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Seattle Mariners vs. Cleveland Indians - Friday, June 27, 2014 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
RHP Chris Young (6-4, 3.23)
vs.
RHP Trevor Bauer (2-3, 4.40)


BOSTON RED SOX (36-43) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (42-37)
Wednesday, June 25 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Boston Red Sox 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 0 5
Seattle Mariners 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 8 0 3
First Pitch: 7:10 pm Time of Game: 2:40 Temp: 75/calm Attendance: 27,333

WP: Clay Buchholz (3-4, 6.75) LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (5-4, 3.48)
SV: Koji Uehara (16)

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
David Ortiz 18 Iwakuma 1 1 2 2-0 392 ft./RF
Kyle Seager 12 Buchholz 2 0 0 0-1 388 ft./RF
Mike Zunino 11 Buchholz 2 0 0 1-1 375 ft./LF
Brad Miller 7 Buchholz 8 0 0 0-0 396 ft./RF

PITCHING LINES:
BOSTON IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Clay Buchholz (W) 7.1 7 4 4 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 76/55
Andrew Miller 0.2 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 11/8
Koji Uehara 1.0 1 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 19/9

SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Hisashi Iwakuma (L) 4.0 8 5 5 1-0 3 1 0 0 0 80/54
Tom Wilhelmsen 3.0 2 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 35/27
Brandon Maurer 2.0 1 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 24/19



MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle had its season-high tying 5-game winning streak snapped.
Seattle has hit 2+ home runs in each of the last 5 games at Safeco Field (since June 16 vs. SD).
o 1st time in Safeco Field history (opened July 1999) that Seattle has recorded 2+ HR in 5 straight games.
Had five streaks of 5+ multi-HR home games in the Kingdome.
Had club-record 12-game streak Sept. 9-26, 1995.
Kyle Seager went 3-for-4 with a run, a home run and an RBI.
o Hit his 11
th
home run at Safeco Field this season and his 3
rd
in the last 5 home games.
Entered the season with just 13 home runs at Safeco Field in 668 at-bats.
o Has hit safely in his last 7 games at home, hitting .593 (16x27) with 5 doubles, 3 home runs and 15 RBI.
Has recorded multi-hit games in 5 of his last 7 home games.
o Has knocked in 52 runs in his last 57 games since April 23entered game T2nd in Majors in that span.
o Hitting .391 (18x46) with 8 runs, 6 doubles, 3 home runs & 15 RBI over last 12 games (since June 14).
Mike Zunino has homered in 4 of his last 5 games (June 20-current).
o His 11 home runs as a catcher before the All-Star Break ranks 3
rd
in club history.
Ranks behind Miguel Olivo (12 in 2011) and Dan Wilson (12 in 1996).
Brad Miller hit his 7
th
home run of the season and his 3
rd
in his last 10 games.
o In his last 25 games is hitting .313 (25x80) with 1 double, 1 triple, 4 home runs and 10 RBI.
Logan Morrison is hitting .333 (10x30) with 5 runs, 1 double, 3 home runs and 8 RBI over his last 8 games.
o Hit .600 (6x10) with 4 runs, 2 home runs and 5 RBI in this 3-game series against Boston.
Seattle bullpen tossed 5.0 shutout innings (Wilhelmsen, 3.0 & Maurer, 2.0).
o Bullpen has 1.63 ERA (19 ER, 104.2 IP) over the last 39 games since May 14.
Reliever Tom Wilhelmsen tossed a career-high tying 3.0 innings in relief (5
th
time, last: June 11, 2014 vs. NYY).
o Has tossed 2.0+ innings in 6 of his last 9 relief appearances (since May 27).
Hisashi Iwakuma lasted season-low 4.0+ innings, allowing a season-high tying 5 runs (3x, last: June 20 at KC).
o 3
rd
career start of less than 5.0 innings (also: 3.2 Sept. 8, 2012 vs. OAK & July 9, 2013 vs. BOS).
o Over his last two starts has allowed 10 earned runs on 17 hits in 9.0 innings.
Endy Chavez is hitting .351 (13x37) with 3 runs, 2 doubles, 2 triples & 4 RBI in his last 10 games (since June 15).

RED SOX NOTES ON BACK SIDE OF PAGE

RED SOX NOTES:
Boston snapped a 2-game losing streak and are now 2-5 on this 3-team, 10-game road trip.
Nine of Bostons last 12 games have been decided by one run (5-4 in those one-run games).
David Ortiz hit his 18th HR of the season and 449th of his careerhas tied Vladimir Guerrero and Jeff Bagwell
for 37th on the all-time HR list.
o Hit his 15th career HR at Safeco Field, tied for 3rd-most by an opposing player (with Eric ChavezMark
Teixeira and Rafael Palmeiro lead with 17).
o Entered the game T6th in the American League in home runs.
Daniel Nava went 3-for-4 with an RBI tonight.
o Over his last 16 games is hitting .391 (18x46) with 2 runs, 3 doubles, and 2 RBI (since June 7).
Brock Holt is hitting .342 (40x117) with 17 runs, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs & 11 RBI over last 27 games.
A.J. Pierzynski snapped an 0-for-19 slump with hits in his final two at-bats.
o Had not recorded a hit since June 19 at Oakland (hitless in four straight games).


BOSTON MANAGER JOHN FARRELL:


On the strength of Clay Buchholz tonight

Yeah he was outstanding. You know with the exception of a three hitter span he really settled in from the third inning on.
Thought that the seventh inning was probably his best of the night, where he really felt comfortable in his change-up. We
thought all along that [the change-up] was a key pitch for him and he pitched comfortably. He was extremely efficient with
only around 70 pitches through seven innings and he really gave us a lift in our starting rotation. What that means for us
going forward, is not only a boost, but the potential for well above average performance.

Changes seen in Clay Buchholz tonight

Fundamentally, hes been more compact over the rubber and in control of his body. He looked confident he looked
relaxed. He was able to make pitches with four different types of pitches. An overall outstanding performance on his
part.

How much it mean to Buchholz and the club with his swift recovery in 2
nd
inning

Anytime you see a pitcher able to make the adjustments in a couple pitch span, not only does it give the guy on the
mound a tremendous amount of confidence but all of a sudden hes working and the team plays particularly good defense
behind him. Daniel Nava and Jonny Gomes in the outfield and a key double play in that sixth inning let us get out of a
threat. But Clay set the tempo tonight. A lot of strikes a lot of early contact just an outstanding ballgame on his part.