"Erik Bedard had no qualms about turning the ball over to David Pauley six innings into his latest scoreless outing.

Bedard has gone 15 consecutive innings without allowing a run, dating to May 8 against the Chicago White Sox. But he knew the one guy just as likely to put up zeros was none other than Pauley.

"It's easy to leave the game to him," Bedard said. "He just puts up zeroes. It's fun to have a guy like that in the bullpen. You can always rely on him and it makes it easier on everybody."

Pauley extended his own scoreless innings streak to 11 with two more frames in this one, lowering his earned-run average to 0.95. He's held opponents scoreless in 14 of 17 appearances."