Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford each posted three hits, two RBI and two runs scored as the Boston Red Sox handed the Seattle Mariners their franchise-worst 15th straight defeat with a 12-8 decision to sweep a three-game series at Fenway Park.
Red Sox Hand Mariners 15th-Straight Loss
Jarrod Saltalamacchia collected three hits and drove in four while Kevin Youkilis added a two-run homer for the Red Sox, who have won seven of their last eight games.
Dustin Pedroia extended his career-best hit streak to 21 games with a double in the sixth.
Veteran knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (6-3) tallied his 2,000th Red Sox strikeout and recorded his 199th career victory on Sunday, but it came the hard way.
The right-hander was pulled after allowing a seventh-inning grand slam to Brendan Ryan. His line eventually showed 6-1/3 innings, 10 hits and seven runs allowed while fanning four -- the final victim Mariners left fielder Mike Carp, to reach the plateau and end the sixth.
Ryan drove in five runs and Miguel Olivo added a two-run homer for the Mariners, who surpassed the old franchise record for futility at 14 games, originally set from September 2 through 18, 1992.
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