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Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
RHP Erasmo Ramirez (1-4, 4.62)
vs.
RHP Jake Peavy (1-5, 4.52)


BOSTON RED SOX (35-42) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (41-36)
Monday, June 23 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Boston Red Sox 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0 5
Seattle Mariners 0 1 0 6 1 0 4 0 x - 12 14 1 6
First Pitch: 7:10 pm Time of Game: 2:57 Temp: 69/W @ 1 mph Attendance: 26,860

WP: Felix Hernandez (9-2, 2.24) LP: John Lackey (8-5, 3.45)

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
Logan Morrison 3 Lackey 2 0 1 0-1 385 ft/ RF
Mike Napoli 9 Hernandez 4 0 1 1-0 375 ft/ LF
Logan Morrison 4 Capuano 7 1 0 3-1 412 ft/ CF

PITCHING LINES:
BOSTON IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
John Lackey (L) 3.2 7 7 7 2-0 3 1 1 0 0 74/53
Chris Capuano 2.1 6 5 5 0-0 3 1 2 0 0 52/33
Craig Breslow 2.0 1 0 0 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 40/19

SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Felix Hernandez (W) 7.0 6 2 2 0-0 6 1 1 0 0 95/61
Dominic Leone 1.0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 18/13
Tom Wilhelmsen 1.0 1 1 1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 14/8



MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle is a season-best 5 games over .500 for the 2
nd
time this season (last: 34-29 after June 9 game).
Seattle tied a season-high with 12 runs scored (also: 12, May 12 vs. Tampa Bay).
o 4
th
time Seattle has scored 10+ runs in a game this season (last: June 2 at New York-AL).
Felix Hernandez is now 5-1 with a 1.48 ERA (61.0 IP, 10 ER) in his last eight starts7.0 innings in each start
and no more than 2 earned runs in each (dating back to May 18)
o Has tossed at least 7.0 innings & allowed 2-or-fewer earned runs in 8 straight starts, setting a club
recordpreviously tied with Randy Johnson who had 7 straight games from 5/25-6/25/1994first AL
pitcher with 8 straight starts matching this criteria since CC Sabathia (8) & Justin Verlander (9) in 2011.
o Allowed a solo HR to Mike Napoli with one out in the top of the 4
th
inningsnapped a string of 11
consecutive starts not allowing a home run, most by Mariners starting pitcher in a single seasonFelixs
streak of 83.0 consecutive innings without allowing a HR was the longest active streak in baseball.
Logan Morrison went 4-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI tonight.
o Recorded his first career multi-home run game.
o Has hit all four of his home runs in his last 13 games since coming off the disabled list.
o Since June 11, Morrison is batting .244 (11x45), with 5 runs, 2 doubles, 4 home runs and 9 RBI.
o Tied a career-high with 4 hits (third time, last: Aug. 2, 2013 vs. Cleveland)
12 runs are the most in support Felix Hernandez this seasonlast time Mariners scored 12 runs was 5/12 vs. TB.
o 12 Mariners runs are the most in a game vs. the Red Sox since a 14-7 win on May 13, 2005.
Dustin Ackley battled a 13-pitch at-bat with the bases loaded to secure a run scoring fielders choice in the fourth
inning
o In 2014, Ackley is .400 (2x5), 8 RBI with the bases loadedover his career is .563 (18x32) with 38 RBI
Kyle Seager went 3-for-5 with 3 runs scored, a double and 2 RBI batting .342 (13x38) with 6 runs, 5 doubles, a
home run and 10 RBI over the last 10 games (since June 14).
o Hit safely in 11 of last 13 home games, hitting .388 (19x49) with 7 runs, 5 doubles, 3 home runs & 14 RBI.
Has recorded 2+ RBI in each of his last four games at home.
o Tied a season-high with 3 runs scored (also: June 2 at New York)6
th
time in career with 3 runs.

RED SOX NOTES:
Dustin Pedroia has hit safely in 7 of 8 games since 6/16 at .303 (10x33) with 2 2B, a HR, and 3 RBI
o Extends his active hit-streak to five games where he is batting .333 (7x21), 4 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Mike Napoli recorded his 9
th
HR of the season with a solo homer in the fourth, his second HR of the road trip
o On their road trip, Napoli has gone (6x18) with 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2BB and 4 R
Heading into tonight John Lackey had 16 starts at Safeco, with a 9-5 record and 2.97 ERAallowed a season-
high of 7 earned runs (most ever in his starts at Safeco Field)
o Had allowed only 1 home run (5/18/09 - Russell Branyan) in his last 7 starts at Safeco Field prior to the
home run by Logan Morrison in the 2
nd
inning.



NEXT GAME
Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners - Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
RHP Erasmo Ramirez (1-4, 4.62)
vs.
RHP Jake Peavy (1-5, 4.52)


RED SOX MANAGER JOHN FARRELL:

On Lackey not covering first on fourth-inning Dustin Ackley ground ball

No, I think in the midst of a 13-pitch at bat, he makes a quality pitch to finally record the ground ball...and then
whether or not he anticipated the ball going through the hole. Mike Napoli makes a very nice back-handed play
and gets the lead out, and in just a lapse there didnt allow John to receive the back end of the throw to get a
potential double play.

Going out to the mound after that play...

When he crouched down, we wanted to double check and make sure that he was okay. And he said he was
perfectly fine and we came back in at that time.

On having first poor pitching start in a month and a half...

Not only from a staff stand point, but in the last year and a half from John Lackey. He has been a model of
consistency, he has pitched so well for us. Not to take anything away from the Mariners hitters, I thought he
had very good stuff to open up the game with... and trying to get that third out in that fourth inning turned into a
6 run inning. And at that point, going against Felix Hernandez, thats a tall order to try and come back from.