GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: BOSTON (67-43) at SEATTLE (60-48)

AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
BOSTON 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 9 13 0
SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 9 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: BOS - JOSH BECKETT, HIDEKI OKAJIMA (7TH), MANNY DELCARMEN (8TH),
KYLE SNYDER (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK, DOUG MIRABELLI (9TH)

SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA, MARK LOWE (7TH), ERIC O'FLAHERTY
(7TH), SEAN GREEN (7TH), BRANDON MORROW (8TH), RYAN
ROWLAND-SMITH (9TH) AND JAMIE BURKE


WP - JOSH BECKETT (14-5)
LP - MIGUEL BATISTA (11-8)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: BOS - MANNY RAMIREZ (19) OFF MIGUEL BATISTA IN THE 5TH, 0 ON

SEA - NONE


TIME: 3:39 ATT: 46,377

PROBABLES: SEA - JEFF WEAVER (2-10, 6.32)
BAL - STEVE TRACHSEL (5-7, 4.97)

PROBABLES: BOS - CURT SCHILLING (6-4, 4.20)
LAA - JERED WEAVER (7-5, 4.00)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE

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BOSTON (9) AT SEATTLE (2) - EVENT LOG
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Boston Starting Lineups -- C Crisp CF, K Youkilis 1B, D Ortiz DH, M Ramirez LF,
J Drew RF, M Lowell 3B, J Varitek C, A Cora 2B, J Lugo SS, J Beckett RHP.

Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki DH, J Vidro 2B, J Guillen RF, B Broussard 1B,
A Beltre 3B, R Ibanez LF, A Jones CF, J Burke C, Y Betancourt SS, M Batista RHP.

Umpires -- Gerry Davis (HP), Alfonso Marquez (1B), Chris Guccione (2B),
Mike Everitt (3B).

Gametime Weather: 64 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind left to right at 2 mph.


BOSTON 1ST: C Crisp doubled to deep right. K Youkilis flied out to center,
C Crisp to third. D Ortiz walked. D Ortiz to second on passed ball by
J Burke. M Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to deep center, C Crisp scored, D Ortiz to
third, M Ramirez to second on error by center fielder A Jones. J Drew
intentionally walked. M Lowell popped out to second. J Varitek walked,
D Ortiz scored, M Ramirez to third, J Drew to second. A Cora lined out to left.
(2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) BOSTON 2, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki popped out to shortstop. J Vidro struck out
swinging. J Guillen singled to center. B Broussard struck out swinging,
B Broussard safe at first on wild pitch by J Beckett, J Guillen to second.
A Beltre grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 2,
SEATTLE 0.

BOSTON 2ND: J Lugo grounded out to shortstop. C Crisp doubled to left.
K Youkilis hit by pitch. D Ortiz walked, C Crisp to third, K Youkilis to second.
M Ramirez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, D Ortiz out
at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 2, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 2ND: R Ibanez walked. A Jones struck out swinging. J Burke struck
out looking. Y Betancourt struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
BOSTON 2, SEATTLE 0.

BOSTON 3RD: J Drew walked. M Lowell lined out to shortstop. J Varitek
struck out swinging. J Drew to second on wild pitch by M Batista. A Cora
fouled out to catcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 2, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 3RD: I Suzuki lined out to left. J Vidro walked. J Guillen
singled to center, J Vidro to second. B Broussard struck out swinging.
A Beltre struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 2, SEATTLE 0.

BOSTON 4TH: J Lugo flied out to left. C Crisp struck out swinging.
K Youkilis flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 2, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 4TH: R Ibanez singled to center. A Jones popped out to third.
J Burke lined out to second. Y Betancourt singled to left, R Ibanez to second.
R Ibanez picked off second.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 2, SEATTLE 0.

BOSTON 5TH: D Ortiz flied out to center. M Ramirez homered to left center.
J Drew struck out swinging. M Lowell singled to left. J Varitek fouled out
to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 5TH: I Suzuki popped out to shortstop. J Vidro struck out looking.
J Guillen lined out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3,
SEATTLE 0.

BOSTON 6TH: A Cora grounded out to first. J Lugo doubled to deep left.
J Lugo caught stealing third, pitcher to third to shortstop. C Crisp lined out to
second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, SEATTLE 0.

SEATTLE 6TH: B Broussard singled to center. A Beltre singled to left,
B Broussard to second. R Ibanez flied out to right, B Broussard to third.
A Jones struck out swinging. J Burke singled to right, B Broussard scored,
A Beltre to second. Y Betancourt grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) BOSTON 3, SEATTLE 1.

BOSTON 7TH: M Lowe relieved M Batista. K Youkilis flied out to center.
D Ortiz walked. D Ortiz stole second. M Ramirez struck out looking.
E O'Flaherty relieved M Lowe. J Drew tripled to deep right center, D Ortiz
scored. S Green relieved E O'Flaherty. M Lowell reached on infield single to
shortstop, J Drew scored. J Varitek struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) BOSTON 5, SEATTLE 1.

SEATTLE 7TH: I Suzuki grounded out to second. J Vidro lined out to center.
J Guillen singled to left. H Okajima relieved J Beckett. J Lopez hit for
B Broussard. J Lopez flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5,
SEATTLE 1.

BOSTON 8TH: J Vidro at first base. J Lopez at second base. A Cora doubled
to right. J Lugo reached on bunt single to pitcher, A Cora to third. C Crisp
hit sacrifice fly to center, A Cora scored, J Lugo to second. K Youkilis
doubled to deep right, J Lugo scored. D Ortiz singled to shallow right center,
K Youkilis scored. M Ramirez singled to right, D Ortiz to third. W Pena ran
for M Ramirez. B Morrow relieved S Green. J Drew struck out swinging. M Lowell
walked, W Pena to second. J Varitek flied out to right. (3 Runs, 5 Hits,
0 Errors) BOSTON 8, SEATTLE 1.

SEATTLE 8TH: W Pena in left field. M Delcarmen relieved H Okajima. A Beltre
lined out to third. R Ibanez lined out to second. A Jones flied out to right.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 8, SEATTLE 1.

BOSTON 9TH: W Bloomquist at shortstop. R Rowland-Smith relieved B Morrow.
A Cora popped out to shortstop. J Lugo fouled out to first. C Crisp walked.
K Youkilis safe at first on throwing error by third baseman A Beltre, C Crisp to
second. D Pedroia hit for D Ortiz. D Pedroia doubled to deep left, C Crisp
scored, K Youkilis to third. W Pena flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
1 Error) BOSTON 9, SEATTLE 1.

SEATTLE 9TH: D Mirabelli catching. K Snyder relieved M Delcarmen. J Burke
popped out to second. W Bloomquist walked. I Suzuki grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, W Bloomquist out at second. I Suzuki to second on
fielder's indifference. J Vidro singled to left center, I Suzuki scored.
J Guillen walked, J Vidro to second. J Lopez flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) BOSTON 9, SEATTLE 2.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at SEATTLE

<div class="pre">BOSTON (9) VS SEATTLE (2) - FINAL

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Crisp cf 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 .280
K Youkilis 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 .302
D Ortiz dh 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 .326
a-D Pedroia ph-dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .321
M Ramirez lf 4 1 2 2 0 1 5 .299
W Pena pr-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .218
J Drew rf 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 .246
M Lowell 3b 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 .305
J Varitek c 4 0 0 1 1 2 6 .269
D Mirabelli c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
A Cora 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 .255
J Lugo ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .227

Totals 38 9 13 9 8 6 24

a-doubled to deep left for D Ortiz in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - C Crisp 2 (18, M Batista 2); J Lugo (21, M Batista); A Cora (7, S
Green); K Youkilis (28, S Green); D Pedroia (24, R Rowland-Smith). 3B - J Drew
(2, E O'Flaherty). HR - M Ramirez (19, 5th inning off M Batista 0 on, 1 Out).
SF - C Crisp , M Ramirez. RBI - M Ramirez 2 (72), J Varitek (48), J Drew (41),
M Lowell (75), C Crisp (43), K Youkilis (58), D Ortiz (68), D Pedroia (34).
2-out RBI - J Varitek, J Drew, M Lowell, D Pedroia. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Varitek 2, A Cora 3, W Pena 2. GIDP - M Ramirez. Team LOB -
13.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Ortiz (2, 2nd base off M Lowe/J Burke). CS - J Lugo (4,
3rd base by M Batista).


SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki dh 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .343
J Vidro 2b-1b 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 .307
J Guillen rf 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 .285
B Broussard 1b 3 1 1 0 0 2 3 .295
a-J Lopez ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .257
A Beltre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .277
R Ibanez lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .253
A Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250
J Burke c 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .329
Y Betancourt ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .290
W Bloomquist ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .293

Totals 36 2 9 2 4 9 21

a-flied out to left for B Broussard in the 7th.

BATTING: RBI - J Burke (7), J Vidro (36). 2-out RBI - J Burke, J Vidro. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - A Beltre 2, J Lopez 1, Y Betancourt 1. Team
LOB - 11.

BASERUNNING: Picked Off - R Ibanez (2nd base, J Beckett).

FIELDING: E - A Jones (1, fly ball); A Beltre (12, throw). PB - J Burke. DP:
1 (J Vidro-Y Betancourt-B Broussard).


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BOSTON - 200 010 231 -- 9
SEATTLE - 000 001 001 -- 2
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Beckett (W, 14-5) 6 2/3 8 1 1 2 9 0 3.31
H Okajima 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00
M Delcarmen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.45
K Snyder 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2.83

SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
M Batista (L, 11-8) 6 5 3 2 5 3 1 4.17
M Lowe 2/3 0 1 1 1 1 0 6.75
E O'Flaherty 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.50
S Green 2/3 6 3 3 0 1 0 3.00
B Morrow 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.96
R Rowland-Smith 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.31

E O'Flaherty pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP - J Beckett, M Batista. IBB - J Drew (by M Batista). HBP - K Youkilis (by
M Batista). Pitches-strikes: J Beckett 107-67; H Okajima 4-3; M Delcarmen 13-9;
K Snyder 20-9; M Batista 110-53; M Lowe 18-9; E O'Flaherty 6-4; S Green 22-18;
B Morrow 26-17; R Rowland-Smith 19-11. Ground balls-fly balls: J Beckett 3-8; H
Okajima 0-1; M Delcarmen 0-3; K Snyder 1-2; M Batista 4-11; M Lowe 0-1; E
O'Flaherty 0-0; S Green 0-1; B Morrow 0-1; R Rowland-Smith 0-3. Batters faced:
J Beckett 30; H Okajima 1; M Delcarmen 3; K Snyder 6; M Batista 28; M Lowe 3; E
O'Flaherty 1; S Green 8; B Morrow 3; R Rowland-Smith 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Gerry Davis. 1B--Alfonso Marquez. 2B--Chris Guccione. 3B--Mike
Everitt.

T--3:39. Att--46,377.
Weather: 64 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 2 mph, left
to right.</div>

 

Beckett wins 14th as Red Sox cruise past Mariners

<h3>BOSTON 9, SEATTLE 2</h3>SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Josh Beckett loves being on theroad.


Beckett improved to 7-1 away from Fenway Park this season onSunday as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners, 9-2.

The win was Beckett's 14th of the season as he joins C.C.Sabathia of the Cleveland Indians, John Lackey of the LosAngeles Angels of Anaheim and Carlos Zambrano of the ChicagoCubs for the major league lead.


After losing back-to-back starts for the first time sinceSeptember of 2006, Beckett (14-5) surrendered just one run over6 2/3 innings. The righthander struck out nine and walked two.

Even though Beckett earned the win, catcher Jason Varitekthought he pitched better in his last two outings.

"He was OK. In his last two outings he's gotten two losses andhe was probably a little better (in those games)," Varitek said."He pitched out of a couple of jams where he pitched real well.But he was a little off for me. He wasn't as crisp, but stillgood enough."


Beckett agreed with Varitek when assesing his start.

"I battled myself as far as being consistent with everything.Mechanically not every pitch was the same," Beckett said.

Red Sox manager Terry Francona did not share in the criticism,describing Beckett's start as "dominating."


"I thought his stuff was real good. He didn't always throw hisbreaking ball for strikes, but when he put it in the back oftheir heads that they had to look for two pitches, he becamevery dominant," Francona said.


The Red Sox got all the runs they needed in the top of the firstinning due to some shoddy defense by center fielder Adam Jones.

Jones dropped a Manny Ramirez fly ball in center field, platingCrisp, who led off the game with a double down the right fieldline.


The Red Sox tacked on another run in the inning when Marinersstarter Miguel Batista (11-8) walked Varitek with the basesloaded. The run was Boston's league-leading 18th run walked inthis season.


Batista, who leads the Mariners in wins this season, gave upjust three runs, two earned, on five hits over six innings. Therighthander struck out three but walked five.


"Miggy (Batista) just wasn't in sync today," said Seattlemanager John McLaren. "It didn't look like he had as consistentrelease point. He hung in there and gave us some innings. Itwas just one of those games that just fell apart." A solo homerun in the fifth by Ramirez, his 19th of the season, extendedBoston's lead to 3-1.


Seattle got one run back in the bottom of the sixth inning whenJamie Burke singled to right field, scoring Ben Broussard, whoreached on a base hit up the middle to lead off the inning.

However, the Red Sox opened their lead in the late innings,scoring twice in the seventh and three times in the eighth,extending their bulge to 8-1.


With a victory, the Mariners (60-49) could have taken over thelead in the wild card race from the Detroit Tigers, who lost tothe Chicago White Sox, 3-1, on Sunday.


"It was very disappointing," McLaren said. "It was a verysloppy game. We just have to forget about it and put it behindus,"