BOSTON RED SOX (40-36) at SEATTLE MARINERS (33-45) Friday, June 29, 2012 • 10:10 p.m. ET • Safeco Field, Seattle, WA RHP Aaron Cook (1-1, 9.39) vs. RHP Hector Noesi (2-9, 5.50) Game #77 • Road Game #35 • TV: NESN • Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM/850 AM, WWZN 1510 AM (Spanish) DUEL IN SEATTLE: After 8.0 scoreless innings, the Sox 400 FEVER: David Ortiz hit his team-leading 21st home were edged out 1-0 last night as the Mariners walked off at run Wednesday, tied for 5th-most in the AL...He is now 1 RED SOX RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall ........................................... 40-36 Safeco Field...It marked just the 4th time the Red Sox have home run shy of 400 career and would become the 8th ac- AL East Standing ................T-3rd, -6.5 GB been shut out this season...The M’s John Jaso knocked in tive player to reach the mark...He is currently tied with An- At Home ......................................... 21-21 the game-winner with a pinch-hit RBI single, the 1st time dres Galarraga and Al Kaline for 49th on baseball’s all-time On Road ......................................... 19-15 a pinch-hitter has broken up a scoreless tie with a walk-off home run list at 399. In day games .................................. 11-15 RBI against the Sox since the Indians Tommy Smith, with a With 2 homers on Monday vs. Toronto, Ortiz matched his In night games ............................... 29-21 10th-inning sacrifi ce fl y on 8/3/76 (Elias). single-game career-high for the 39th time...It was his 37th April ............................................... 11-11 multi-homer game as a member of the Red Sox, tying Ted May ................................................ 15-14 FRANKKKKKLIN: Last night’s starter Franklin Morales Williams for the most in club history. June ............................................... 14-11 fanned 7 in 7.0 scoreless frames, the longest outing of his vs. AL East ...................................... 13-16 career...In his 3 starts in 2012, he has posted the 3 highest PAPI LEADING THE WAY: David Ortiz paces the AL with vs. AL Central ................................... 13-8 strikeout totals of his career (also 9 on 6/17 and 8 on 6/23)... 44 extra-base hits, 2nd in the Majors to the Reds Joey Votto vs. AL West ......................................... 3-5 He is the 1st Sox to fan at least 7 batters in his 1st 3 starts of vs. National League.......................... 11-7 (46)...He is 2nd in the AL with 36 runs scored and 170 total vs. RH starter .................................. 23-27 a season since Curt Schilling did it in his 1st 3 starts of 2004. bases, and 3rd with a .623 SLG. vs. LH starter .................................... 17-9 Leading after 6 innings .................... 32-6 ON A ROLL: The Red Sox have won 9 of their last 12 contests HEATING UP IN JUNE: Daniel Nava, who had one of the Tied after 6 innings ............................ 4-4 (.750) since 6/16, including a 7-2 mark on their recent 9-game Sox 5 hits last night, ranks 6th among AL qualifi ers with a Trailing after 6 innings ..................... 4-26 homestand...The club is 11-4 (.733) since 6/12, tied for 2nd team-leading .348 clip (23-for-66)...He is 4th in that group Leading after 7 innings .................... 36-4 in the ML in that time behind only the Rangers (13-3, .813). with a .434 OBP during the month and tied for 5th with 8 Tied after 7 innings ............................ 1-4 doubles in 21 June tilts. Trailing after 7 innings ..................... 3-28 STAND AND DELIVER: At 40-36, the Sox are back to 4 Leading after 8 innings .................... 37-2 games over .500 after going a season-high 5 games over TOP BACKSTOP: Jarrod Saltalamacchia leads all Major Tied after 8 innings ............................ 1-4 after Wednesday’s win...They are tied with the Rays for 3rd League catchers with 14 homers and paces all AL backstops Trailing after 8 innings ..................... 2-30 place in the AL East for the 2nd straight day, their highest with 27 extra-base hits and a .536 SLG (min. 150 PA). Red Sox score 1st ........................... 26-10 Opponents score 1st ...................... 14-26 place in the standings this year, and remain 6.5 games be- Of Saltalamacchia’s 7 homers since 5/26, 3 have been hind the division-leading Yankees for the 4th straight day. Shutouts ............................................. 3-4 game-tying or go-ahead shots in the 7th inning or later. Scoring less than 3 runs ................... 2-17 Scoring 3 or 4 runs ........................... 4-14 SERIES TALK: Wednesday’s victory vs. Toronto gave the GONZO IN THE CLUTCH: Adrian Gonzalez leads all AL Sox their 11th series win in their last 14 sets dating back to Scoring 5 or more runs ..................... 34-5 qualifi ers with a .385 mark (30-for-78) with RISP...He is hit- Red Sox hit HR ............................... 35-16 5/10...They have lost just 3 sets in that time and tied once. ting at a .600 clip (6-for-10) and has collected 6 RBI with Red Sox hit 0 HR .............................. 5-20 The Sox have won each of their last 5 series, their longest RISP over his current 9-game hit streak. 1-run games ....................................... 8-9 stretch since 6 straight series victories, 7/1-24/11. Gonzalez has hit .351 (13-for-37) with 7 RBI overall during 2-run games ....................................... 8-8 the 9-tilt hit streak, 1 game shy of his season-long stretch. Walk-offs ............................................ 1-3 SINCE MID-MAY: Boston has won 28 of its last 45 games Extra innings (home) .......................... 0-3 (.622), 4th best in the Majors since 5/11...All 17 losses in SWEET RELIEF: Since 4/23, Boston’s bullpen paces the Ma- Extra innings (road)............................ 0-1 that span have been by 4 runs or less, including 1-run de- jors with a 2.09 ERA (44 ER/189.1 IP)...Sox relievers have Extra innings (total) ........................... 0-4 feats 5 times and 2 runs or less on 8 occasions. Series openers ................................ 11-15 lowered their combined ERA from 8.44 to 3.26 in that time. Series fi nales .................................. 12-13 MAJOR LEAGUE WIN PERCENTAGE LEADERS SINCE 5/11 Series W-L-T (home) ........................7-7-0 TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. EXTRA BASES: The Sox lead the Majors with 285 extra- Series W-L-T (road) .......................... 7-3-1 NY Yankees 29-15 .659 base hits, including an ML-high 189 doubles...They have 21 Series W-L-T (total) ......................14-10-1 LA Angels 29-15 .659 more XBH and 38 more doubles than the next-highest total Series sweeps (home) ........................ 2-4 San Francisco 29-17 .630 for any teams (TEX, 264 XBH and CIN, 151 2B). Series sweeps (road) .......................... 1-1 Boston 28-17 .622 Series sweeps (total) .......................... 3-5 Boston has outscored opponents 232-166 in its 45 games REHAB UPDATES: OF Carl Crawford, on the 60-day DL re- Come-from-behind wins ......17, last 6/27 since 5/11...Starters have allowed 2 ER or less 25 times in covering from left wrist surgery, played in his 4th rehab game Innings batting around.......11, last 6/27 (1st) the stretch and the bullpen has a 2.45 ERA (33 ER/121.1 IP). with the GCL Red Sox today...Starting in left fi eld (played 6.0 Games decided in last AB................... 4-9 innings), he went 0-for-2 with a run and 2 walks...He is 2-for- THE LAST 62: Following a 4-10 start to the season, Boston 11 with a double, 2 runs and 5 walks over the 4 rehab con- VS. THE MARINERS has gone 36-26 (.581) since 4/23, the 4th best win percent- tests, with 3 starts in left and 1 at DH. All-Time vs. Mariners ................. 217-159 age in the Majors during that span after the Yankees (37- OF Jacoby Ellsbury, on the 60-day DL with a right shoul- In Boston ...................................... 116-71 23, .617), Angels (37-23, .617) and Giants (37-26, .587). der subluxation, began a rehab stint today for the GCL Sox In Seattle ...................................... 101-88 at the GCL Twins, and went 1-for-4 with an RBI double and At Safeco Field ............................... 28-35 DOING THE MATH: The Red Sox have scored 52 more runs a walk as the designated hitter. 2012 vs. Mariners .............................. 2-1 than they have allowed, the 3rd-best differential in the AL OF Scott Podsednik, on the 15-day DL with a left groin In Boston ............................................ 2-0 (TEX, +96; NYY , +62)...Only 1 NL team has scored at least strain, will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Paw- In Seattle ............................................ 0-1 52 more runs than allowed (STL, +69). tucket tonight vs. Charlotte (CWS), starting at DH. DATE H/R SCORE WP LP 5/14 H W6-1 Lester Vargas WEST COAST SWING: The Red Sox tonight continue a 7-day, BOBBY AT THE HELM: Bobby Valentine, in his 1st season 5/15 H W5-0 Beckett Beavan 7-game west coast trip with the 2nd of 4 contests in Seattle... as Red Sox manager, ranks 4th among active ML skippers in 6/28 R L0-1 Hernandez Atchison Following the current series, the team will travel to Oakland games (2,265) and 5th in wins (1,157)...He is 43rd on the all- for a 3-game set...The Sox return to the west coast from 8/28- time managerial wins list with John McNamara next at 1,160.