July 22, 2008 Mariners 7, Red Sox 5

After not scoring for 19 straight innings and only scoring one run in the previous 30 innings, Jacoby Ellsbury doubles that total with one swing of the bat as part of a 3-run Sox 3rd inning, and a 3-1 lead. However, Daisuke Matsuzaka shows his wild side today by walking 6, throwing a wild pitch and hitting a batter with over 100 pitches thrown in less than four innings and a Jeremy Reed bases-clearing triple after four straight walks by Dice-K finally ends his day after 6 runs allowed (at least only 2 were earned). Justin Masterson goes a nice 3 1/3 of scoreles long relief and the Sox get two runs in the 7th to get back in it and get two runners in the 9th, but no one can score. The losing streak reaches five games, the longest of the season. Speaking of losing streaks, boy the Washington Nationals just can't catch a break this year. A 7-6 Nats lead over the Giants entering the bottom of the 9th in San Francisco is wasted away when Joel Hanrahan walks two batters and John Bowker hits his first homerun in a month for a 3-run, walk-off homerun as the Nats losing streak reaches an unbelievable 14 games. That is a record long losing streak in Washington, but the longest losing streak in franchise history was in the teams first year, 1969, when they lost 20 straight back in Montreal. Still a ways to go before they do that.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Seattle Mariners              7/22/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury LF       4  2  1  2 .316     I.Suzuki RF         5  1  3  0 .284  
  D.Pedroia 2B        5  2  3  0 .292     J.Lopez 2B          4  1  0  0 .245  
  J.Drew RF           5  0  1  1 .276     R.Ibanez LF         4  3  2  0 .290  
  M.Ramirez DH        3  0  1  2 .316     J.Vidro DH          3  1  2  1 .215  
  M.Lowell 3B         5  0  0  0 .263     A.Beltre 3B         4  0  0  0 .282  
  K.Youkilis 1B       3  0  1  0 .330     J.Reed CF           4  0  2  5 .191  
  J.Lowrie SS         2  0  1  0 .200     J.Clement C         3  0  1  0 .217  
A-S.Casey PH          1  0  0  0 .348     B.Lahair 1B         4  0  1  0 .250  
B-A.Cora PR,SS        0  0  0  0 .264     Y.Betancourt SS     3  1  2  0 .298  
  J.Varitek C         4  1  1  0 .211                                          
  C.Crisp CF          4  0  1  0 .273                                          
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         Totals      36  5 10  5                 Totals      34  7 13  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lowrie In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Casey In 8th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 3  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  5 10  1
Mariners........ 1 0 1  4 0 0  0 1    -  7 13  1
 
Red Sox (61-41)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Matsuzaka LOSS(9-3)     3 2/3   7   6   2   6   3   0 106   4.04
J.Masterson               3 1/3   3   0   0   1   2   0  50   2.49
J.Papelbon                1       3   1   1   0   1   0  21   1.15
Totals                    8      13   7   3   7   6   0
 
Mariners (46-54)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Dickey                  2 1/3   5   3   2   0   1   1  44   4.97
M.Lowe WIN(2-2)           4       2   0   0   2   3   0  58   4.98
C.Jimenez                 0 2/3   2   2   2   2   0   0  22   2.31
S.Green HOLD(9th)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   4.63
J.Putz SAVE(7th)          1       1   0   0   1   2   0  16   1.14
Totals                    9      10   5   4   5   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,589 DATE- Tuesday, July 22nd 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Sam Holbrook, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Bruce Dreckman
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9  Mariners:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 3  Mariners: 1
ERRORS- M.Lowell, B.Lahair
DOUBLES- M.Ramirez(26th), K.Youkilis(27th), J.Varitek(17th), J.Vidro(13th)
TRIPLES- J.Reed(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Ellsbury(9th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(20th), R.Ibanez(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Lopez
WALKS- J.Ellsbury, M.Ramirez-2, K.Youkilis, J.Lowrie, R.Ibanez, J.Vidro-2,
       A.Beltre, J.Reed, J.Clement, B.Lahair
HIT BY PITCH- J.Clement, Y.Betancourt
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, J.Drew-2, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell, K.Youkilis, I.Suzuki,
             R.Ibanez, A.Beltre, J.Reed, J.Clement, Y.Betancourt
GIDP- J.Lopez, B.Lahair
WILD PITCHES- D.Matsuzaka
 
In a close game it was the Seattle Mariners 7, the Boston Red Sox 5 at SAFECO
Field.
 
Seattle came up with 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning with the help of 3
hits.  The highlight belonged to Jeremy Reed who made the crowd happy when he
tripled clearing the bases.  Seattle had 13 hits for the game and Boston had
10.  
 
The winning pitcher was Mark Lowe(2-2) who allowed no runs in 4 innings. Lowe
was helped out by J.J. Putz who recorded his 7th save.  Daisuke
Matsuzaka(9-3) was tagged with the loss.  He couldn't find the strike zone
and allowed 6 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings.  
 
The Seattle ballclub's record now stands at 46-54.  Boston has a record of
61-41 after the loss.

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