Boston 8, Baltimore 7
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Wally Bell, 1B -
John Hirschbeck, 2B -
Scott Barry, 3B -
Lazaro Diaz
Attendance:
22123
By SportsDirect Inc.
Rookie Ryan Lavarnway belted his first two career home runs and drove in four runs to help Boston outlast the host Baltimore Orioles 8-7 on Tuesday and send the Red Sox into the final day of the season tied for the American League wild card lead.
Jacoby Ellsbury and Marco Scutaro each hit two-run homers to keep the Red Sox deadlocked with Tampa Bay and set up a critical regular-season finale Wednesday at Baltimore.
Lavarnway, making his first major league start at catcher, hit a three-run homer in the fourth and a solo shot in the eighth as Boston won for only the fifth time in 20 games.
Alfredo Aceves (10-2) pitched 3 2/3 innings in his third relief appearance in as many days to match his career-high win total and improve to 24-3 lifetime.
Jonathan Papelbon allowed a run in the ninth before earning his 31st save after the Orioles had closed within 8-6 with two runs in the eighth off Daniel Bard.
Ellsbury's 32nd homer, his fourth in as many games, put Boston ahead 2-1 in the third before Lavarnway clubbed a three-run shot off Zach Britton (11-11) in his 32nd career at-bat for a 5-1 cushion.
Matt Wieters hit a two-run homer and Adam Jones added a solo shot for the Orioles, who lost to Boston for the second time in six meetings over the last nine days.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Boston |
|
Baltimore |
|
Ryan Lavarnway
| Player |
Vladimir Guerrero |
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
4 |
RBI |
1 |
|
2 |
HR |
0 |
|
8 |
TB |
4 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.600 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
11 |
4 |
27 |
.297 |
11 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Baltimore
|
13 |
2 |
24 |
.333 |
17 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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