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Friday’s Red Sox-Mariners matchups: John Lackey vs. Blake Beavan 08.12.11 at 10:00 am ET
By Sam Dykstra

John Lackey

Who doesn’t like a little R&R every now and then?

The Red Sox certainly welcomed their off-day Thursday after playing 20 games in 20 days, a streak that started with a 7-4 win at home over the Mariners back on July 22. On Friday, the Sox take on the M’s once again to start a three-game series in Seattle for the last three times the two sides will face off in 2011. John Lackey, who bested ace Felix Hernandez in that July 22 contest, again takes the hill for Boston with rookie Blake Beavan trotting out for Seattle.

Lackey (10-8, 6.14 ERA) has begun to show that he can be a viable option as the Red Sox’ third pitcher in the rotation while Clay Buchholz continues to sit on the disabled list. In his last six starts dating back to July 9, Lackey is 5-0 with a 3.58 ERA and 1.35 WHIP. In his 13 starts before that July 9 date, Lackey had ghastly stats of a 7.47 ERA and 1.62 WHIP. The biggest key to Lackey’s turnaround has been his ability to hit the strike zone effectively. He had averaged 3.34 BB/9 IP in his first 13 starts but has averaged just 1.19 BB/9 over his last six. In two of his last four starts, he has successfully completed an outing without allowing a free pass to a single opposing hitter.

Seattle could provide a good chance for Lackey to continue that streak of solid starts and not just because its offense is ranked last in the majors in almost every major category. Lackey is 1-1 this season against the M’s but has only given up three combined earned runs in those two starts for a 2.08 ERA. At 104 career plate appearances, Ichiro Suzuki is the man who has faced Lackey the most among all major-leaguers. He owns a .306 lifetime average against the righty, but he is also Lackey’s fourth-biggest strikeout victim with 16 K’s.

While Lackey has plenty of experience against his old AL West rivals – 29 career starts in fact – first-year player Beavan (3-2, 2.83) has just one start against the team he’ll face Friday. In a 3-1 loss to the Red Sox on July 23, Beavan allowed all three runs on a season-high nine hits. But that has arguably been the six-foot-seven righty’s worst start in his very short six-game career thus far. According to MLB.com, he is the first rookie in Mariners history to begin a career with six straight quality starts, beating out Hernandez and fellow rookie stud Michael Pineda for that honor, and the first rookie to do so since 2006 when Angels pitcher Jered Weaver achieved the feat.

Mariners vs. John Lackey

Ichiro Suzuki (104 career plate appearances): .306 BA/.346 OBP/.378 SLG, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 doubles, 5 walks, 16 strikeouts, 1 HBP

Miguel Olivo (27): .154/.185/.308, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 double, 10 strikeouts, 1 HBP

Franklin Gutierrez (19): .111/.158/.111, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

Adam Kennedy (14): .286/.286/.286, 1 strikeout

Justin Smoak (9): .111/.111/.111, 3 strikeouts

Jack Wilson (9): .429/.444/.429, 1 RBI, 2 strikeouts

Josh Bard (6): .333/.333/.333, 2 strikeouts

Mike Carp (6): .000/.000/.000, 2 strikeouts

Luis Rodriguez (3): .000/.333/.000, 1 walk

Casper Wells has never faced the Boston starter.

Red Sox vs. Beavan

Jacoby Ellsbury (4): .500 BA/.500 OBP/.500 SLG, 2 RBI

Carl Crawford (3): .333/.333/.333, 1 strikeout

Adrian Gonzalez (3): .333/.333/.667, 1 double, 1 strikeout

David Ortiz (3): .333/.333/.333, 1 double

Dustin Pedroia (3): .333/.333/.333, 1 double, 1 strikeout

Josh Reddick (3): .000/.000/.000

Marco Scutaro (3): .667/.667/1.000, 1 double

Jason Varitek (3): .333/.333/.333

Kevin Youkilis (3): .000/.000/.000, 1 strikeout

Mike Aviles, Jed Lowrie, Darnell McDonald and Jarrod Saltalamacchia have never faced the Seattle starter.

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