Tonight's game between the Seattle Mariners and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park has been postponed. It will be made up tomorrow night as part of a day/night doubleheader.

If you had tickets for tonight's game, they are good for tomorrow night's 7:10 p.m. game. The regularly scheduled game will still begin at 1:35 p.m.

No word on who will be pitching in what game but we do know that Josh Beckett was supposed to start for the Red Sox and Jon Lester tomorrow. If I hear anything, I'll update the post.

Update: According to Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com via Twitter, Josh Beckett will pitch the 1:35 p.m. game and Jon Lester will pitch the 7:10 p.m. game.

After battling the elements and the Seattle Mariners last night, the Boston Red Sox will have to do the same thing in game two of a three-game set at Fenway Park.

Tonight's game is scheduled to start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Mariners television market, you can catch the game on FOX Sports North. If you can't catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

For the Red Sox to continue their playoff push,  Josh Beckett will need to be at the top of his game in his 15th start of 2010. In his previous 14 starts, he is 3-3 with a 6.67 ERA. Beckett has made one appearance against the M's this season back on 7/23. In that start, he received a no-decision after allowing one run in 5 2/3 innings. He's made six career starts against the Mariners and is 4-1 with a 2.93 ERA. Five of those starts have come in a Red Sox uniform and he is 4-0 with a 1.63 ERA in those starts.

One-time Red Sox farmhand David Pauley makes his 12th appearance (8th start) of the season for the Mariners. In his previous 11 appearances (eight starts), Pauley is 2-4 with a 3.70 ERA. He's faced the Red Sox once this season and his career taking a no-decision back on July 24th. In that start, he allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings. He's made four appearances (three starts) at Fenway Park, all in a Red Sox uniform, and was 0-2 with an 11.57 ERA.

Keep reading for tonight's lineups, batter/pitchers matchups, news and links.

One day after being claimed by his former team the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers OF/DH Johnny Damon has decided to not waive his no-trade clause which included the Red Sox.

Here's the tweet from Jason Beck of MLB.com:

Damon: "I'm not going."

Frankly, I'm not surprised. He probably holds some resentment because the Red Sox let him go during in free agency. Of course he went to the Yankees and the Red Sox fans and media killed him for it.

And now, if he ever returns to Fenway Park again, it could even be worse than it might have been had he come back. Ironically enough, when the Tigers were in town, Damon never got a chance to see if the fans forgave him for leaving and going to the Evil Empire because he missed the series with back spasms.

If he had returned now, it would probably would have been a mixed bag.

Now he'll never get that chance.

Johnny Damon

He was a hero in 2004. A self proclaimed "idiot."

He put the icing on the cake in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series with a grand slam in the second inning to the right-field upper deck and a two-run shot in the fourth sending the Boston Red Sox to its first World Series appearance since 1986.

Then Johnny Damon did the unthinkable. From looking like Jesus Christ with the long hair and beard, the then free agent in the 2005 off-season went to the dark side and signed with the Yankees, shaving off the beard and chopping off his long hair.

He'd be forever booed by Red Sox Nation everywhere and even as a Detroit Tiger he was still booed for what he did. Now back to 2010, the Red Sox decided to claim Damon off waivers. Say what!? And now he has the power to accept or veto the deal because he has a no-trade clause in his contract.

As a Red Sox fan this disgusts me. First off, we all know the Sox only claimed Damon to block a deal to the Tampa Bay Rays. Boston doesn't need another outfielder, plus Damon's arm is even worse than when he left Beantown. Boston doesn't need a designated hitter either. They have David Ortiz. So it really doesn't make any sense.

Damon is a traitor, a pure traitor. He cannot come back and pretend like nothing happened. The way he did it too was just inexcusable too.

Yes he was a hero in 2004 and had a career year: .304 BA, 20 HR, 94 RBI, but I don't believe Red Sox Nation will take too kindly to him or at least I won't anyway. If Damon does indeed accept the deal and returns to Boston all I have to say is as long as the team accepts his return (which Tim Wakefield and David Ortiz expressed they would) and he contributes then fine, but I still believe he won't be welcomed by a standing ovation like Nomar Garciaparra.

This might even be worse than Manny Ramirez. Red Sox Nation shouldn't welcome back Damon and at this point it'd be a miracle if this team made the playoffs. As long as Tampa Bay keeps winning each day it's going to be harder and harder to catch up.

Just sayin'.

Amanda Bruno is an agate clerk at The Springfield Republican and occasionally writes sports articles. She also writes over at Batter-up with Bruno where she shares her thoughts about the Boston Red Sox and the Boston sports media. You can follow her on Twitter @batterupbruno and via email at brunosportshawk[at]gmail.com.

On a night where there was rain and a chill in the air not to mention a stiff wind blowing in, the Boston Red Sox were able to secure their third straight win behind a career-high four RBIs from Marco Scutaro.

Last night's 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners coupled with the New York Yankees loss to the Toronto Blue Jays moves the Red Sox to 5.5 games out of first place in the AL East and the AL Wild Card lead as the Tampa Bay Rays also won.

The big news of the day before the game was the fact that the Red Sox claimed Johnny Damon off of waivers from the Detroit Tigers. But within that, there's a small problem. One of the teams in Damon's no-trade clause is the Red Sox. If Damon does decide to waive his no-trade clause, there's still some obstacles to overcome.

The Tigers could remove Damon from the waivers list and the whole point is moot. The Tigers could also just let him go without getting anything in return as a salary dump. He's still owed around $1.8 million this season. Or they can work out a deal in the next 48 hours or so and Damon returns to Boston.

So could one of the "idiots" return to Boston?

It's quite possible but from the sounds of what Damon has been saying, it doesn't look good.

"My teammates are making this decision easier by saying they want me to stay. My gut and everything else tells me that Detroit's the place for me."

"I understand if it could help the Tigers in the future, I have to look at it that way, but my teammates are making it much easier on me. If they want me to stay, teammates normally win out."

My guess is that we'll know something by this afternoon. And if Damon decides he doesn't want to come to Boston or they are unable to work out a deal, the Red Sox will have effectively blocked the Rays and Yankees from acquiring him. And that my friends is a great thing!

John Lackey started this one for the Red Sox last night and had great stuff on the mound. He effectively used all five of his pitches last night to rack up a season-high 10 strikeouts in a season-high matching eight innings. He ended up allowing three runs (two earned) on the night and those runs could be attributed to some poor defense, including a miscue on his part.

In the third inning, Jed Lowrie's error allowed Chone Figgins to reach base and Ryan Langerhans came around from second to put the M's out front 1-0. And after Scutaro's 2-run single and J.D. Drew's RBI single in the 5th put the Red Sox out front, it was Lackey's inability to field a potential inning-ending double play ball in the sixth that loaded the sacks full of Mariners for former Red Sox first baseman Casey Kotchman.

It took Kotchman just one pitch to hit a two-run single that tied the game up at 3-3.

But with runners on second and third in the seventh, Scutaro once again came through with a two-run single to put the Red Sox out front for good. After another Drew single moved Scutaro third, Victor Martinez hit a sacrifice fly to close out the scoring for the night.

Good win for the local nine last night. Every win is important at this stage of the season and the Red Sox did what they needed to do in beating one of the bottom feeders of the American League. They'll need to continue that for the next two nights before a day off and a three-game weekend set with the Rays.

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After taking two-of-three from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox will close out their nine-game homestand with a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners starting tonight, weather permitting of course, at Fenway Park.

Tonight's game is scheduled to start at 7:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Mariners television market, you can catch the game on FOX Sports North. If you can't catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

John Lackey takes the mound tonight for Terry Francona against his old rivals from the AL West. He's made 25 starts this season and is 11-7 with a 4.62 ERA. He's made one start against Seattle back on 7/22 when he took a no-hitter into the 8th inning. He ended up allowing one unearned run and took a no decision after the bullpen blew it for him. He's made 26 career starts against the Mariners and is 12-9 with a 3.62 ERA.

Rookie Doug Fister makes his 21st start of 2010 for the Mariners. In his previous 28 starts, he is 4-8 with a 3.92 ERA. He's made one career start against the Red Sox and that came back on July 25th when he received a no decision after allowing two runs in five innings of work. He's never pitched at Fenway Park.

Keep reading for tonight's lineups, batter/pitchers matchups, news and links.

After a 1 hour 44 minute rain delay to start the game, the Boston Red Sox almost lost the start of Clay Buchholz to the rain in the top of the third. But after a 59 minute rain delay, Buchholz returned to the mound and helped the Red Sox to a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays to take the series on Sunday at Fenway Park.

Yet again though, the Red Sox weren't able to make up any ground as the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays both won. The Red Sox are still 6.5 games behind the Yankees for first in the AL East and 5.5 games behind the Rays for second place and also the AL Wild Card lead.

Many thought, myself included, that Buchholz wouldn't return to the game after the 59 minute rain delay. But to the surprise of many when the tarp was being pulled off, Buchholz came out of the dugout and headed to the bullpen to warm up for a second time.

While he did allow five of the six leadoff hitters he faced to reach base, Buchholz was able to work around it as the Blue Jays were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position against him. His fastball and changeup were both "Buch nasty" as they helped him to seven strikeouts.

Just three years removed from a no-hitter in his second big league start and a year removed from spending the first part of the 2009 season in the minors, Buchholz has grown and matured as a person and as a pitcher.

In a rotation that features Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka, Buchholz has been the most consistent and best pitcher on the Red Sox during the 2010 season. And despite missing two starts while on the DL with a hamstring injury suffered running the bases against the San Francisco Giants, Buchholz has racked up a 15-5 record with a league leading 2.26 ERA. Those 15 wins are good for a tie for second with three other pitchers (Carl Pavano, David Price and Phil Hughes). CC Sabathia leads the AL with 17 wins and has a 3.02 ERA.

Given the success of Buchholz this season, you would have to think he's one of the frontrunners for the AL Cy Young Award. If it weren't for him, the Red Sox certainly wouldn't be in the position they are now.

We'll be back later with tonight's lineups (weather permitting), batter/pitcher matchups, any news and links for the day.

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