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SEATTLE -- Brock Holt made sure an outstanding effort by the Red Sox bullpen did not go to waste.Holts RBI single in the 11th inning lifted Boston past the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Thursday night, a victory made possible by five scoreless innings by Red Sox relievers.Travis Shaw, who had a solo homer in the second, opened the 11th against Cody Martin (1-2) with an opposite-field single to left against the shift. Sandy Leon sacrificed Shaw to second and Holt then bounced a single up the middle off the glove of diving shortstop Sean OMalley.We were grinding through that game and to get the one run was big, Holt said. Travis with a big at-bat to lead things off there and then Sandy laid down a perfect bunt, so good team baseball in the last inning for us.OMalley, playing short with regular Ketel Marte sidelined with mononucleosis, said he should have at least kept the ball from getting through.I thought I should have had it, OMalley said. It was a tough play. The ball came up and made a little funny hop. But, I got a glove on it. Worst case, I just wanted to keep that in the infield. Unfortunately, it scooted into center and it ended up being the difference.Craig Kimbrel (2-3) retired all four batters he faced -- including striking out the side in the 10th -- for the victory. Brad Ziegler pitched the 11th for his third save, stranding the tying run at third.Guys came in and did an outstanding job, Boston manager John Farrell said. We didnt have the greatest matchups at the end, with Brad and the number of left-handers that were coming to the plate, but still he found a way to use his changeup and his off-speed pitches effectively.The Mariners put two runners aboard in the ninth against Fernando Abad when Farrell opted for Kimbrel to face Robinson Cano, who hit a game-deciding three-run homer off Abad on Tuesday.I felt like were in the fifth hitter of the inning and their best hitter is coming up, Farrell said. Felt like it was an opportunity for us to go to our most powerful reliever with the highest strikeout ratio there. Didnt think hed get out of it with just two pitches and a ground ball, but it worked out well.Seattle tied it with two runs in the fifth inning. OMalley hit the first pitch into the left-field seats for his first homer of the season and second of his career. Guillermo Heredia followed with a bunt single and advanced to third on consecutive ground outs. After Nelson Cruz was walked intentionally, Dae-Ho Lee blooped an RBI single into shallow right-center.Shaw opened the second with his 13th homer, driving a 2-0 pitch over the right-field wall to put Boston up 1-0.The Red Sox made it 2-0 in the fifth when Bryce Brentz and Mookie Betts opened the inning with consecutive doubles.Seattle starter Ariel Miranda, acquired from Baltimore on July 31 for left-hander Wade Miley, allowed two runs and eight hits in six innings in his major league debut after being called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Tacoma.The Red Sox loaded the bases with one out in the first on singles by Xavier Bogaerts and David Ortiz and a walk to Dustin Pedroia, but Miranda escaped by striking out Jackie Bradley Jr. and getting Aaron Hill on a fly out to right.Seattle loaded the bases in the fourth on three walks by Drew Pomerantz, but Leonys Martin bounced to first to end the inning. Pomerantz, yet to win in four starts since being acquired from San Diego, allowed just two runs on four hits, but issued a career-high six walks.CUBAN TRIOMiranda was one of three Cuban-born players in the Mariners starting lineup, along with Heredia and Leonys Martin. The Mariners said it was the first time an American League team started a Cuban-born pitcher and two Cuban-born position players in the same game since Minnesota on Sept. 27, 1970, when Luis Tiant pitched with position players Tony Oliva and Leo Cardenas.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: 1B Hanley Ramirez, who injured his left wrist in a dugout stumble following Tuesdays game at Seattle, was scheduled to swing a bat on Thursday. Optimistically, hopefully hed be available on the weekend when we get down to L.A. against the Dodgers, manager John Farrell said.Mariners: RHP Steve Cishek, who recently lost his closer role, was placed on the 15-day DL (retroactive to Aug. 2) with a left hip labrum tear, an injury that is not expected to require surgery. Im very hopeful that hes back in our bullpen in 15 days, manager Scott Servais said. ... RHP Taijuan Walker, on the DL since July 6 with right foot tendinitis is expected to start Saturday against the Angels.UP NEXTRed Sox: Knuckleballer Steven Wright (12-5, 3.20) gets the start Friday when Boston opens a three-game road series against the Dodgers. Wright was 4-0 in six starts in July, but had a 6.23 ERA in 34 2/3 innings over that span.Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (5-4, 3.46 ERA) opens the three-game series against the Angels on Friday, the middle set of a three-series, 10-game homestand. 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That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. Wholesale NFL Authentic Jerseys . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. PITTSBURGH -- Matt Cains mind drifted. He couldnt help it. A year to the day after throwing the 22nd perfect game in baseball history, the San Francisco Giants ace didnt give up a hit through four innings on Thursday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. "I tried not to think about it but there was enough talk about it that I couldnt really tune out," Cain said. A single by Pittsburghs Garrett Jones leading off the bottom of the fifth rendered any discussion of Cain making history again moot, one of the few things that didnt go right for the Giants in a 10-0 romp. Cain (5-3) struck out three and walked two over 6 2-3 innings. "He had good command of all his pitches," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. "Hes in a good place right now with his delivery and command. I like where hes at." Hunter Pence hit his 11th homer of the season, while Buster Posey, Gregor Blanco and Joaquin Arias had three hits apiece for San Francisco, which avoided a sweep by sending the Pirates to their worst loss of the year. Not bad for a team missing injured stars Pablo Sandoval, Marco Scutaro and Angel Pagan, all of whom are on the disabled list. "Its a great sign," Bochy said. "Were missing three big bats. You hope guys pick it up and they have the last couple of games. Blanco had a big game. Really, a lot of guys had big games." Even if it wasnt required on a night Cain seemed to move past the inconsistent play thats dogged him over the first two months of the season. The three-time All-Star has run hot and cold this season, getting off to a horrific start in April before going 4-0 in May. The Giants lost both of his starts this month, scoring all of one run in the process. Given a healthy dose of support, Cain didnt let it go to waste. "I am throwing the ball a whole lot better," he said. "Im trying to eliminate that big inning. I had done a good job of that for some years now but Ive kind of had trouble with it this year. Its a matter of putting it in the past and getting guys out." San Franciscos outburst spoiled the return of Pittsburgh starter Charlie Morton (0-1), who was celebrating an anniversary of his own. The righthander underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on June 14, 2012. Just short of a year later, he surrendered four runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking one. The right-hander also hit three batters while making his first major league start in 381 days. "I wish it had gone better but I think I can takke quite a few positives," Morton said.dddddddddddd The Giants didnt knock Morton around so much as chip away. San Francisco touched Morton for a run in each of the first two innings then added two more in the fifth before breaking things open with five runs in the sixth against reliever Mike Zagurski. The romp was a welcome change for the defending World Series champions, who have struggled on the road. San Francisco came in just 4-12 in its last 16 games away from AT&T Park but had little trouble with Cain returning to form. Cain tossed a one-hitter against the Pirates last season, the lone mistake being a fastball in the sixth inning that McDonald turned into a single. Two months later he retired all 27 batters he faced against the overmatched Astros. He didnt overwhelm Pittsburgh this time, instead letting his defence do most of the work. Cain wasted little time between pitches and the Pirates could never seem to get comfortable. "We saw the good Matt Cain tonight," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. San Francisco certainly looked at ease, pushing the lead to 4-0 during a weird fifth inning. Zagurski hit Brandon Crawford with one out and Posey smacked a ground-rule double to the gap in left-centre. Crawford would have easily scored if the ball hadnt hopped over the fence. Things evened out when Pence hit a dribbler that turned into a rundown between third and home. Crawford smacked into Pittsburgh third baseman Pedro Alvarez during the chase, with home plate umpire Tim McClellan awarding Crawford home plate after ruling Alvarez impeded Crawfords path. Andres Torres hit a sacrifice fly, but a potentially big inning came undone when a liner by Arias went right at Pence standing off second base. The San Francisco outfielder dove forward to avoid the ball only to have it deflect off his helmet. Pence earned a bit of revenge the next inning when he smoked a 3-run homer off Zagurski and the rout was on. NOTES: Scutaro is still in considerable pain after the pinky finger in his left hand was drilled by a pitch on Tuesday. Bochy said there is considerable swelling and isnt sure when Scutaro will play again ... The Giants begin a three-game series in Atlanta on Friday. Madison Bumgarner (5-4, 3.58) faces Atlantas Kris Medlen (3-6, 2.87) ... San Franciscos Nick Noonan appeared to have his first major league home run in the ninth inning when he hit a ball to right-centre. The call was overturned when replay showed the ball hit the top of the fence but did not go over. ' ' '