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Streaks on the line
-Boston has not swept the Mariners in Seattle since July 2-4, 1993.
-The Red Sox have won two straight on the road. Their season-high road win streak is three.
-Dustin Pedroia has a 23-game hitting streak in road games. With a hit today, he would tie Nomar Garciaparra (in 1998) for the longest such streak by any Red Sox player since 1956. Pedroia is hitting .436 in road games over this stretch.
-Red Sox starting pitchers have pitched at least 7 innings in four consecutive games.
-Manny Ramirez, who has 19 home runs on the season, needs one to become the eighth player in major-league history with 20 or more homers in 14 consecutive seasons. The others: Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Eddie Mathews, Mike Schmidt and Rafael Palmeiro. Ramirez also has an 11-game hitting streak, during which he is batting .487.
-Seattle has lost four straight games overall.
-Seattle's Jose Lopez has a 10-game hitting streak.

More key stats
-Jonathan Papelbon is the fourth pitcher in major-league history to have a 30-save season in each of his first three seasons. The others: Billy Koch, Kaz Sasaki and Todd Worrell. Only Koch started with four straight 30-save seasons.
-The Red Sox' .308 batting average during day games is tops in the majors. Kevin Youkilis (.383) has the majors' best batting average in day games.
-The Red Sox are 200-147 all-time against the Mariners, 93-81 in Seattle, and 20-28 at Safeco Field.
-Today's game is the 5,000th regular-season contest in Mariners franchise history. The team is 2,353-2,644-2 since entering the American League in 1977.
-Seattle is last in the American League in batting with runners in scoring position; they're hitting just .233 in such situations.

Red Sox vs. Felix Hernandez
-J.D. Drew, 7 for 14 (.500), 2 BB
-Sean Casey, 4 for 9 (.444)
-Brandon Moss, 1 for 3 (.333), 2B
-Manny Ramirez, 2 for 9 (.222), BB
-Kevin Youkilis, 2 for 9 (.222), BB
-Alex Cora, 1 for 5 (.200), 2B, BB
-Mike Lowell, 3 for 15 (.200), 3B, HR, BB
-Jason Varitek, 2 for 12 (.167), BB
-Dustin Pedroia, 2 for 13 (.154), 2B, BB
-Coco Crisp, 1 for 11 (.091), BB
-Jacoby Ellsbury, 0 for 3, BB
"King Felix" has made five career starts against Boston; he's 3-1 with a 3.06 E.R.A.

Mariners vs. Clay Buchholz
-Today will be Buchholz's first career appearance against Seattle. He has never faced any of the Mariners' current hitters.

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