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July 15, 2007
Note: Sox Streakers will be on a hiatus over the next week as Mike McDermott is off on vacation. It will be back Monday, July 23, when the Red Sox visit Cleveland. But continue checking Projo's SoxBlog in the week ahead for Art Martone's daily baseball column, pregame reports from our writers at Fenway, and all the other breaking baseball news.
Hot Streaks
-Hideki Okajima has pitched 17 consecutive scoreless innings.
-Manny Delcarmen has pitched 8.2 consecutive scoreless innings, and has struck out 10 batters in his last five appearances (6.2 innings).
-Julio Lugo is 9 for his last 15 (.600); last night he collected his 1,000th major league hit.
-For Toronto: Aaron Hill is 8 for 16 (.500) over his last four games.
Cold Streaks
-For Toronto: John McDonald is 0 for 10 in this series, and 1 for his last 17 against the Red Sox.
Blue Jays vs. Josh Beckett
-Vernon Wells, 8 for 18 (.444), 4 HR
-Alex Rios, 3 for 7 (.429), 1 HR
-Aaron Hill, 5 for 14 (.357)
-Jason Phillips, 3 for 12 (.250)
-Lyle Overbay, 4 for 17 (.235)
-Royce Clayton, 1 for 6 (.167)
-Reed Johnson, 1 for 6 (.167)
-Matt Stairs, 1 for 6 (.167)
-Gregg Zaun, 1 for 6 (.167)
-Troy Glaus, 2 for 13 (.154), 2 HR
-Frank Thomas, 2 for 14 (.143)
-Beckett is 2-2 with a 5.25 E.R.A. in six career starts against Toronto.
Red Sox vs. Jesse Litsch
-Litsch has never faced Boston.
More Stuff
-Josh Beckett today looks to become baseball's first 13-game winner.
-All-time series: Boston 237, Toronto 187
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