AL: BALTIMORE at BOSTON <div class="pre">BALTIMORE (2) VS BOSTON (3) - FINAL BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg T Redman cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .323 J Payton lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .255 N Markakis rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .292 M Tejada ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .304 K Millar 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .260 A Huff dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 .271 M Mora 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 .262 R Hernandez c 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 .241 F Bynum 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 a-B Roberts ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Totals 32 2 7 2 4 3 15 a-flied out to center for F Bynum in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - N Markakis (37, H Okajima). HR - R Hernandez (7, 7th inning off J Lester 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Mora (48), R Hernandez (49). 2-out RBI - M Mora. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Tejada 1, A Huff 1. Team LOB - 7. BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 .324 A Cora ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 D Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .318 M Lowell 3b 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 .329 J Drew rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .254 K Youkilis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 .289 B Moss lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .154 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 J Ellsbury cf-lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .391 K Cash c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .118 Totals 27 3 5 3 4 9 10 BATTING: 2B - D Pedroia (32, D Cabrera). HR - J Ellsbury (1, 4th inning off D Cabrera 0 on, 2 Out). S - A Cora. SF - M Lowell. RBI - M Lowell 2 (97), J Ellsbury (4). 2-out RBI - J Ellsbury. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Youkilis 2, D Pedroia 1. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - J Ellsbury (2, 2nd base off D Cabrera/R Hernandez), D Ortiz (3, 2nd base off D Cabrera/R Hernandez). FIELDING: Outfield assists - J Drew (M Tejada at Home), B Moss (K Millar at 3rd base). DP: 1 (J Drew-K Cash). ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE - 000 001 100 -- 2 BOSTON - 100 110 00x -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era D Cabrera (L, 9-14) 6 5 3 3 4 7 1 5.06 J Leicester 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 15.75 J Walker 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.82 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester (W, 3-0) 6 6 2 2 4 1 1 5.26 J Lopez (H, 14) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.78 H Okajima (H, 25) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.56 J Papelbon (S, 31) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.68 J Lester pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. IBB - D Ortiz (by D Cabrera). Pitches-strikes: D Cabrera 117-62; J Leicester 16-10; J Walker 16-10; J Lester 90-50; J Lopez 12-6; H Okajima 17-10; J Papelbon 7-5. Ground balls-fly balls: D Cabrera 3-8; J Leicester 1-2; J Walker 0-1; J Lester 4-11; J Lopez 2-1; H Okajima 1-0; J Papelbon 0-3. Batters faced: D Cabrera 27; J Leicester 4; J Walker 2; J Lester 26; J Lopez 3; H Okajima 4; J Papelbon 3. UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--C.B. Bucknor. 3B--Joe West. T--2:35. Att--36,340. Weather: 72 degrees, sunny. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at BOSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (2) AT BOSTON (3) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON 1ST: D Pedroia singled to center. A Cora struck out looking. D Ortiz walked, D Pedroia to second. M Lowell singled to deep left, D Pedroia scored, D Ortiz to second. J Drew flied out to right. K Youkilis struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BOSTON 4TH: K Youkilis struck out swinging. B Moss grounded out to second. J Ellsbury homered to right. K Cash flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 2. BOSTON 5TH: D Pedroia doubled to left. A Cora sacrificed to third, D Pedroia to third. D Ortiz intentionally walked. M Lowell hit sacrifice fly to left, D Pedroia scored. D Ortiz stole second. J Drew walked. K Youkilis struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 6TH: N Markakis flied out to left. M Tejada reached on infield single to third. K Millar singled to left, M Tejada to second. A Huff popped out to third. M Mora singled to left, M Tejada scored, K Millar out at third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 7TH: R Hernandez homered to left. J Lopez relieved J Lester. F Bynum grounded out to third. T Redman flied out to center. J Payton grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, BOSTON 3.</div>
Pedroia, Lester help Red Sox take series from Orioles <h3>BOSTON 3, BALTIMORE 2</h3>By Mike Petraglia PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer BOSTON (Ticker) -- There was no hangover effect for the Boston RedSox Sunday from Saturday night's no-hit celebration. Dustin Pedroia singled, doubled and scored twice while JonLester and three relievers combined to hold the BaltimoreOrioles offense in check again as the Red Sox claimed the rubbergame of the three-game series, 3-2, Sunday at Fenway Park. One day after Clay Buchholz threw the first rookie no-hitter inRed Sox history, Lester (3-0) held the Orioles to six hits andtwo runs over six-plus innings. He walked four while strikingout just one. Lester was pulled after Ramon Hernandez homered just inside thefoul pole down the left field line leading off the seventh. Javier Lopez replaced the Red Sox starter and retired the nextthree batters. Hideki Okajima allowed a leadoff double to NickMarkakis in the eighth, but escaped when Kevin Millar and AubreyHuff struck out to end the threat - stranding Markakis atthird. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect ninth for his 31st save in33 chances. Daniel Cabrera (9-14) allowed Mike Lowell's RBI single in thefirst but escaped a first and second jam when he got J.D. Drewto fly out to right and struck out Kevin Youkilis looking. Lowell's single off the "Green Monster" in left extended hishitting streak to 15 games. Cabrera allowed five hits and three runs over six innings. Hestruck out seven and walked four while allowing a home run toJacoby Ellsbury in the fourth. The long ball to the Red Soxbullpen in right was the first in the rookie outfielder'scareer. Pedroia's .324 average leads all American League rookies and issecond on the Red Sox to Lowell's .329 mark. After breaking their nine-game losing streak Friday, the Orioleshave lost two straight and 11 of 12. They are now aseason-worst 17 games under .500.
Pedroia, Lester help Red Sox take series from Orioles <h3>BOSTON 3, BALTIMORE 2</h3>By Mike Petraglia PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer BOSTON (Ticker) -- There was no hangover effect for the Boston RedSox Sunday from Saturday night's no-hit celebration. Dustin Pedroia singled, doubled and scored twice while JonLester and three relievers combined to hold the BaltimoreOrioles offense in check again as the Red Sox claimed the rubbergame of the three-game series, 3-2, Sunday at Fenway Park. One day after Clay Buchholz threw the first rookie no-hitter inRed Sox history, Lester (3-0) held the Orioles to six hits andtwo runs over six-plus innings. He walked four while strikingout just one. Lester was pulled after Ramon Hernandez homered just inside thefoul pole down the left field line leading off the seventh. Javier Lopez replaced the Red Sox starter and retired the nextthree batters. Hideki Okajima allowed a leadoff double to NickMarkakis in the eighth, but escaped when Kevin Millar and AubreyHuff struck out to end the threat - stranding Markakis atthird. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect ninth for his 31st save in33 chances. Daniel Cabrera (9-14) allowed Mike Lowell's RBI single in thefirst but escaped a first and second jam when he got J.D. Drewto fly out to right and struck out Kevin Youkilis looking. Lowell's single off the "Green Monster" in left extended hishitting streak to 15 games. Cabrera allowed five hits and three runs over six innings. Hestruck out seven and walked four while allowing a home run toJacoby Ellsbury in the fourth. The long ball to the Red Soxbullpen in right was the first in the rookie outfielder'scareer. Pedroia's .324 average leads all American League rookies and issecond on the Red Sox to Lowell's .329 mark. After breaking their nine-game losing streak Friday, the Orioleshave lost two straight and 11 of 12. They are now aseason-worst 17 games under .500.
AL: BALTIMORE at BOSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (2) AT BOSTON (3) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore Starting Lineups -- T Redman CF, J Payton LF, N Markakis RF, M Tejada SS, K Millar 1B, A Huff DH, M Mora 3B, R Hernandez C, F Bynum 2B, D Cabrera RHP. Boston Starting Lineups -- D Pedroia 2B, A Cora SS, D Ortiz DH, M Lowell 3B, J Drew RF, K Youkilis 1B, B Moss LF, J Ellsbury CF, K Cash C, J Lester LHP. Umpires -- Ed Rapuano (HP), Ed Hickox (1B), C.B. Bucknor (2B), Joe West (3B). Gametime Weather: 72 degrees, Sunny, wind out to left at 11 mph. BALTIMORE 1ST: T Redman walked. J Payton struck out swinging. N Markakis grounded out to first, T Redman to second. M Tejada lined out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 1ST: D Pedroia singled to center. A Cora struck out looking. D Ortiz walked, D Pedroia to second. M Lowell singled to deep left, D Pedroia scored, D Ortiz to second. J Drew flied out to right. K Youkilis struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BALTIMORE 2ND: K Millar flied out to center. A Huff singled to right. M Mora flied out to right. R Hernandez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BOSTON 2ND: B Moss struck out looking. J Ellsbury singled to right. J Ellsbury stole second. K Cash grounded out to first, J Ellsbury to third. D Pedroia struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BALTIMORE 3RD: F Bynum flied out to right. T Redman grounded out to pitcher. J Payton walked. N Markakis grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Payton out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BOSTON 3RD: A Cora flied out to right. D Ortiz flied out to center. M Lowell walked. J Drew flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BALTIMORE 4TH: M Tejada walked. K Millar walked, M Tejada to second. A Huff singled to left center, M Tejada to third, K Millar to second. M Mora lined out to second. R Hernandez flied out to right, M Tejada thrown out at home. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BOSTON 4TH: K Youkilis struck out swinging. B Moss grounded out to second. J Ellsbury homered to right. K Cash flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 2. BALTIMORE 5TH: F Bynum flied out to left. T Redman grounded out to second. J Payton flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 2. BOSTON 5TH: D Pedroia doubled to left. A Cora sacrificed to third, D Pedroia to third. D Ortiz intentionally walked. M Lowell hit sacrifice fly to left, D Pedroia scored. D Ortiz stole second. J Drew walked. K Youkilis struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 6TH: N Markakis flied out to left. M Tejada reached on infield single to third. K Millar singled to left, M Tejada to second. A Huff popped out to third. M Mora singled to left, M Tejada scored, K Millar out at third. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 6TH: B Moss lined out to first. J Ellsbury flied out to left. K Cash struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 1, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 7TH: R Hernandez homered to left. J Lopez relieved J Lester. F Bynum grounded out to third. T Redman flied out to center. J Payton grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 7TH: J Leicester relieved D Cabrera. D Pedroia struck out swinging. A Cora grounded out to second. D Ortiz flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 8TH: H Okajima relieved J Lopez. N Markakis doubled to left. M Tejada grounded out to second, N Markakis to third. K Millar struck out swinging. A Huff struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 8TH: M Lowell fouled out to third. J Walker relieved J Leicester. J Drew fouled out to first. K Youkilis struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 9TH: C Crisp in center field. J Ellsbury in left field. J Papelbon relieved H Okajima. M Mora flied out to right. R Hernandez flied out to center. B Roberts hit for F Bynum. B Roberts flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, BOSTON 3.</div>
Pedroia, Lester help Red Sox take series from Orioles <h3>BOSTON 3, BALTIMORE 2</h3>By Mike Petraglia PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer BOSTON (Ticker) -- There was no hangover effect for the BostonRed Sox on Sunday from Saturday night's no-hit celebration. Dustin Pedroia singled, doubled and scored twice while JonLester and three relievers combined to hold the BaltimoreOrioles' offense in check again as the Red Sox claimed therubber game of the three-game series, 3-2, Sunday at FenwayPark. The win enabled the Red Sox (82-55) to increase theirfirst-place lead in the American League East to six games overthe Yankees (76-61), who lost Sunday at home to Tampa Bay. "After we got swept in New York, it kind of took a little bitout of us but we bounced back well," Pedroia said. "We'll befine." One day after Clay Buchholz threw the first rookie no-hitter inRed Sox history, Lester (3-0) held the Orioles to six hits andtwo runs over six-plus innings. He walked four while strikingout just one. "I didn't want us to have a letdown because of how excitedeveryone was last night and I think Jon did a good job, gave usa quality start and we were able to hold onto the lead," saidRed Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, who extended his hittingstreak to 15 games. "Lose the first game and come back and win the series, that's agood job." Lester was pulled after Ramon Hernandez homered just inside thefoul pole down the left field line leading off the seventh. "I felt good, a lot better than my past couple of starts,"Lester said. "When I was in (Class AA) Portland, I started tofigure some things out consistency-wise and where my body is atand where my arm was at, and at times today, I felt really,really good." Javier Lopez replaced the Red Sox starter and retired the nextthree batters. Hideki Okajima allowed a leadoff double to NickMarkakis in the eighth, but escaped when Kevin Millar and AubreyHuff struck out to end the threat - stranding Markakis atthird. "We didn't capitalize on some opportunities," Huff said. "I hada couple of opportunities where I could've come through,especially with two outs there with Okajima, he got pretty nastythere with a 3-2 splitty. Give him credit there. I hadn'tseen that the whole at-bat. He drops that on me 3-2." Baltimore's best chance came in the fourth when they loaded thebases against Lester with none out. But Melvin Mora lined outto second for the first out before Hernandez flew out to shortright. J.D. Drew made the catch and fired a one-hop strike toKevin Cash, who tagged out Miguel Tejada at the plate for theinning-ending double play. "We had the bases loaded, nobody out (in the fourth) and wedidn't score," Orioles manager Dave Trembley said. "I thoughtthat was the biggest opportunity we had. We had a chance toknock Lester out of the ballgame and we didn't." Jonathan Papelbon pitched a perfect ninth for his 31st save in33 chances. Rookie Jacoby Ellsbury had two hits, including his first majorleague homer in the fourth off Baltimore starter Daniel Cabrera(9-14). "It was very exciting," said Ellsbury said of his homer thatlanded in the Red Sox bullpen in right field. "I wasn't tryingto do too much with it, trying to hit it where it's pitched andhit it hard. He left a change in the zone, I was just hoping hewasn't going to catch it." Taking a cue from other Red Sox rookies like Pedroia andBuchholz, Ellsbury made an impact in the field, making a slidingcatch on Jay Payton in fifth, two outs after restoring a numberin the manual scoreboard in left when Brandon Moss crashed intoit, robbing Freddie Bynum of extra bases. "He fixed the scoreboard, he did everything," said Red Soxmanager Terry Francona of Ellsbury. "It's kind of an excitingday when we can send out some young kids right in the middle ofthe pennant race and be excited about it. They impact the gameeverywhere, that's a really good feeling. "Sometimes you get in positions where guys are beat up andyou're playing people, but when you've got young guys coming upand you're excited about them helping you win, that's a goodfeeling." Cabrera allowed Lowell's RBI single in the first but escaped afirst-and-second jam when he got Drew to fly out to right andstruck out Kevin Youkilis looking. The righthander allowed fivehits and three runs over six innings. Pedroia's .324 average leads all American League rookies and issecond on the Red Sox to Lowell's .329 mark. "Anytime you get on and score a run, it doesn't matter if youget a hit or whatever," Pedroia said. "If I'm hitting leadoffor second, that's my job to score runs so if I do it, I feelgood." The Orioles, who broke a nine-game losing streak Friday, havelost two straight and 11 of 12. They are a season-worst 17games under .500.
