AL: BOSTON (48-28) at SEATTLE (41-33) <h3>A pair of rookies square off in Mariners-Red Sox finale</h3> Boston (48-28) at Seattle (41-33) 4:35 pm EDT SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-5, 4.01 ERA) highlightsa battle of rookie starters on Wednesday when the Boston Red Soxvisit the Seattle Mariners in the finale of a three-game series. Matsuzaka has been outstanding over his last four starts,allowing just five earned runs in 26 innings. However, he hasgone just 2-2 over that stretch as the Red Sox have scored atotal of four runs in his starts. The Japanese righthander has pitched against Seattle twicealready during his rookie campaign, going 0-2 while allowing 10runs in 12 innings. The Mariners will counter with rookie Ryan Feierabend (1-2,8.20). The 21-year-old lefthander may be pitching for his jobafter he was pounded for nine runs in just 2 2/3 innings in hislast start. Feierabend has appeared just once against an American Leagueopponent, allowing four runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings totake a loss in his major league debut, May 29 against theAngels.
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BOSTON AT SEATTLE -- LINEUPS BOSTON SEATTLE AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Coco Crisp CF .259 4 21 Ichiro Suzuki CF .362 5 38 Dustin Pedroia 2B .322 3 23 Jose Lopez 2B .285 7 43 David Ortiz DH .325 13 48 Jose Vidro DH .295 3 22 Manny Ramirez LF .295 11 42 Richie Sexson 1B .213 15 46 Kevin Youkilis 1B .335 8 41 Ben Broussard LF .287 4 13 Mike Lowell 3B .294 12 54 Jose Guillen RF .256 9 41 Jason Varitek C .268 8 33 Adrian Beltre 3B .262 10 31 Wily Mo Pena RF .218 4 11 Yuniesky Betancour SS .287 4 28 Julio Lugo SS .191 4 34 Jamie Burke C .400 0 6 Daisuke Matsuzaka RHP (9-5, 4.01) Ryan Feierabend LHP (1-2, 8.20)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE WARMUPS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA (9-5, 4.01) SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND (1-2, 8.20) UMPIRES: HP - BRIAN KNIGHT 1B - TIM WELKE 2B - JIM REYNOLDS 3B - GARY CEDERSTROM WEATHER: 66 Degrees, overcast WIND: 4 mph, out to left</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE STARTING BATS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA AND JASON VARITEK SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND AND JAMIE BURKE DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.259, 4 HR, 21 RBI) D PEDROIA (.322, 3 HR, 23 RBI) D ORTIZ (.325, 13 HR, 48 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 1 0 SEATTLE 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.362, 5 HR, 38 RBI) J LOPEZ (.285, 7 HR, 43 RBI) J VIDRO (.295, 3 HR, 22 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS SEATTLE (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crisp cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .262 D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .320 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 K Youkilis 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335 M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 W Pena rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Totals 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (5, 2nd base by R Feierabend/J Burke). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .362 J Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 J Vidro dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 R Sexson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 B Broussard lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 J Guillen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 A Beltre 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 J Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 0 -- 0 SEATTLE - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.01 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era R Feierabend 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.78 Pitches-strikes: R Feierabend 18-10. Ground balls-fly balls: R Feierabend 0-1. Batters faced: R Feierabend 3. UMPIRES: HP--Brian Knight. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 66 degrees, overcast. Wind: 4 mph, out to left.</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE CONFIRMED STARTERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 1 0 SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.295, 11 HR, 42 RBI) K YOUKILIS (.335, 8 HR, 41 RBI) M LOWELL (.294, 12 HR, 54 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS SEATTLE (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crisp cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .262 D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .320 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 K Youkilis 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .335 M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 W Pena rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Totals 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (5, 2nd base by R Feierabend/J Burke). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .361 J Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 J Vidro dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294 R Sexson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 B Broussard lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 J Guillen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 A Beltre 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 J Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 0 -- 0 SEATTLE - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.97 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era R Feierabend 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.78 Pitches-strikes: D Matsuzaka 16-12; R Feierabend 18-10. Ground balls-fly balls: D Matsuzaka 0-1; R Feierabend 0-1. Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 3; R Feierabend 3. UMPIRES: HP--Brian Knight. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 64 degrees, overcast. Wind: 4 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 2 0 SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R SEXSON (.213, 15 HR, 46 RBI) B BROUSSARD (.287, 4 HR, 13 RBI) J GUILLEN (.256, 9 HR, 41 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 2 0 SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND DUE UP FOR BOSTON: W PENA (.218, 4 HR, 11 RBI) J LUGO (.191, 4 HR, 34 RBI) C CRISP (.262, 1-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS SEATTLE (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crisp cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .262 D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .320 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 M Lowell 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .297 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267 W Pena rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Totals 7 0 2 0 0 2 2 BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (21, R Feierabend). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1. Team LOB - 1. BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (5, 2nd base by R Feierabend/J Burke). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .361 J Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 J Vidro dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294 R Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 B Broussard lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 J Guillen rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 A Beltre 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 J Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Totals 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 00 -- 0 SEATTLE - 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.93 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era R Feierabend 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7.40 Pitches-strikes: D Matsuzaka 28-20; R Feierabend 34-20. Ground balls-fly balls: D Matsuzaka 0-2; R Feierabend 0-3. Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 6; R Feierabend 7. UMPIRES: HP--Brian Knight. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 64 degrees, overcast. Wind: 4 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 0 4 0 SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.262, 10 HR, 31 RBI) Y BETANCOURT (.287, 4 HR, 28 RBI) J BURKE (.400, 0 HR, 6 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS SEATTLE (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crisp cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .261 D Pedroia 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .324 D Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .323 M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 M Lowell 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .297 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267 W Pena rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .225 J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Totals 12 0 4 0 0 2 6 BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (21, R Feierabend). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1, D Ortiz 1. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (5, 2nd base by R Feierabend/J Burke). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .361 J Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 J Vidro dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294 R Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 B Broussard lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 J Guillen rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 A Beltre 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 J Burke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Totals 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 000 -- 0 SEATTLE - 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.93 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era R Feierabend 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 7.06 Pitches-strikes: D Matsuzaka 28-20; R Feierabend 52-31. Ground balls-fly balls: D Matsuzaka 0-2; R Feierabend 0-6. Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 6; R Feierabend 12. UMPIRES: HP--Brian Knight. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 64 degrees, overcast. Wind: 4 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY ICHIRO SUZUKI SCORED JAMIE BURKE. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I SUZUKI ON FIRST, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0 SEATTLE 1 BOTTOM, 3RD DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J LOPEZ (.284, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 0 4 0 SEATTLE 0 0 1 1 2 0 (TOP 4) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.294, 0-FOR-1) K YOUKILIS (.333, 0-FOR-1) M LOWELL (.297, 1-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS SEATTLE (1) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crisp cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .261 D Pedroia 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .324 D Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .323 M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 M Lowell 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .297 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267 W Pena rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .225 J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Totals 12 0 4 0 0 2 6 BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (21, R Feierabend). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1, D Ortiz 1. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (5, 2nd base by R Feierabend/J Burke). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .363 J Lopez 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283 J Vidro dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294 R Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 B Broussard lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 J Guillen rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 A Beltre 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Y Betancourt ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 J Burke c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .413 Totals 11 1 2 1 0 4 1 BATTING: 2B - J Burke (6, D Matsuzaka). RBI - I Suzuki (39). 2-out RBI - I Suzuki. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 000 -- 0 SEATTLE - 001 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 3 2 1 1 0 4 0 3.98 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era R Feierabend 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 7.06 Pitches-strikes: D Matsuzaka 44-31; R Feierabend 52-31. Ground balls-fly balls: D Matsuzaka 0-5; R Feierabend 0-6. Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 11; R Feierabend 12. UMPIRES: HP--Brian Knight. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 64 degrees, overcast. Wind: 4 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 SEATTLE 0 0 1 1 2 0 (BOT 4) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.294, 0-FOR-1) R SEXSON (.212, 0-FOR-1) B BROUSSARD (.284, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">BOSTON (0) VS SEATTLE (1) - MID 4TH - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Crisp cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .261 D Pedroia 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .324 D Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .323 M Ramirez lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 K Youkilis 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .332 M Lowell 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267 W Pena rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .225 J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Totals 15 0 4 0 0 2 6 BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (21, R Feierabend). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1, D Ortiz 1. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: CS - C Crisp (5, 2nd base by R Feierabend/J Burke). SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg I Suzuki cf 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .363 J Lopez 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283 J Vidro dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294 R Sexson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 B Broussard lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 J Guillen rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 A Beltre 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Y Betancourt ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 J Burke c 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .413 Totals 11 1 2 1 0 4 1 BATTING: 2B - J Burke (6, D Matsuzaka). RBI - I Suzuki (39). 2-out RBI - I Suzuki. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 000 0 -- 0 SEATTLE - 001 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 3 2 1 1 0 4 0 3.98 SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era R Feierabend 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 6.75 Pitches-strikes: D Matsuzaka 44-31; R Feierabend 69-43. Ground balls-fly balls: D Matsuzaka 0-5; R Feierabend 0-9. Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 11; R Feierabend 15. UMPIRES: HP--Brian Knight. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Gary Cederstrom. Weather: 64 degrees, overcast. Wind: 4 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 SEATTLE 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 (TOP 5) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA SEA - RYAN FEIERABEND DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.267, 0-FOR-1) W PENA (.225, 1-FOR-1) J LUGO (.191, 0-FOR-1)</div>
