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          Tim Wakefield strikes out 2,000th as member of Red Sox in rout of Mariners

          • Associated Press
          24 de jul, 2011, 16:47 ET

          BOSTON -- As if the Red Sox didn't have enough hitting, now
          the lower part of the lineup is heating up.

          Led by Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Carl Crawford, their last four
          batters had seven RBIs and eight hits as Boston pounded Seattle
          pitchers for a 12-8 win that sent the Mariners to a franchise-worst
          15-game losing streak on Sunday.

          "Production, one through nine, is what we need," said
          Saltalamacchia, who drove in four runs, "and that's what we've
          got."

          With help from the top of the order to the bottom, the Red Sox
          swept the Mariners, won their 17th game in their last 20 and kept
          their three-game lead in the AL East over the New York Yankees, who
          beat the Oakland Athletics 7-5.

          The Red Sox lead the majors with a .279 batting average. And Tim Wakefield (6-3) has benefited from that with his teammates scoring
          at least 11 runs in four of his last eight starts.

          Wakefield joined Roger Clemens as the only pitchers to strike
          out 2,000 batters with Boston when catcher Saltalamacchia held on
          to Mike Carp's foul tip to end the sixth then met him at the
          first-base line and handed him the ball.

          He also moved one win away from his 200th victory. But the
          44-year-old knuckleballer left after giving up Brendan Ryan's grand
          slam that cut the lead to 11-7 with one out in the seventh.

          The standing ovation he got when he struck out Carp to reach the
          milestone was "pretty special, very emotional for me," Wakefield
          said. "I had no idea that it had happened and Salty was walking
          toward me. I'm like, 'what's going on.' He said, 'Congratulations
          on 2,000 strikeouts.' It was a very cool ovation."

          The Mariners haven't had many enjoyable moments lately, with
          each result the same as the previous one -- a loss.

          "It seems like once again it's Groundhog Day," Ryan said.
          "This is definitely frustrating. There aren't too many laughs now.
          There shouldn't be."

          Boston's powerhouse lineup had 17 hits with Saltalamacchia,
          Adrian Gonzalez and Crawford getting three each. Crawford is
          hitting .330 in his last 27 games and .375 in six games since
          coming off the disabled list.

          "He's gotten himself comfortable real quick," Red Sox manager
          Terry Francona said.

          "I thought he was comfortable before he went on the DL,"
          Saltalamacchia said. "He was starting to get his swing back. He's
          a career .300 hitter. He's not going to all of a sudden start
          hitting .220."

          Michael Pineda (8-7) allowed five runs in the first after
          Seattle took a 2-0 lead and gave up seven runs in 4 1/3 innings.

          "He was missing some spots with his fastball and they were
          aggressive" in the first, Seattle manager Eric Wedge said.
          "They're a veteran hitting team. They obviously had a plan."

          The loss broke Seattle's record for its longest losing streak,
          set in 1992. It is the longest in the majors since Kansas City lost
          19 in a row in 2005.

          Ryan's grand slam?

          "Nothing to celebrate there," he said. "It would have been
          nice to celebrate with a W."

          Wakefield struggled in the first, giving up a two-run homer to
          Miguel Olivo, his 14th of the season. But the Red Sox took the lead
          after sending just four batters to the plate.

          Jacoby Ellsbury started the first with a walk and scored on a
          single by Gonzalez before Kevin Youkilis hit his 14th homer for a
          3-2 lead. David Ortiz then singled and Crawford doubled, putting
          runners at second and third. Saltalamacchia then lined a two-run
          single to right.

          Wakefield allowed just one hit through the next three innings.
          But in the fifth Ryan doubled home Ichiro Suzuki, who had singled.

          Again, the Red Sox responded with five runs in the bottom of the
          inning.

          They loaded the bases on a single by Gonzalez, a walk to
          Youkilis and an infield single by Ortiz. Crawford followed with a
          hard, two-run single just inside the third-base line, Josh Reddick
          doubled in a run and Saltalamacchia singled in two more.

          After getting his fourth and last strikeout of the game,
          Wakefield retired just one more batter before giving up four
          straight hits - singles by Jack Cust, Franklin Gutierrez and Suzuki
          and Ryan's second career grand slam and second homer of the year.

          Boston's last two runs scored on RBI singles by Gonzalez in the
          sixth and Ellsbury in the seventh.

          Game notes
          Dustin Pedroia extended his hitting streak to 21 games
          with a double in the sixth. He has reached base in a career-high 33
          straight games. ... Pineda has allowed five runs or more in four of
          his last five starts. ... Wedge shaved off his long, drooping
          mustache before the game. "Everybody needs to relax and we need to
          smile in the clubhouse," he said. "I was thinking about it for
          two days and before I went to bed (Saturday) night I did it. My
          wife approved." ... Boston is 24-8 in day games, second best in
          the majors behind the Yankees.