AL: BALTIMORE at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 9 1 BOSTON 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 x 7 13 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BAL - JEREMY GUTHRIE, JAMIE WALKER (6TH), ROB BELL (7TH), CORY DOYNE (7TH) AND PAUL BAKO BOS - TIM WAKEFIELD, HIDEKI OKAJIMA (8TH), ERIC GAGNE (9TH) AND DOUG MIRABELLI HOME RUNS: BAL - NONE BOS - ERIC HINSKE (5) OFF JEREMY GUTHRIE IN THE 4TH, 0 ON DOUG MIRABELLI (4) OFF JEREMY GUTHRIE IN THE 4TH, 0 ON</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BALTIMORE 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 9 1 BOSTON 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 x 7 13 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BAL - JEREMY GUTHRIE, JAMIE WALKER (6TH), ROB BELL (7TH), CORY DOYNE (7TH) AND PAUL BAKO BOS - TIM WAKEFIELD, HIDEKI OKAJIMA (8TH), ERIC GAGNE (9TH) AND DOUG MIRABELLI WP - TIM WAKEFIELD (13-9) LP - ROB BELL (3-2) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: BAL - NONE BOS - ERIC HINSKE (5) OFF JEREMY GUTHRIE IN THE 4TH, 0 ON DOUG MIRABELLI (4) OFF JEREMY GUTHRIE IN THE 4TH, 0 ON TIME: 2:46 ATT: 36,457 PROBABLES: BOS - JON LESTER (1-0, 4.26) SEA - HORACIO RAMIREZ (6-3, 6.52) PROBABLES: BAL - DANIEL CABRERA (7-11, 5.08) TAM - JAMES SHIELDS (8-6, 4.47)</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at BOSTON <div class="pre">BALTIMORE (4) VS BOSTON (7) - FINAL BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Roberts 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .317 C Patterson cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .269 N Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .288 K Millar 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .272 M Tejada ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .304 A Huff 3b 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .250 J Payton lf 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 .271 J Gibbons dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217 P Bako c 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .220 Totals 33 4 9 4 1 7 6 BATTING: 2B - B Roberts (29, T Wakefield); A Huff (22, E Gagne). 3B - A Huff (4, T Wakefield). SF - J Payton. RBI - J Payton 2 (39), C Patterson 2 (29). 2-out RBI - C Patterson 2, J Payton. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Patterson 1, J Gibbons 1, N Markakis 1. GIDP - M Tejada, N Markakis. Team LOB - 4. BASERUNNING: SB - C Patterson (28, 2nd base off T Wakefield/D Mirabelli). FIELDING: E - N Markakis (1, fly ball). Outfield assists - N Markakis (D Mirabelli at Home). DP: 2 (A Huff-B Roberts-K Millar, N Markakis-M Tejada-P Bako). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 3 0 2 2 2 1 3 .322 K Youkilis 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300 D Ortiz dh 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .320 M Ramirez lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 .298 M Lowell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .304 C Crisp cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 .281 E Hinske rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .207 J Drew pr-rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .247 D Mirabelli c 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 .208 A Cora ss 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .257 Totals 35 7 13 7 6 4 20 BATTING: 2B - D Ortiz (35, J Guthrie); D Pedroia (23, R Bell). HR - E Hinske (5, 4th inning off J Guthrie 0 on, 0 Out), D Mirabelli (4, 4th inning off J Guthrie 0 on, 0 Out). S - A Cora. RBI - M Ramirez (69), E Hinske (15), D Mirabelli 2 (13), A Cora (16), D Pedroia 2 (33). 2-out RBI - D Mirabelli, A Cora, D Pedroia 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Drew 1, K Youkilis 1, D Pedroia 2. GIDP - M Lowell. Team LOB - 12. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crisp 2 (20, 2nd base off R Bell/P Bako, 2nd base off J Guthrie/P Bako). FIELDING: DP: 2 (A Cora-D Pedroia-K Youkilis, M Lowell-D Pedroia-K Youkilis). ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE - 000 030 001 -- 4 BOSTON - 001 200 40x -- 7 ---------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era J Guthrie 5 1/3 9 3 3 4 3 2 2.98 J Walker 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.36 R Bell (L, 3-2) 2/3 4 4 4 1 0 0 4.79 C Doyne 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 14.73 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era T Wakefield (W, 13-9) 7 6 3 3 1 5 0 4.55 H Okajima 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.01 E Gagne 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2.36 IBB - E Hinske (by R Bell). HBP - M Lowell (by C Doyne). Pitches-strikes: J Guthrie 105-60; J Walker 3-1; R Bell 30-19; C Doyne 30-14; T Wakefield 94-68; H Okajima 6-5; E Gagne 16-13. Ground balls-fly balls: J Guthrie 6-7; J Walker 0-1; R Bell 2-0; C Doyne 0-3; T Wakefield 8-8; H Okajima 2-1; E Gagne 0-1. Batters faced: J Guthrie 29; J Walker 1; R Bell 7; C Doyne 6; T Wakefield 27; H Okajima 3; E Gagne 5. UMPIRES: HP--Rob Drake. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Jim Joyce. 3B--Jim Wolf. T--2:46. Att--36,457. Weather: 94 degrees, sunny. Wind: 9 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at BOSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (4) AT BOSTON (7) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON 3RD: K Youkilis grounded out to third. D Ortiz doubled to deep center. M Ramirez singled to left, D Ortiz scored. M Lowell flied out to left. C Crisp fouled out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BOSTON 4TH: E Hinske homered to right. D Mirabelli homered to left. A Cora flied out to center. D Pedroia singled to left. K Youkilis lined out to left. D Ortiz struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 5TH: A Huff tripled to deep right. J Payton hit sacrifice fly to center, A Huff scored. J Gibbons grounded out to second. P Bako singled to center. B Roberts doubled to left, P Bako to third. C Patterson singled to center, P Bako and B Roberts scored. C Patterson stole second. N Markakis popped out to catcher. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 7TH: R Bell relieved J Walker. M Ramirez grounded out to third. M Lowell singled to left. C Crisp grounded into fielder's choice to second, M Lowell out at second. C Crisp stole second. E Hinske intentionally walked. J Drew ran for E Hinske. D Mirabelli singled to center, C Crisp scored, J Drew to second. A Cora singled to center, J Drew scored, D Mirabelli to second. D Pedroia doubled to right center, D Mirabelli and A Cora scored. C Doyne relieved R Bell. K Youkilis flied out to center. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 7. BALTIMORE 9TH: E Gagne relieved H Okajima. K Millar struck out looking. M Tejada struck out looking. A Huff hit a ground rule double to shallow left. J Payton singled to right, A Huff scored. J Payton to second on fielder's indifference. J Gibbons flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, BOSTON 7.</div>
AL: BALTIMORE at BOSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BALTIMORE (4) AT BOSTON (7) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, C Patterson CF, N Markakis RF, K Millar 1B, M Tejada SS, A Huff 3B, J Payton LF, J Gibbons DH, P Bako C, J Guthrie RHP. Boston Starting Lineups -- D Pedroia 2B, K Youkilis 1B, D Ortiz DH, M Ramirez LF, M Lowell 3B, C Crisp CF, E Hinske RF, D Mirabelli C, A Cora SS, T Wakefield RHP. Umpires -- Rob Drake (HP), Tim Tschida (1B), Jim Joyce (2B), Jim Wolf (3B). Gametime Weather: 94 degrees, Sunny, wind out to center at 9 mph. BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts grounded out to first. C Patterson flied out to center. N Markakis grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 1ST: D Pedroia walked. K Youkilis flied out to center. D Ortiz popped out to third. M Ramirez grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 0. BALTIMORE 2ND: K Millar singled to center. M Tejada grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, K Millar out at second. A Huff struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 2ND: M Lowell flied out to center. C Crisp singled to center. C Crisp stole second. E Hinske struck out swinging. D Mirabelli walked. A Cora walked, C Crisp to third, D Mirabelli to second. D Pedroia struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 0. BALTIMORE 3RD: J Payton struck out swinging. J Gibbons flied out to center. P Bako walked. B Roberts reached on infield single to second, P Bako to second. C Patterson popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 3RD: K Youkilis grounded out to third. D Ortiz doubled to deep center. M Ramirez singled to left, D Ortiz scored. M Lowell flied out to left. C Crisp fouled out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BALTIMORE 4TH: N Markakis flied out to center. K Millar fouled out to third. M Tejada struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 1. BOSTON 4TH: E Hinske homered to right. D Mirabelli homered to left. A Cora flied out to center. D Pedroia singled to left. K Youkilis lined out to left. D Ortiz struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 5TH: A Huff tripled to deep right. J Payton hit sacrifice fly to center, A Huff scored. J Gibbons grounded out to second. P Bako singled to center. B Roberts doubled to left, P Bako to third. C Patterson singled to center, P Bako and B Roberts scored. C Patterson stole second. N Markakis popped out to catcher. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 5TH: M Ramirez singled to left. M Lowell grounded into double play, third to second to first, M Ramirez out at second. C Crisp singled to right. E Hinske grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 6TH: K Millar struck out swinging. M Tejada struck out swinging. A Huff grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 6TH: D Mirabelli singled to left. A Cora sacrificed to first, D Mirabelli to second. D Pedroia walked. K Youkilis safe at first on error by right fielder N Markakis, D Mirabelli to third, D Pedroia to second. J Walker relieved J Guthrie. D Ortiz flied out to right, D Mirabelli thrown out at home. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 3. BALTIMORE 7TH: J Payton grounded out to third. J Gibbons flied out to center. P Bako grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 3. BOSTON 7TH: R Bell relieved J Walker. M Ramirez grounded out to third. M Lowell singled to left. C Crisp grounded into fielder's choice to second, M Lowell out at second. C Crisp stole second. E Hinske intentionally walked. J Drew ran for E Hinske. D Mirabelli singled to center, C Crisp scored, J Drew to second. A Cora singled to center, J Drew scored, D Mirabelli to second. D Pedroia doubled to right center, D Mirabelli and A Cora scored. C Doyne relieved R Bell. K Youkilis flied out to center. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 7. BALTIMORE 8TH: J Drew in right field. H Okajima relieved T Wakefield. B Roberts flied out to center. C Patterson singled to right. N Markakis grounded into double play, third to second to first, C Patterson out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 7. BOSTON 8TH: D Ortiz flied out to center. M Ramirez struck out looking. M Lowell hit by pitch. C Crisp walked, M Lowell to second. J Drew flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, BOSTON 7. BALTIMORE 9TH: E Gagne relieved H Okajima. K Millar struck out looking. M Tejada struck out looking. A Huff hit a ground rule double to shallow left. J Payton singled to right, A Huff scored. J Payton to second on fielder's indifference. J Gibbons flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 4, BOSTON 7.</div>
Mirabelli, Wakefield lead Red Sox over Orioles <h3>BOSTON 7, BALTIMORE 4</h3>BOSTON (Ticker) -- Doug Mirabelli had three hits and TimWakefield pitched seven solid innings on his 41st birthday asthe Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 7-4, onThursday. It was Mirabelli's first three-hit game since August 25, 2004against the Toronto Blue Jays, and helped the Red Sox take twoof three games in the series. Wakefield (13-9) allowed three runs on six hits and a walk,striking out five to earn the sixth win over his past sevenstarts. Hideki Okajima pitched a scoreless eighth, and newly acquiredEric Gagne made his first appearance for Boston by allowing arun in the ninth. Gagne, who was traded to the Red Sox from theTexas Rangers prior to Tuesday's trading deadline, allowed adouble to Aubrey Huff and a single by Jay Payton before gettingJay Gibbons to fly out to end the game. Mirabelli gave Boston the lead for good in the seventh inningwith an RBI single up the middle, scoring Coco Crisp to make it4-3. The Red Sox tacked on three more runs off Oriole reliever RobBell (3-2) to blow the game open. Alex Cora singled to scorepinch runner J.D. Drew and rookie Dustin Pedroia doubled homeMirabelli and Cora to account for Boston's final runs. Bell allowed four runs on four hits and a walk in 2/3 of aninning. Mirabelli, Wakefield's personal catcher, also singled in thesixth and hit his fourth homer of the season in the fourthinning. His blast followed the shot by Eric Hinske, who beltedhis fifth home run to put the Red Sox ahead 3-0. Baltimore rallied to tie the score off Wakefield in the fifth.Huff led off the frame with a triple to right field off theknuckleballer, and Payton hit a sacrifice fly to score theOrioles' first run. After an out, Paul Bako singled and Brian Roberts doubled. Bothscored on Corey Patterson's single to center field, knottingthe score at 3-3. Jeremy Guthrie started for Baltimore and pitched 5 1/3 innings.The righthander allowed three runs on nine hits, walking fourand striking out three. Guthrie entered the contest having wonhis last three starts. The Red Sox opened the scoring off Guthrie in the third inningwhen David Ortiz doubled and Manny Ramirez singled him home. The loss was just Baltimore's third in its last 10 games.
Mirabelli, Wakefield lead Red Sox over Orioles <h3>BOSTON 7, BALTIMORE 4</h3>BOSTON (Ticker) -- Doug Mirabelli had three hits and TimWakefield pitched seven solid innings on his 41st birthday asthe Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 7-4, onThursday. It was Mirabelli's first three-hit game since August 25, 2004against the Toronto Blue Jays, and helped the Red Sox take twoof three games in the series. Wakefield (13-9) allowed three runs on six hits and a walk,striking out five to earn the sixth win over his past sevenstarts and his 150th as a member of the Red Sox. "I don't feel 41," Wakefield said of his birthday. "I feel likeI'm in my 30s. Our training staff has done a great job ofmaintaining workouts and staying healthy." Only Roger Clemens and Cy Young, each with 192 victories, havewon more in a Red Sox uniform. Hideki Okajima pitched a scoreless eighth, and newly acquiredEric Gagne made his first appearance for Boston by allowing arun in the ninth. Gagne, who was traded to the Red Sox from theTexas Rangers prior to Tuesday's trading deadline, allowed adouble to Aubrey Huff and a single by Jay Payton before gettingJay Gibbons to fly out to end the game. "It was very fortunate that the offense scored four runs in thebottom of the seventh inning," Wakefield said. "That gave us acushion for (Okajima) and Gagne." Mirabelli gave Boston the lead for good in the seventh inningwith an RBI single up the middle, scoring Coco Crisp to make it4-3. The Red Sox tacked on three more runs off Oriole reliever RobBell (3-2) to blow the game open. Alex Cora singled to scorepinch runner J.D. Drew and rookie Dustin Pedroia doubled homeMirabelli and Cora to account for Boston's final runs. "There's no quit in us," Pedroia said. "We had some goodat-bats there in a row. Cora's at-bat there was huge. Everyonewas putting the bats together at the right time. So it was abig win for us." Bell allowed four runs on four hits and a walk in 2/3 of aninning. "That's just part of the game," Baltimore manager Dave Trembleysaid. "We didn't get three outs. You don't single out any oneguy. We didn't get three outs in that inning. After you score,you've got to go out there and put zeros (up) and we didn't dothat." Mirabelli, Wakefield's personal catcher, also singled in thesixth and hit his fourth homer of the season in the fourthinning. His blast followed the shot by Eric Hinske, who beltedhis fifth home run to put the Red Sox ahead 3-0. But it was a Mirabelli base-running blunder that nearly cost theRed Sox in the sixth. With the bases loaded and one out, DavidOrtiz lifted a fly to deep right. Nick Markakis caught the balland threw to Miguel Tejada, the cut-off man. But Mirabelli waslate getting back to the bag to tag and was thrown out easilyby Tejada on the relay throw. "It was more relieving than anything," Mirabelli said of hisgo-ahead single in the seventh. "You just felt like you had tocome through in that situation. If you don't, you feel like youreally (missed) a chance and let the team down. To come backand put them ahead feels good but it's more of a relief." Mirabelli posted multiple hits in a game for the fifth time thisseason. "I hadn't done it in a long time, I knew that," Mirabelli saidof his first three-hit game in nearly three years. "It was oneof those days where you felt good at the plate and got somehits." Baltimore rallied to tie the score off Wakefield in the fifth.Huff led off the frame with a triple to right field off theknuckleballer, and Payton hit a sacrifice fly to score theOrioles' first run. After an out, Paul Bako singled and Brian Roberts doubled. Bothscored on Corey Patterson's single to center field, knottingthe score at 3-3. Jeremy Guthrie started for Baltimore and pitched 5 1/3 innings.The righthander allowed three runs on nine hits, walking fourand striking out three. Guthrie entered the contest having wonhis last three starts. "He didn't give in," Trembley said of Guthrie. "I thought thestrike zone was tight in the first couple of innings. The walkshurt him and obviously, the back-to-back home runs, that's partof the game." The Red Sox opened the scoring off Guthrie in the third inningwhen David Ortiz doubled and Manny Ramirez singled him home. The loss was just Baltimore's third in its last 10 games.
