GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: BOSTON (48-28) at SEATTLE (41-33)

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.


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BOSTON - 0 -- 0
SEATTLE - -- 0
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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.


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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.


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BOSTON - 00 -- 0
SEATTLE - 00 -- 0
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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.


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BOSTON - 000 -- 0
SEATTLE - 00 -- 0
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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.


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BOSTON - 000 -- 0
SEATTLE - 001 -- 1
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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.


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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>