Evening Red Sox Delight – 6/28

Franklin Morales (L), Felix Hernandez (R)

After taking two-of-three from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox head to the left coast for the next seven games. Tonight they’ll kick off the first of a four-game set with the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

First pitch is scheduled for 10:10 p.m. and will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Mariners television market, you can catch the game on ROOT Sports. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to it on the Red Sox radio network.

Franklin Morales will make his third start (25th appearance) of 2012 for the Red Sox. In his previous 24 appearances (two starts), Morales is 1-1 with a 3.12 ERA. He made three appearances against the Mariners in 2011 and had no record with a 13.50 ERA (3 ER/2 IP). Those were also his only three career appearances against them as well. Two of them came at Safeco Field where had no record with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/1.1 IP).

Felix Hernandez makes his 16th start of the season for the Mariners. In his previous 15 starts, King Felix is 5-5 with a 3.36 ERA. He made three starts against the Red Sox in 2011 and was 1-1 with a 5.31 ERA. Hernandez has made 11 career starts against the Red Sox and is 5-2 with a 3.55 ERA. Five of those starts have come at Safeco Field where he is 2-1 with a 4.86 ERA..

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Here are today’s lineups:

40-35		32-45
1. Daniel Nava	LF	1. Ichiro Suzuki	RF
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Franklin Gutierrez	CF
3. David Ortiz	DH	3. Kyle Seager	3B
4. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	4. Jesus Montero	DH
5. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	5. Casper Wells	LF
6. Will Middlebrooks	3B	6. Justin Smoak	1B
7. Cody Ross	RF	7. Miguel Olivo	C
8. Ryan Kalish	CF	8. Dustin Ackley	2B
9. Mike Aviles	SS	9. Brendan Ryan	SS
Franklin Morales	SP	Felix Hernandez	SP