Mariners-Red Sox series by the numbers

BOSTON – More than once this weekend the question was asked, “Is that a record?” Hit after hit, run after run and hour after hour the three-game series between the Red Sox and Mariners was truly unlike anything we have seen before. The numbers are, well, large.

• Combined runs scored: 66 (SEA 21, BOS 45)

• Combined hits: 98 (SEA 38, BOS 60)

• Combined home runs: 17 (SEA 8, BOS 9)

• Pitching changes: 24 (SEA 14, BOS 10)

• Total time of games: 11 hours 15 minutes.

• Combined extra-base hits: 44 (SEA 17, BOS 27)

The final stat is the second-most in MLB history dating back to 1915 when records were kept.

Because Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon had to go to the pen so many times once again in this series, a move to get at least one more arm up will most likely need to be made Monday. Edgar Olmos, who was scheduled to start Sunday for the Rainiers, was a late scratch for that game and very well could be on his way to join the team in Texas.

Mike Montgomery was in the pen Sunday and very close to coming into the game, but Danny Farquhar was able to get the save and Montgomery’s warmup, which came on his throw day, will not keep him out of his Wednesday start.

One other interesting move in the game: Franklin Gutierrez, who had hit two home runs and advanced a runner in another at-bat, was pulled in the seventh inning and replaced with Seth Smith. After the game McClendon explained his thinking.

“Guti’s okay,” he said. “You have got to manage it. He wants to be in there, you want him to be in there, you want him to play tomorrow, all the factors that are involved in it, it’s hot out, he did a lot of running today, it’s tough managing all that. We thought we had a safe enough lead where we could get him out of there, get him rested, get him hydrated again and he’ll be ready to go tomorrow.”

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