RED SOX (35-41)
1. Brock Holt (RF)
2. Xander Bogaerts (3B)
3. Dustin Pedroia (2B)
4. David Ortiz (DH)
5. Mike Napoli (1B)
6. Daniel Nava (LF)
7. A.J. Pierzynski ©
8. Stephen Drew (SS)
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (CF)
SP: John Lackey (RHP) (8-4, 2.96 ERA)
MARINERS (40-36)
1. Endy Chavez (RF)
2. James Jones (CF)
3. Robinson Cano (2B)
4. Kyle Seager (3B)
5. Logan Morrison (1B)
6. Mike Zunino ©
7. Dustin Ackley (LF)
8. Brad Miller (SS)
9. Willie Bloomquist (DH)
SP: Felix Hernandez (RHP) (8-2, 2.22 ERA)
Game time: 10:10 p.m.
TV/Radio: NESN, 93.7 WEEI
Notes: Each of the Red Sox' last 9 games have been decided by 2 runs or less...In this stretch the Sox have gone 4-5 and have been outscored just 22-24…This marks the club’s longest single-season streak of games decided by no more than 2 runs since the last 9 games of the 2000 season...Their last longer streak was a 10-gamer from 9/12-20/97…The Sox have dropped 12 games in June, including 5 by 1 run and 3 by 2 runs...The Sox trailed by 2 runs or less at some point in the 7th inning or later in all but 2 of their 12 losses this month…Tonight's starters Felix Hernandez and John Lackey have the 2nd- and 3rd-best ERAs in the AL over the last month (beginning 5/23), respectively...In that time, Hernandez is at 1.17 and Lackey is at 1.60...Only TB's Chris Archer (1.03) has a better ERA since 5/23…Lackey, who threw 9.0 scoreless innings last time out on Wednesday vs. MIN, has allowed no runs in 3 of his 6 starts over the last month beginning on 5/23.