5/3 MLB Seattle Mariners @ Boston Red Sox

[Longhorn85]

- The fans at Fenway Park will be treated to a game between the Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox when they take their seats on Thursday.

Horacio Ramirez will be the starting pitcher for the Mariners on this day. Lefthander Ramirez is 2-1 this season with a 4.41 ERA.

Ramirez's opponent in this one will be Daisuke Matsuzaka. The Red Sox righthander has a 4.36 ERA to go along with a 3-2 record this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 235-moneyline favorites versus the Mariners, while the game's total is sitting at 9½.

The Mariners swept the two-game set with the White Sox, winning the finale 3-2 Wednesday afternoon at Safeco Field. The Mariners won the game at home as -125 favorites, but the five runs were UNDER the posted over/under (9).

Jose Guillen homered and finished 1-for-4 at the plate. Miguel Batista pitched 7 1/3 innings for the win, allowing two runs off five hits.

The Red Sox split a two-game set with a 6-4 win over the A's Wednesday night at Fenway Park. The Red Sox won the game as -200 favorites, while the 10 runs were OVER the posted over/under (8.5).

David Ortiz was 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI, and Josh Beckett won his sixth straight to remain undefeated this season.

 

[puddlemonkey]

all in

 

[motodawg]

too late but i would have been in with puddlemonkey

 

[puddlemonkey]

Good thing you didn't, Boston only won by 1

 

[Longhorn85]

Red Sox 8, Mariners 7

The Mariners got to right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka with five runs in the first inning and added two more runs in the fifth, but Seattle's three-game winning streak was halted by a stingy Boston bullpen.