Red Sox-Mariners: Lineup and notes

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BOSTON -- There's a left-hander on the mound for Seattle (Jason Vargas) and, as a result, Mike Aviles goes back into the leadoff spot for the Red Sox tonight against the Mariners:

Mike Aviles SS
Dustin Pedroia 2B
David Ortiz DH
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Will Middlebrooks 3B
Cody Ross RF
Daniel Nava LF
Marlon Byrd CF
Kelly Shoppach C

Jon Lester P

The Mariners' lineup isn't posted yet.

Some quick notes from the Red Sox P.R. department . . .

TEN IN NINE: Yesterday was Bostons ninth game this season scoring 10 or more runs, the most in the Majors and the clubs most ever through the first 34 games of a season . . . The Red Sox are just the second team in the last 81 years to score 10 or more runs in 9 of the first 34 games of a season (Colorado in 1997 is the other) and the first A.L. team to do so since Baltimore (now the Yankees) and Chicago both accomplished the feat in 1901.

FIRST 10 GAMES: With a homer and two RBI yesterday, Will Middlebrooks became the third player to accumulate at least 4 home runs and 13 RBI over his first 10 games in the Major leagues, according to Elias . . . The others: Kansas City's Mark Quinn in September 1999 (5 HR, 15 RBI) and Seattle's Alvin Davis in April 1984 (4 HR, 13 RBI).

VS. THE MARINERS: Boston and Seattle meet nine times in 2012 . . . The current two-game set is the Mariners' only series in Boston this year, the fewest number of games the Sox have ever played against the Ms at Fenway Park in a season . . . The Red Sox are 215-158 (.576) all-time against the Mariners, the top winning percentage for any American League club against Seattle.

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