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AL West Swap: Angels trade Kendrys Morales to Mariners for Jason Vargas in wake of Hamilton Signing

By ⋅ December 21, 2012 ⋅ 9 comments

In the past week, the Angels shocked the baseball world by signing Josh Hamilton to a 5-year, $125 MM deal to play in the outfield and hit behind Albert Pujols. This left a major logjam in their batting order and still some holes in their starting rotation. Sure, their front two starters were excellent, in [...]

Red Sox Sneak Out of Seattle with a 2-1 Win to Split the Series

By ⋅ July 1, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

After losing to the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night in extra-innings, the Boston Red Sox returned the favor on Sunday afternoon, defeating Seattle by the score of 2-1. Felix Doubront pitched effectively, but struggled with his pitch count and left after only 4.1 innings. Chone Figgins and Brendan Ryan singled off of Doubront to lead [...]

Aaron Cook Tosses Complete Game Shutout Against Mariners

By ⋅ June 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Sox beat the Mariners 5-0 late Friday night on the backs of the Red Sox bats and an outstanding outing from Aaron Cook. Cook’s Recipe Shuts Out Mariners Cook was startlingly efficient on Friday night, using just 81 pitches to toss a complete game shutout. Over his nine innings, Cook allowed just two [...]

King Felix Dominates Red Sox; Mariners Walk Off in 9th

By ⋅ June 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

If there was any doubt at all that Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez will make a strong push for his second career Cy Young award in 2012, the pitcher certainly made a statement on Thursday night against the Red Sox. The Boston batters found themselves helpless as King Felix pitched nine innings, threw 128 pitches [...]

Should Franklin Morales Remain in a Fully Healthy Red Sox Rotation?

By ⋅ June 28, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

On Thursday night the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox open a four-game series out west as star pitcher Felix Hernandez goes for the M’s. Opposing him will be a pitcher who has effectively come out of nowhere to make starts for the injured Sox rotation, 26-year old Franklin Morales. Boston acquired Morales from Colorado [...]

Beckett Leads 5th Straight Win, Tim Wakefield Honored at Fenway

By ⋅ May 15, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

On a rainy Tuesday afternoon which featured the honoring of Tim Wakefield, the Red Sox swept away the Seattle Mariners in the short two-games series with a 5-0 win, led by a dominate rebound start from Josh Beckett. David Ortiz opened up the scoring in the third when he homered deep to right field off [...]

Jon Lester Finishes Mariners in 6-1 Red Sox Win

By ⋅ May 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

It was the type of outing it seemed like Jon Lester was due for. The Seattle Mariners brought their offensively challenged lineup to face the Sox ace, and he effectively shut them down in an impressive complete game win. Jason Vargas took the mound for Seattle to face the red-hot Red Sox, who were coming [...]

Wakefield’s 200th Win Still on Hold as Sox Drop Seattle Series

By ⋅ August 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s getting tougher to know what the Boston Red Sox will do during the rest of the season. Sunday’s season finale in Seattle saw a 5-3 loss to the Mariners, despite Tim Wakefield’s economical pitch count and complete game effort. Wakefield struggled at times, and the offense wasn’t there to back him up against the [...]

Home Runs Support Lackey, Red Sox Win in Seattle

By ⋅ August 13, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It certainly wasn’t a pretty outing by any means, but John Lackey worked hard and won his sixth consecutive decision on Friday night in Seattle. Allowing runs in three of the first four innings, Lackey rebounded and the Red Sox bats supported him with three home runs hit off of Seattle rookie starter Blake Beaven, [...]

Sox Sweep Lowly Mariners in Slug-fest Finale

By ⋅ July 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Seattle was staring down their worst losing streak ever in Sunday’s series finale, but Boston was prepared to make it happen 12-8, despite Seattle’s best efforts. The Ms didn’t waste any time, either. After a hit-by-pitch, Miguel Olivo homered deep to left to put Seattle on the board 2-0. They nearly did more damage, but [...]

Beckett’s Scoreless Streak Ends At 14 IP, Red Sox Defeat Mariners 3-1

By ⋅ July 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

After pitching 14 innings of scoreless ball, all it took was one swing of the bat for Josh Beckett to look human again. The damage was done by first baseman Mike Carp, who homered in the top of the 7th on Saturday night, in a game eventually won by the Red Sox 3-1. Seventh Inning [...]

Lackey Continues to Rebound in 7-4 Win Against Seattle

By ⋅ July 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

They’re hardly an intimidating opposing lineup, especially with perennial all-star Ichiro Suzuki having a sub-par season, and yet John Lackey has to feel good about his game against the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. He pitched seven innings allowing just one run and no walks, while out-pitching one of the best pitchers in baseball in [...]

Crawford’s Walk-Off Single Helps Red Sox Avoid Sweep

By ⋅ May 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Well it’s official, the Red Sox having a winning record (in the month of May). After a sub-par first month of the season, the Red Sox have gotten off on the right foot to start May. On Sunday afternoon, Carl Crawford hit the walk-off single to score Jed Lowrie from third base to give Boston [...]

Impotent Sox Do Nothing Against Mariners

By ⋅ April 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This is starting to get ridiculous again. The Red Sox stifled themselves and couldn’t get anything going in the 2-0 loss to Seattle. Things started off with a hint of that kind of night, when Ichiro Suzuki started the game by stealing second. John Lackey then threw the ball clear into center on a pickoff [...]

Live Blog: Red Sox vs. Seattle, Friday April 29

By ⋅ April 29, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

Live Blog: Seattle 5, Boston 4. The Mariners beat the Red Sox 5-4 Friday night. Read on for a full live blog of the game… Pregame: Which Matsuzaka will we get tonight– the dominant one of his last two starts, or the guy who was slapped all over the park by the Cleveland Indians? The [...]

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