5 Mariners, 3 Sox

Poor Tim Wakefield as 4th time isn't a charm for the knuckleballer to get his 200th win.



Wake went 8 innings, gave up 5 runs (4 earned)and struck out 4. At least the bullpen got rest.



Terry Francona gives him every opportunity he can, but Wake has had some bad fortune recently.



The Sox dropped their second straight game to the Mariners, losing the series. The pride of Maine Charlie Furbush pitched pretty good for a youngster, giving up a run while striking out six in seven innings pitched.



The good news is that Kevin Youkilis was back in the lineup and hit ahomer in the losing effort. Adrian Gonzalez was the only Sox player to have a multi hit game.

Red Sox @ Mariners Preview

Lackey is looking for 6th win in row. Yea, I know I am shocked too. He actually overall has been pitching really well. His ERA during this current streak is around 3.50 and he has taken down some good teams (Yankees, ect). One would think tonight he should have a real strong game, as he is usually very good against the AL West, and Seattle is not a very good hitting team anyways (5-0 with a 1.45 ERA during his last six visits to Seattle).



Going against him is Blake Beavan. He akes the mound looking to win a third straight start, but I don't he is anything special. He only K's 3.7 guys per 9 innings, and it's just a matter of time before he gets lit up. Beavan will try to slow down David Ortiz, who's gone 10 for 23 (.435) with 3 homers and 6 RBIs over his last 6 games. He is also batting .310 with two long balls over a seven-game hitting streak at Seattle.



Red Sox win 6-4

Player of the Game: Ortiz

Game starts at 10:10pm

Red Sox Looking To Deal For Erik Bedard

"The Red Sox, reports FOXSports.com, are "all over" M's lefty Erik Bedard and will scout his first start off the disabled list Friday. Boston is not alone, however, as the rival Yankees have interest, too (ESPN)."

Bedard would really help this team right now if he can stay healthy, but that always is a question with Bedard. If the Red Sox could eventually get Buchholz back to 100% and bring in Bedard they would have one filthy rotation heading into the playoffs.

Lester
Beckett
Buchholz
Bedard
Lackey

And since you don't need a 5th starter in the playoffs I would feel fantastic about their chances of winning it all. I agree with what DP said earlier, this might be the best Red Sox team I have ever seen, and they can get this rotation right they will be unstoppable.

Another Weekend, Another Red Sox Sweep

Wakefield can give up 7 runs and John Lackey can pitch and yet the Sox dominate another weekend. It also didn't matter that we were facing arguably the best pitcher in the league in Felix Hernandez and rookie phenom Michael Pineda, the Red Sox offense carried them once again. They scored 22 runs in the passed 3 games against Seattle and Josh Reddick has been a major part of that.

Speaking of Josh Reddick, JD Drew was just put on the DL today and that could mean the end of his free falling career. Reddick has been unbelievable, his stat line is:

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	KO	BA
32	95	22	34	7	3	4	19	1	10	17	.358

I like him going forward over making a move, unless it's for a huge name.

Next up, Kansas City

Mariners vs Red Sox Preview

The Red Sox hope to feed off of last nights win as they take on the Mariners tonight. On the bump for the Sox is their Ace Dice K aka Ace K who is coming off of 2 hits off of his last 15 innings against, for Seattle they turn to Jason Vargas who is 0-2 with a 5.53 era.

This is a good offense to go against after facing a decent Orioles line up. The Mariners are allergic to offense and if it wasn't for Felix Hernandez or Michael Pineda no one would be excited about this team. Their only offensive player is Justin Smoak who has been on a tear recently, but if we don't kill ourselves with walks our letting Ichiro or Figgins tear up the basepaths we should be alright.

Sox win 6-0
Tommy Award: Dice K