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Today was not
Ryan Dempster's day. He hurled just three and one-third innings and gave up seven earned runs. However, his misfortune was a great opportunity for
Steven Wright. No, not the guy who has his personal seashell collection scattered across the beaches of the Earth.
This Steven Wright is the knuckle-balling new guy who pitched 5 2/3 stellar relief innings±—keeping the mariner at bay while Boston stormed back for
an 8-7 extra-inning win.
Daniel Nava—who had been 0 for 5 to that point—singled home pinch-runner
Jackie Bradley, Jr. with the winning run in the tenth.
Brock Holt (2 RBI),
Jacoby Ellsbury (HR) and
Jose Iglesias (2 RBI) had two hits each.
Koji Uehara pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save of 2013. Boston took three of four from Seattle, and now moves on to Oakland for the final three contests before the All-Star Break.
