Red Sox 5 - 3 Mariners
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Red Sox look to snap road skid at Mariners

May 26, 2008 - 1:35 PM Boston (31-22) at Seattle (18-33) 10:10 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) - The best home team in the majors, the Boston Red Sox will be attempting to snap a seven-game road losing streak when they visit the Seattle Mariners on Monday.

The Red Sox were swept by the Oakland Athletics over the weekend, dropping Sunday's game, 6-3. Boston managed just six runs in the three-game set.

The Red Sox are 21-5 this season at Fenway Park but just 10-17 on the road.

The Mariners could be just the team to break Boston out of its funk, as they have dropped six in a row and own the worst record in the American League.

A preseason favorite to contend for a playoff berth, Seattle has allowed a total of 61 runs during their latest skid and rank 25th in the majors in batting average while ranking last in the majors in team ERA at 4.96.

Boston will send Bartolo Colon (1-0, 3.60 ERA) to the mound looking to snap the slide. The portly righthander picked up a win in his first start with Boston on Wednesday, allowing two runs and six hits in five innings while striking out four and walking two in beating Kansas City.

Colon will be on a pitch count Monday as he stretches out for regular turns in the rotation. He threw 74 pitches on Wednesday and likely will not be pushed past 90 on Monday.

The Mariners will counter with Felix Hernandez (2-4, 3.34). The 22-year-old righthander has not won since April 16 but is 2-0 with a 2.91 ERA in three career starts against the Red Sox.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 5 9 1
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BOS - BARTOLO COLON, HIDEKI OKAJIMA (8TH), JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH)
    AND JASON VARITEK
    SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ, RYAN ROWLAND-SMITH (8TH) AND
    KENJI JOHJIMA

    HOME RUNS:

    May 27 12:41 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY JONATHAN PAPELBON ALLOWED KENJI JOHJIMA TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, I SUZUKI ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
    SEATTLE 3 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J LOPEZ (.299, 1-FOR-3, HBP)

    Red Sox 5, Mariners 3  Bot 9, 0 OutsMay 27 12:40 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ICHIRO SUZUKI SCORED MIGUEL CAIRO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I SUZUKI ON FIRST, K JOHJIMA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
    SEATTLE 2 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J LOPEZ (.299, 1-FOR-3, HBP)

    Red Sox 5, Mariners 2  Bot 9, 0 OutsMay 27 12:39 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO JASON VARITEK SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J VARITEK ON FIRST, J DREW ON SECOND, M
    LOWELL ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
    SEATTLE 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: S CASEY (.354, 1-FOR-3)

    Red Sox 5, Mariners 1  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 27 12:06 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE LOWELL SCORED DAVID ORTIZ.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M LOWELL ON FIRST, M RAMIREZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
    SEATTLE 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.285, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Red Sox 4, Mariners 1  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 27 12:02 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MANNY RAMIREZ SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M RAMIREZ ON FIRST, D ORTIZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 3
    SEATTLE 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.271, 0-FOR-3)

    Red Sox 3, Mariners 1  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 27 12:00 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED JULIO LUGO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D PEDROIA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2
    SEATTLE 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.249, 1-FOR-3, HR, RBI)

    Red Sox 2, Mariners 1  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 26 11:58 PM
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    roots
    senorpepr Added 5 roots

    Red Sox 1, Mariners 1  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 26 11:55 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY RAUL IBANEZ SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LOPEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    SEATTLE 1 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.250, 0-FOR-2)

    Red Sox 1, Mariners 1  Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 26 11:27 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DAVID ORTIZ (12) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF FELIX HERNANDEZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, SEATTLE 0
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.289, 0-FOR-1)

    Red Sox 1, Mariners 0  Top 4, 0 OutsMay 26 10:50 PM

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