Streaking Red Sox wrap set with Braves

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06/20/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox are back in the swing of things and will shoot for another win this evening in the finale of a three-game interleague series with the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.

Boston has won four of its last five games and extended its lead to nine games over New York in the American League East standings after the Yankees lost to the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

After losing the opener of this series with Atlanta on Monday, the Red Sox bounced back with a 4-0 blanking of the Braves. Starting pitcher Josh Beckett scattered four hits over six shutout innings and added an RBI double at the plate to become the second 10-game winner in the majors. He joined LA Angels of Anaheim starter John Lackey in the double-digit win club.

David Ortiz hit his 12th homer of the season for the Red Sox, while Kevin Youkilis and Jason Varitek collected two hits apiece in the victory.

Julian Tavarez will take the hill for Boston this evening and is 4-4 with a 4.97 ERA in 12 starts. Tavarez is riding an unbeaten streak, having gone 3-0 in his last six trips to the mound.

In his previous start on June 15 against San Francisco, Tavarez hurled seven strong innings of two-run ball as the Red Sox handed the Giants a 10-2 setback at Fenway Park.

The veteran right-hander has a lot of experience against the Braves, going 4-3 with a 5.28 earned run average in 31 career appearances (3 starts).

Atlanta has lost two of its last three games and starter Tim Hudson was the culprit this time, yielding nine hits and four runs over 5 1/3 innings. He has not won a game since May 30, going 0-2 with two no-decisions over that span.

Kelly Johnson and Edgar Renteria had two hits apiece for the Braves, who are 1 1/2 games behind the New York Mets for the top spot in the NL East division. The Mets were pounded by the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

The Braves will send Buddy Carlyle to the mound on Wednesday and he is 1-1 with a 4.44 ERA in five games (4 starts) this season.

Carlyle has recorded consecutive no-decisions and last toed the rubber on June 15 against Cleveland, allowing three runs -- two earned -- and six hits over six innings of work.

The right-hander will make his first-ever appearance against Boston.

Boston took two of three from Atlanta at Fenway Park last month and has won seven of the last nine encounters between the clubs. The Red Sox swept a three-game series in Turner Field last June.

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