Game 74: Red Sox at Mariners lineups and notes

The Red Sox continue to roll out the lefthanders in their series against the Mariners.

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All three games in the weekend set are scheduled to see the Sox roll out a southpaw.

The situation worked well for the Red Sox on Friday night as Ranger Suarez allowed one hit over 6 2/3 scoreless innings in Boston’s 6-2 victory that snapped the Red Sox’s four-game losing streak.

“He was amazing. I could smell the no-hitter,” Red Sox catcher Carlos Narvaez said in a postgame interview on NESN. “He was controlling the zone and mixing everything.”

Suarez said he jinxed himself in trying to throw Boston’s first no-hitter since Jon Lester accomplished the feat in 2008.

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“When I was going into the seventh inning, it was the first time I thought about it,” Suarez said through an interpreter. “Once I realized that I was thinking about it, I knew it wasn’t going to happen. The first (six) innings, I was pitching well and I wasn’t thinking about it. Once I started thinking about it, it didn’t go the way I wanted.”

Connelly Early gets the ball for Boston in Saturday’s matchup. The Mariners will call upon Emerson Hancock.

Here’s a preview.

RED SOX (30-43): TBA

Pitching: LHP Connelly Early (5-5, 3.81 ERA)

MARINERS (39-38): TBA

Pitching: RHP Emerson Hancock (5-3, 3.28 ERA)

Time: 10:10 p.m.

TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7

Red Sox vs. Hancock: Wilyer Abreu 0-3, Willson Contreras 0-1, Jarren Duran 2-3, Ceddanne Rafaela 1-2

Mariners vs. Early: Has not faced any Seattle batters

Stat of the day: Connelly Early is 0-3 with a 7.36 ERA this month.

Notes: The Mariners entered the game 27th out of 30 MLB teams with an 85 wRC+ (Weighted Runs Created Plus) against lefthanders; 100 is the league average. … To combat that, the Mariners called up righthanded-hitting utilityman Weston Wilson from Triple-A Tacoma and designated Miles Mastrobuoni for assignment. … The lefthanded-hitting Mastrobuoni was a popular player in the clubhouse and a key reserve in Seattle’s playoff run last season. … Hancock is coming off his worst start of the season, a 10-1 loss Sunday in Washington in which he allowed six runs on nine hits over four innings. … Hancock is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in one previous start against the Red Sox.

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