Jeremy Guthrie had lost seven straight games to the Red Sox. He had one victory this season since May 21. He needed tonight's win. He needed it badly. "It feels really good," he said. "Good game there. The late runs were huge for us and we played great defense. This is a win that makes me feel really good and I think the team feels good about it. "Throwing strikes obviously was the biggest difference, getting ahead of guys, being able to use the fastball to get people out as well as...

Jeremy Guthrie was 1-7 with a 4.62 ERA in 15 career starts against the Red Sox before tonight, but he held them to two runs in seven innings. Only three Orioles starters have completed seven innings in the last 32 games. Guthrie has done it twice. Guthrie had allowed 12 runs and 14 hits in his last two starts covering 10 innings. So what was the difference tonight? "Locating the fastball," manager Buck Showalter said. "I'm sure he's got a lot of different things that went on. Obviously,...

Prior to tonight, the Boston Red Sox had hit .350 and scored 47 runs in their last five games against the Orioles. But tonight, Jeremy Guthrie held that team to just two runs over seven innings as the Orioles beat Boston 6-2, to end a seven-game losing streak against the Red Sox. Guthrie, who had given up 12 runs in his last two starts over 10 innings, allowed eight hits and two runs, throwing 110 pitches. Jeremy Guthrie tells the media what he did to cool off the Red Sox hitters in the O's...

Manager Buck Showalter was going to bring in Koji Uehara to close tonight with the Orioles holding a 3-2 lead. Uehara was warming while the Orioles batted in the bottom of the eighth. It would have been a debatable move, considering that Jim Johnson got three ground balls in the eighth inning against the top of the Red Sox lineup. Jacoby Ellsbury grounded to second, Dustin Pedroia grounded to first and Adrian Gonzalez grounded to second on an 87 mph changeup. Johnson only threw 12 pitches. A...

For the fourth time in the last 21 games, an Orioles starting pitcher has completed six innings. Have yourself a night, Jeremy Guthrie. Guthrie has allowed two runs, both in the fifth inning, and seven hits, with one walk and three strikeouts. He's thrown 97 pitches, and he's coming back out for the seventh. In his last two starts, Guthrie had allowed 12 runs and 14 hits, with seven walks, over 10 innings. Update: Guthrie made it through seven. He allowed a two-out single to No. 9 hitter...

A quick note or two on tonight's game. * When Matt Wieters gave the Orioles a 3-0 lead with a third-inning single, he improved his average on the year to .381 when batting with runners in scoring position. He hit just .213 with RISP last year. * Mark Reynolds' RBI double in the second inning gave the O's a 1-0 lead and was his 50th RBI. It snapped a 3-for-27 stretch and 11-game RBI drought for Reynolds. He also has gone 11 games without hitting a homer. * Jeremy Guthrie has just one win...

The Orioles put runners on the corners with no outs in the second inning on singles by Adam Jones and Matt Wieters. Derrek Lee, batting .162 with runners in scoring position, flied to shallow right field. One out, still no runs on the board. Mark Reynolds came to the plate batting .192 with RISP and mired in a 3-for-27 slump. He lined a double into left field, scoring Jones for a 1-0 lead and moving Wieters to third base. The double upped Reynolds' RBI total to 50 on the season. Wieters...

The Orioles 2011 fourth-round draft choice, pitcher Kyle Simon, has been added to the short-season Single-A Aberdeen IronBirds roster. Catcher Kyle Moore has also been transferred from the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds to Aberdeen. Simon just wrapped up his junior season at the University of Arizona. He was an All-Pac-10 honoree after going 11-3 with a 2.72 ERA and an 86-to-11 strikeout to walk ratio. Here are a couple of other notes about the IronBirds who are hosting Vermont tonight. Since...

According to reports given to manager Buck Showalter, Single-A Frederick pitcher Bobby Bundy was topping out at 96 mph last night and routinely sat at 93 mph while going the distance in the Keys' victory over Salem. Bundy, the brother of first-round pick Dylan Bundy, allowed one earned run (two total) and three hits, with one walk and nine strikeouts. He's 9-5 with a 3.11 ERA. Closer Kevin Gregg threw a simulated game today while continuing to serve his three-game suspension. Cesar...

Since the start of their series with the Orioles in Fenway Park on July 7, Boston has won five of five games between these teams, scoring 47 runs in that time. In those five games, the Red Sox are batting .350 as a team against Baltimore pitching with 14 doubles, two triples and 13 homers. They are batting .348 with runners in scoring position in those games in which they have scored 10, 10, 4, 8 and 15 runs. Leading Red Sox hitters this year against the Orioles: .487 - Jacoby Ellsbury at...