+ innings in 16 of his 19 starts (and at least five innings in every start) and has held opponents to a .202 average. Pineda has a mid-90s fastball, along with a slider and changeup.

Wakefield hopes to grab his 199th career win and 185th victory with the Red Sox.

AL East: Athletics/Yankees at 1 PM.

39 comments:

allan said...

Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Crawford, LF
Reddick, RF
Saltalamacchia, C
Scutaro, SS

Suzuki, RF
Ryan, SS
Ackley, 2B
Olivo, C
Smoak, 1B
Carp, LF
Gutierrez, CF
Cust, DH
Figgins, 3B

allan said...

Josh Beckett was asked about Francona getting his 1,000th win as a manager: "If he was a pitcher, it'd be more impressive."

tim said...

I shall accept your lineup, Tito. Good work.

allan said...

don talks right over the kid saying "play ball", ruining the family's dvr.

allan said...

gift out at the plate!

allan said...

OAK - 02
MFY - 01

Benjamin said...

That's enough runs, Tim.

allan said...

61 total bases for Ellsbury this month - best in MLB

allan said...

Ellsbury also leads AL in day AVG: .372.

AG leads AL in AVG and RBI - Elias says it's the first time a Red Sock has led the AL in those categories this late in the season since Ken Harrelson in 1968.

allan said...

SULTAN OF SWEAT

allan said...

"no longer the mariners lead 2-0"

Kathryn said...

Youuukkk!!!

allan said...

Flo and Craw using the Wall!!!

allan said...

salty cleans it out! 5-2.

Kathryn said...

Welcome to the big leagues.

allan said...

at this rate, pineda will not pitch 5 innings for the first time in his short career (20 starts)

Kathryn said...

A pair of salty ribeyes.

allan said...

Laura: "seattle = highly stoppable"

allan said...

Don notes Tito's first game as Phillies manager. Schilling went 8, Botallico got the save, "hey this is easy", then didn't win for like another 2 weeks.

April 1, 1992: Curt goes 8, Botallico gets the save in a 3-0 win. The Phillies lose the next 4, then win (with Schilling again). They started off 3-10.

Maxwell Horse said...

It might be a good idea if the Mariners clubhouse attendant found the razor Wedge used to shave his mustache with and hid it from him.

allan said...

Crap. Got work and have to turn off NESN audio.

Edward Lee said...

Jerry Remy singing on Glee would be all sorts of horrifying and hilarious.

allan said...

HE THREW TO A LOCALE!

Edward Lee said...

Still waiting for Wakefield to fake to third, fake to first and then throw back to third.

allan said...

CRAW!

allan said...

This team can hit.

Kathryn said...

Cue up Laura...

allan said...

Everone has a hit except for FY and Scutaro.

Kathryn said...

Sticky situation for Laffey

Kathryn said...

Wait.....it's not the 7th inning. What are they doing??

allan said...

The Mariners went to Laffey and the Red Sox promptly turned it into a laugher. (/mccarver)

Benjamin said...

Wait.....it's not the 7th inning. What are they doing??

They gave up a run, so you know it's not the 7th.

Maxwell Horse said...

Between innings I fully expect Wedge to go picking through the trash looking for the remnants of his mustache, a bottle of Elmer's glue in one hand.

Kathryn said...

FY 21!!!!

Kathryn said...

A's trying to come back. They've scored 2 in the 8th and still batting. 6-4 Yanks.

Kathryn said...

Fruitbat coming in with men on second & third with two outs in the 8th.

allan said...

don: do you dream a lot when you sleep?

jerry: i can't talk about that.

allan said...

Sweep!

SEA loses 15th straight.

Wakefield gets:
2,000th K
Career Win #199
Red Sox Win #185 (7 to tie)

Amy said...

Dirty water again!!!