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Buchholz pitches Sox to a series-opening win

Buchholz pitches Sox to a series-opening win
Clay Buchholz shut down the Orioles over six innings and Jason Bay hit his 34th homer as Boston topped the Birds 3-1 Friday night to start a three-game series. The O's fall to 2-3 on this seven-game homestand. Buchholz, now 6-3, 3.49, gave up just five hits and one run, throwing 95 pitches. Over the last 11 games, Red Sox starting pitchers have worked to an ERA of 1.77. Jeremy Guthrie took the loss, allowing nine hits and three runs over 5 2/3. Guthrie, 10-15, leads the AL in losses...
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Guthrie on a frustrating loss and season

Guthrie on a frustrating loss and season
After he took another loss, his 15th, and another vs. Boston, his third this year, Jeremy Guthrie talked at length about his season. He was asked if the season has been a huge disappointment for him? Jeremy Guthrie talks with the media about his struggles tonight in the O's 3-1 loss "Absolutely. I've pitched terrible. The start when I felt good, I got no breaks. Then I felt out of whack, but got no breaks. I pitched well at times, but never have pitched the way I feel like I can. "I...
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Post-game Notes: Boston takes series opener

Post-game Notes: Boston takes series opener
Not much on offense - The O's were held to just five hits by Clay Buchholz and three relievers Friday night. The O's went 5 for 31 at bat, were 0 for 2 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. The Birds have just 14 hits and a team average of .157 (14 for 89) the past three games. They have four doubles and two homers in those games. The team average for the year has dropped to .268. Winning pitcher Clay Buchholz allowed just one run and five hits over six innings....
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Saturday baseball: Boston at Orioles

Saturday baseball: Boston at Orioles
Game Preview Boston (87-59) at Orioles (60-87) If it seems like the Orioles lose a lot of close games vs. Boston, well, they do. The Orioles are just 2-14 vs. the Sox this year. The clubs have played nine games decided by two runs or less and the O's are just 1-8 in those nine. Boston has won six in a row vs. the O's and over a longer stretch, is 21-3 over 24 games vs. Baltimore. Boston is 6-1 at Camden Yards this year and is 27-10 in its last 37 contests at Camden Yards. Tonight, the...
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The O's finally found Lou Montanez

The O's finally found Lou Montanez
With Nolan Reimold now on the disabled list, the O's decided they could use another outfielder. They wanted to add Lou Montanez, if they could just get him to answer his phone. "I was coming out of a Salsa lesson. They were ringing my phone like crazy and I was in a Salsa lesson, working on my hips. When I got in my car I saw the messages," Montanez said. "They also contacted my agent who was in Greece on vacation. He had to contact someone else, it was like a 50 dollar phone call. ...
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Tonight's pitchers: Hernandez vs. Lester

Tonight's pitchers: Hernandez vs. Lester
RHP David Hernandez (4-8, 5.40) tonight will make his 17th start of this season, his 9th at home and his 4th this year vs. Boston. To say the least, Hernandez has been hit hard lately by the home run ball. He has given up nine homers over 10 2/3 in his last three starts and allowed 12 homers over 26 innings in his past six starts. Hernandez, 2009 season: First 10 starts: 4-4, 3.81 Last six starts: 0-4, 9.00 Hernandez has allowed at least one gopher ball in nine straight starts, giving up...
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O's get to Lester (update)

O's get to Lester (update)
We know Jon Lester won't shutout the Orioles tonight. He still may beat them. Brian Roberts led off the bottom of the first and ripped a double (his 53rd) in the gap in left center and scored on a Matt Wieters RBI single to center. In the second, Ty Wigginton homered off Lester for a 2-2 tie. In that first frame, the O's snapped Lester's current scoreless innings streak at 17. With two runs tonight vs. the lefty, they match their total of all year vs. Lester. In his first three starts...
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Decent outing for Hernandez

Decent outing for Hernandez
Tonight's attendance - 39,285. Considering some of his recent outings, which included giving up four homers and six runs in 2 2/3 at Fenway Park, David Hernandez had a good one tonight. Nice bounce back effort and I'm sure the club is encouraged he got them to the 7th in a 3-3 tie. Hernandez's line: 6IP, 7H, 3R-ER, 3B, 1K, 1 HR.....93 pitches. He'd probably take back only one pitch - a hanging curve that Josh Reddick hit for a two-run homer in the second. He won't however, pick up...
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Sox score eight late runs to top Birds

Sox score eight late runs to top Birds
The Red Sox scored three times in the 7th to break a 3-3 tie and went on to an 11-5 win over the Orioles, in front of 39,285 Saturday night at Camden Yards. Kevin Youkilis, J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell came up with RBI singles in the frame vs. the Birds Matt Albers and Alberto Castillo. The rally enabled Jon Lester to pick up yet another win vs. the Orioles. Lester, who pitched six innings and allowed three runs on 10 hits, is 4-0 this year in four starts vs. the Orioles. In 12 career starts,...
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Trembley and Hernandez post-game quotes

Trembley and Hernandez post-game quotes
On a night his team lost 11-5, Dave Trembley saw some pitching he liked and some he didn't. "We were encouraged the way Hernandez threw. That was his best outing in a while. Albers had good numbers coming in, 1 for 7, vs. Pedroia. Youkilis, we were looking for a groundball there and didn't get it. Castillo has pitched well for us, much improved from the past, but he just didn't get outs. We had a potential double-play with McCrory on the mound, didn't get it and that opened the...
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Post-game Notes: Sox top O's, 11-5

Post-game Notes: Sox top O's, 11-5
Late offense - Hard to remember that Saturday's game was actually tied 3-3 after six innings. The Red Sox scored the next eight runs to open an 11-3 lead before the Birds got some back in the last of the 9th. Boston tonight through six frames: three runs, seven hits. Boston offense, innings 7 - 9: eight runs on ten hits. When the Red Sox rallied for three runs in the 7th and five in the 8th, Jon Lester moved into position to beat the Orioles once again. The lefty pitched six innings...
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Sunday baseball: Boston at Orioles

Sunday baseball: Boston at Orioles
Game Preview Boston (88-59) at Orioles (60-88) The Boston Red Sox, who have three series sweeps already this year vs. the Orioles, can add a fourth today when the clubs meet for the final time in 2009. Jason Berken (5-11, 6.08) pitches for the O's vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-5, 7.02) at 1:35 p.m. It's the final game of a seven-game homestand where the O's are 2-4. After today the O's have three home games left, three with Toronto to end the regular season. Boston sweeps vs. the O's,...
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Today's pitchers: Berken vs. Matsuzaka

Today's pitchers: Berken vs. Matsuzaka
RHP Jason Berken (5-11, 6.08) today makes his 22nd start of this season, his 13th at home and his 4th of the year vs. Boston. Despite allowing five runs over 6 1/3 innings on Tuesday, Berken got the win vs. Tampa. He gave up four runs in the first, then settled down after that. Over his last five starts, Berken is 3-0, 4.23. Before this stretch, the 25-year-old righty had a record of 2-11, 6.72. Berken has struggled often in the first inning, giving up 25 of his 71 runs and a batting...
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Luke and the longball

Luke and the longball
Luke Scott's two-run homer in the 4th inning today is his 24th this year, that's a new career high surpassing last season's total of 23 longballs. Last year he hit 23 in 475 at bats. Today, he got number 24 in his 408th at bat of the year. Last year, he hit just 5 of 23 homers off a lefty. This year he has hit 9 of 24 off lefties. Scott has hit 18 homers this year at home to six on the road. This was his third homer on the season vs. Red Sox pitching. While 24 is Scott's Major League...
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Sox top O's to complete series sweep

Sox top O's to complete series sweep
The Red Sox scored six runs over the first three innings today on their way to a 9-3 win over the Orioles at Camden Yards to complete a three-game sweep. It's Boston's fourth series sweep of the Birds this year and they end the season series going 16-2 vs. the O's. On his 31st birthday, Jason Bay hit a solo homer and drove in three runs. It's his 35th homer to tie his career high. Jacoby Ellsbury added a two-run double and solo homer while Mike Lowell added a two-run single to lead...
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Post-game Notes: Sox complete sweep in Baltimore

Post-game Notes: Sox complete sweep in Baltimore
Not his day - Losing pitcher Jason Berken entered with a record of 3-0 and 4.23 ERA over his previous five starts. But he walked two of the first three batters he faced today and it only got worse from there. Berken falls to 5-12, 6.41. In three innings today he allowed ten hits (one off his season high) and six runs. Over his last two starts, he has given up 11ER in 9 1/3 frames. Berken gave up three runs in the first today and on the year, 28 of the 74 runs he has given up have come...
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The final road trip begins: O's at Toronto

The final road trip begins: O's at Toronto
Game Preview Orioles (60-89) at Toronto (66-83) Their first road trip of the season took them to Texas and on to Boston. Tonight, the Orioles begin their 11th and last road trip of this year. They'll play three games starting tonight at Toronto, than it's on to Cleveland for three and Tampa for four to wrap up the ten-game trip. The Orioles have not had a winning road trip all year, they went 3-3 on one trip. They are 24-47 on the season on the road. The O's completed a 2-5 homestand...
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Tonight's pitchers: Tillman vs. Purcey

Tonight's pitchers: Tillman vs. Purcey
RHP Chris Tillman (2-3, 4.50) tonight will make his 11th Major League start of the year, his 6th on the road and his 2nd this year vs. Toronto. Tillman is coming off his best start of the year in the big leagues. He did not get a decision Wednesday vs. Tampa, but allowed just one run and five hits over 6 2/3 innings. For the first time in 28 starts this year between Norfolk and Baltimore he failed to strike out a batter. Tillman said he took something off his velocity in that game in order...
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O's fall in series opener at Toronto

O's fall in series opener at Toronto
Lefty David Purcey picked up his first win of the year in his 7th Major League start of the season, pitching Toronto past the Orioles 9-2 Monday night. It was game one of a ten-game trip for the Orioles. Purcey, 1-2, gave up just one run and four hits, all singles, over 7 2/3. He fanned and walked four, throwing 111 pitches. This was his 4th Major League win. Felix Pie's RBI single in the second provided the first O's run and he added a sac fly in the 9th. The Orioles have scored just...
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Post-game Notes: Trip begins with loss at Toronto

Post-game Notes: Trip begins with loss at Toronto
Not Tillman time - After allowing just one run over 6 2/3 vs. Tampa in his last start, tonight, O's rookie Chris Tillman gave up four runs and six hits over five innings. Tillman falls to 2-4, 4.71 after 11 Major League starts. In two starts vs. Toronto, Tillman is 0-1, 4.63. The O's are 4-7 when he starts. The O's bullpen again served up late runs for an opponent. Tonight in three innings, the bullpen allowed seven hits and five runs (all earned). Over the last three games, the O's...
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