Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 6, Seattle 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, August 23, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 37133

Shortstop Marco Scutaro had a pair of two-run singles to back the strong pitching of John Lackey as the Boston Red Sox notched a 6-3 win over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series.

Scutaro's second two-RBI single, in the bottom of the seventh inning, snapped a 3-3 deadlock as the Red Sox extended their winning streak to three games.

Lackey took care of the rest, going eight innings and allowing three runs on six hits while registering a season-high 10 strikeouts to improve to 13-9 lifetime against the Mariners.

It was the second win over Seattle this season for Lackey, who is 7-1 in his last nine outings against the Mariners. He held them hitless for 7 2/3 innings on July 22.

Jonathan Papelbon finished up for his 31st save.

Mariners starter Doug Fister (4-9) gave up five runs - two earned - on six hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Casey Kotchman had a two-run single and Chone Figgins had three hits and scored a run for Seattle, which tumbled to its third straight loss.

Scutaro singled in two runs and J.D. Drew added an RBI single in the fifth for Boston.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Boston
Doug Fister Player John Lackey
Loss W/L Win
6.1 IP 8.0
6 Strikeouts 10
6 Hits 6
2.84 ERA 2.25
Hitting
Seattle   Boston
Chone Figgins Player Adrian Beltre
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 7 0 7 .206 16 12 2 2 1 1
Boston 10 0 10 .303 13 7 6 1 0 2