Above .500 for the first time all season, the Red Sox send Rick Porcello to the mound against another Cy Young Award winner, the Mariners' Felix Hernandez, for the second of their four-game series this afternoon (1:05 p.m.) at Fenway Park.
The Sox rolled to a 14-1 victory Friday night to gain a winning record (20-19) for the first time. They opened their season losing three of four to the M's, who fell below the break-even mark for the first time this season (20-21).
Hernandez (1-3, 5.20 ERA) will try to halt a Seattle slide that has seen the M's lose 10 of 12, including his last start when he was roughed up for seven runs in five innings against the Yankees. The Sox, winners of nine of their past 11, are hoping Porcello (2-3, 5.11) continues his recent run of strong starts. He's 2-0, 2.45 in his past four outings. Actually, the entire Sox staff has been on a roll, with a streak of 15 games without allowing 10 or more hits.
The lineups:
RED SOX
Andrew Benintendi LF
Mookie Betts RF
J.D. Martinez DH
Mitch Moreland 1B
Xander Bogaerts SS
Rafael Devers 3B
Michael Chavis 2B
Jackie Bradley Jr. CF
Sandy Leon C
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Rick Porcello RHP
MARINERS
Mitch Haniger CF
J.P. Crawford SS
Edwin Encarnacion 1B
Daniel Vogelbach DH
Domingo Santana LF
Jay Bruce RF
Omar Narvaez C
Ryan Healy 3B
Shed Long 2B
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Felix Hernandez RHP
Boston Red Sox
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