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Sox Streakers for June 1

Who's Hot
-Kevin Youkilis, 22-game hitting streak, going 42 for 98 (.429) during that period.
-Dustin Pedroia, 10-game hitting streak, going 15 for 33 (.455) during that period. It's the longest hit streak for a Red Sox rookie since Nomar Garciaparra's 10-game hit streak in September 1997. Led all major leaguers in batting average (minimum 60 at-bats) for the month of May, at .415.

Who's Not
-Tim Wakefield, has surrendered 15 earned runs in 19 innings (7.11 E.R.A.) over last three starts
-Coco Crisp, 0 for his last 12

Yankees vs. Tim Wakefield
-Melky Cabrera, 1 for 3 (.333)
-Derek Jeter, 28 for 87 (.322), 3 HR
-Josh Phelps, 8 for 25 (.320)
-Johnny Damon, 16 for 51 (.314), 2 HR
-Bobby Abreu, 5 for 18 (.278)
-Robinson Cano, 7 for 27 (.259), 1 HR
-Alex Rodriguez, 17 for 67 (.254), 6 HR
-Jorge Posada, 14 for 59 (.237), 3 HR
-Hideki Matsui, 7 for 43 (.163), 2 HR
-Doug Mientkiewicz, 1 for 19 (.053)

Red Sox vs. Chien-Ming Wang
-Manny Ramirez, 11 for 19 (.579), 2 HR
-Eric Hinske, 10 for 19 (.526), 2 HR
-David Ortiz, 10 for 22 (.455), 2 HR
-Kevin Youkilis, 6 for 15 (.400)
-Alex Cora, 5 for 16 (.313), 1 HR
-Coco Crisp, 4 for 14 (.286)
-Doug Mirabelli, 2 for 7 (.286)
-Julio Lugo, 6 for 24 (.250)
-Mike Lowell, 3 for 18 (.167)
-J.D. Drew, 0 for 3
-Dustin Pedroia has never faced Wang.

More Stuff
-Mike Lowell has a 22-game hitting streak in games played at Fenway Park, tying him for the third-longest such streak by a Red Sox player since 1957. The longest is 31 games, by Nomar Garciaparra in 2003.
-Kevin Youkilis' 22-game hitting streak is the second-longest in the majors; Ichiro Suzuki has a 24-game streak.
-Manny Ramirez is 36 for 79 (.456) with 10 home runs in his last 23 games against the Yankees.
-The Red Sox are 9-4 against New York since being swept in five straight games at Fenway Park in August 2006.
-Twenty-two members of the 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox will be honored on the field before tonight's game, and former manager Dick Williams will throw out the first pitch.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 3:29 PM to Projo Sox Streakers | Permalink