Leaving the Mariners At Sea!

Well, the last two games the Hose played against the Mariners went, more or less, like the first, only better. In each, what started off as a game with some closeness in score, although the Hose were ahead, ended up as a rout of various proportions.Yesterday's is a good example. The M's began with a quick two run lead, complements of a two run shot off Wake in the 1st. Not a great way to commence the day's undertaking, but the Sox quickly took control. In their half of the 1st, they sent nine men to the plate and, presto--the score was 5-2, Sox. That's the way things stayed until the visitors' half of the 5th. They managed to coax another run across and now it was 5-3, getting a bit tighter. However, once again, our heroes replied in their half of the inning. Another nine made the trip from dugout to the dish and before you could turn around, the score was 10-3.Wake gave up another couple of runs in the third of the 7th he pitched and Aceves allowed one more, but the Hose, comb inning the aforementioned 10 runs with a couple of additional ones later, took the W, 12-8--and it wasn't that close. Wake picked up his 2,000th K as a Sox member, joining the Rocket as the only Hose hurlers to have that many. He's also now only one away from 2o00 W's as a Sox.Offensively, six Sox players had multi-hit afternoons, topped off by Salty, Crawford and Gonzo with three apiece. Yoooouuukk got his 14th tater, and, along with Gonzo (2) and Salty (4) had a multi-ribbie day.Jake, after his pair of hits, had a BA at .320, and Gonzo upped his, while adding to his league RBI lead at 82. Yooouuk is fourth at 72. The Dustman also extended his hitting streak to a career high twenty games. Only 36 to go. I can dream, can't I?
The Mariners? Oh, yes, the Mariners. As I mentioned, they were left drifting at sea--15 consecutive losses and counting.
The day before, the score was closer, but the modus operandi as the gumshoes like to say, was the same. After going scoreless for six, JB gave up a home run to Seattle and the score was one zip, M's. Not to worry. In their half, the Hose tacked a trey on the scoreboard and that was that. Beckett was, aside from the HR, awesome: 7 innings, a like amount of K's, scattered seven hits and cut the ERA to 2.07 as he grabbed his ninth W on the year. The Laser slammed the door after Bard put in his scoreless inning. Sox hitters had the doubles thing going, with The Dustman,Gonzo, Papi and Scoots each hitting a two-bagger.