Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, delivering a pitch during the first inning of yesterday’s game in Seattle, turned in another All-Star-caliber performance.

AP / Ted S. Warren

SEATTLE — Daisuke Matsuzaka ended the month of June with a sparkling 1.59 ERA, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at his won-lost record.

Matsuzaka escaped with a no-decision yesterday in the Sox’ 2-1, 11-inning loss, but deserved far better. He tossed nine innings of one-run ball, allowing just three hits along the way.

But because the Sox didn’t score for him, he didn’t get the victory he deserved.

So what else is new?

In those five June starts, the Red Sox scored a grand total of five runs for him. The miracle was that Matsuzaka managed to win two of those starts, last Saturday against the Padres (2-1) and June 16 against the San Francisco Giants (1-0).

The last time the Sox scored more than two runs in a game while Matsuzaka was still on the mound was May 25, when they beat Texas, 10-6.

Matsuzaka shrugged off the issue of run support after the game.

“I feel like I pitch better when it’s a tight game,” he said, “so I can’t complain about that.”

Said manager Terry Francona: “That stuff can go in cycles. You pitch according to the score. He did everything he could today; we just didn’t score. But he wasn’t hanging his head.”

The American League All-Star team will be chosen Sunday, before Matsuzaka gets a chance to add to his win total (9). His ERA, wins and strikeouts (110) are worthy of selection, but with teammate Josh Beckett (11-1, 3.07) a lock and a handful of starters deserving (C.C. Sabathia, John Lackey, Justin Verlander, Dan Haren), Matsuzaka might be passed over.

The word on Schilling

The Sox made a determination yesterday that Curt Schilling (shoulder tendinitis) won’t pitch again until after the All-Star break.

Schilling is eligible to come off the DL next Wednesday, but hasn’t thrown since being shut down following his last start, June 18 in Atlanta.

He’ll be re-examined Monday by the medical staff, at which time a throwing program will be laid out.

“He can throw now,” said Francona, “but we want him to be able to finish the season and be a consistently good pitcher.”

“I’ll do whatever I have to do (to get back),” said Schilling as he packed his bags after yesterday’s loss.

Welcome home

Yesterday’s appearance — a losing one, as it turned out — was the first here for ex-Mariner Joel Pineiro.

Pineiro rolled his ankle Monday during stretching exercises and was thought to be unavailable, but at game time he told the staff he could pitch, if needed.

By the 11th, with the bullpen used up in the first two games of the series and Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon already used, he was the choice.

“It was sore,” said Pineiro of the ankle, “but once you get out there, you don’t think about the pain.”

As for facing his former teammates in his former ballpark, he said: “I thought more about (being here) the first day. Today, my mind was just focused on making a good pitch.”

Around the bases

Yesterday was just the fifth hitless game in the last 44 for Kevin Youkilis. …The Sox are 19-5 in day games this season, the best percentage in baseball. They are 12-0 at home and 7-5 on the road. … Leftover from Tuesday’s loss: the 14 hits the Sox collected were the most they’ve had in a loss since Aug. 18, 2006, when they lost, 14-11. Also, the seven runs scored were the most in a defeat this season and the most since a 10-9 setback to Kansas City on Sept. 8, 2006. … Coco Crisp had his 18th multi-hit game of the season and has lifted his average to .262. … Crisp was cut down stealing in the first for only the fifth time this season. He’s 15-for-20 in attempts this year.

smcadam@projo.com