Mariners at Red Sox
After starting May with eight losses in nine games, the Boston Red Sox
have come alive at the plate and on the mound. The Red Sox have scored
29 runs during a four-game win streak as they prepare for the second of a
two-game visit from the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday. Boston has also
held its opponent to one run in each of the last three games. Daniel
Nava has made the most of his call up, going 7-for-12 with four doubles,
a homer and six RBIs in five games.
The Mariners have dropped
nine of their last 10 games on the road and still have six left on a
10-game trip. Seattle has scored two or less runs in four of their last
five games. Justin Smoak is 8-for-16 the last four games for the
Mariners and Dustin Ackley has a 10-game hit streak.
TV: 4:05 p.m., ROOT Sports (Seattle), NESN (Boston)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Mariners RH Blake Beavan (1-3, 4.32 ERA) vs. Red Sox RH Josh Beckett (2-4, 5.97)
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Beavan
left his last outing after three innings when he was hit on the right
elbow by a line drive, but is scheduled to come back eight days later.
Beavan had allowed one run on four hits. He has not won since his second
start of the season April 15. Beavan is 0-2 in two career starts
against the Red Sox, allowing 20 hits and nine runs over 13 innings.
Beckett
gave up seven runs for the second time in six starts in his last outing
Thursday against Cleveland. He has allowed only nine runs in his other
four starts. Left-handed hitters are batting .297 against Beckett, who
has struck out 26 and walked 11. Beckett is 6-2 lifetime against the
Mariners – 1-1 last season – with a 3.39 ERA over 58 1/3 innings.
WALK-OFFS
1. The Red Sox had three doubles Monday and have 103 on the season, 27 more than any other team in the majors.
2. Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki had a pair of hits Monday and needs 29 to reach 2,500 for his career.
3.
Boston catchers Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Kelly Shoppach are 6-for-12
with two homers and six RBIs combined the last three games.