Mariners, Red Sox Observe Holiday, Barely Labor
On Labor Day, September 3, the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Jason Vargas worked seven strong innings in getting the win.
| Final - 9.3.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Seattle Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 |
On Labor Day, September 3, the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Jason Vargas worked seven strong innings in getting the win.
win expectancy chart for the Mariners' win over the Red Sox on Monday, September 3
Mariners and Red Sox series preview
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Ciriaco, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .317 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Dustin Pedroia, 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .290 |
| Cody Ross, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Mauro Gomez, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
| Scott Podsednik, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .338 |
| Ryan Lavarnway, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 |
| James Loney, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Mike Aviles, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .256 |
| Ryan Kalish, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Jose Iglesias, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ivan De Jesus, ph,6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Buchholz (L, 11-5) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4.47 | 0 | 109-72 |
| Rich Hill | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | 0 | 17-7 |
| Chris Carpenter | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7-3 |
| Seattle Mariners | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Ackley, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
| Franklin Gutierrez, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| Kyle Seager, 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .249 |
| John Jaso, DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .273 |
| Justin Smoak, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .192 |
| Eric Thames, RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 |
| Trayvon Robinson, ph,7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Miguel Olivo, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Carlos Peguero, 7,9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Brendan Ryan, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .195 |
| Totals | 29 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Vargas (W, 14-9) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.80 | 0 | 102-71 |
| Josh Kinney (, 0-2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.80 | 0 | 25-13 |
| Tom Wilhelmsen (S, 4-3; S,23) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.62 | 0 | 14-10 |