The Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners will play a three game series at Fenway Park starting Friday night. Roenis Elias will make his first start for the Red Sox in the series opener against his former team. Elias was part of the trade that sent Wade Miley to Seattle. Miley will face his former team when he takes the mound on Saturday afternoon for the Mariners. The Red Sox are coming off a series where they lost two out of three against the Orioles. The Red Sox are one game behind the Orioles in the American League East standings, The Mariners lost two out of three at Tampa and are coming into the series with a 35-31recoed and 6.5 behind the Texas Rangers for the top spot in the American League West standings. Below are the pitching matchups and broadcast schedule for the series.
Friday, June 17th– Mariners- Hisashi Iwakuma (5-5, 4.10 ERA) at Red Sox- Roenis Elias (0-0, 16.20 ERA)– 7:10 PM- TV- NESN. Radio- WZON, WDEA, WJJB, WBYA, WHOU
Saturday, June 18th- Mariners- Wade Miley (6-3, 5.28 ERA) at Red Sox- Rick Poecello (7-2, 3.81 ERA)– 4:05 PM- TV- NESN. Radio- WZON, WDEA, WJJB, WBYA, WHOU
Sunday, June 19th– Mariners – Taijuan Walker (3-6, 3.69 ERA) @ Red Sox- David Price (7-4. 4.52 ERA) 1:35 PM- TV- NESN, ESPN2 (outside of New England). Radio- WZON, WDEA, WJJB, WBYA, WHOU
