Baltimore 7, Boston 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature:
84°
Umpires:
Home -
Paul Schrieber, 1B -
Mike Everitt, 2B -
Lazaro Diaz, 3B -
Tim Welke
Attendance:
26204
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Orioles 7, Red Sox 1: Mark Reynolds belted a pair of homers and drove in four runs to power host Baltimore past Boston.
Reynolds capped a five-run sixth inning with a three-run shot off reliever Mark Melancon to lift the Orioles to their eighth win in 10 games.
Wei-Yin Chen (11-7) allowed one run and scattered nine hits in six-plus innings to keep Baltimore in line for one of the two American League wild-card slots.
Omar Quintanilla also belted a solo homer and Matt Wieters and Chris Davis chipped in RBI singles for the Orioles, who have won seven of 10 meetings with Boston.
Red Sox right-hander Josh Beckett (5-10) was charged with six runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings and lost to the Orioles for the fourth straight time. He suffered his third straight defeat overall and remained winless in his last five starts.
Solo homers by Quintanilla and Reynolds gave the Orioles a 2-1 lead entering the sixth inning against Beckett, who allowed three singles, a walk and threw a wild pitch to plate two runs.
That brought in Melancon, whose first pitch to Reynolds was deposited over the wall in left field for a 7-1 lead. It was the first multi-homer game of the season and 15th career for Reynolds.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday that a number of Boston players ripped manager Bobby Valentine late last month during a heated meeting that included team owner John Henry and team president Larry Lucchino. First baseman Adrian Gonzalez reportedly pushed for the meeting because the players felt Valentine embarrassed ace John Lester by leaving the left-hander in to absorb an 11-run onslaught by Toronto. General manager Ben Cherington confirmed the meeting took place, terming it "productive." ... Boston traded backup C Kelly Shoppach to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. Shoppach batted .250 with five homers and 17 RBIs in 48 games. ... There was a moment of silence before the game to pay tribute to former Red Sox player and manager Johnny Pesky, who died Monday at age 92.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Baltimore |
|
Josh Beckett |
Player |
Wei-Yin Chen |
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
6 |
Hits |
9 |
|
10.12 |
ERA |
1.50 |
Hitting
| Boston |
|
Baltimore |
|
Carl Crawford | Player |
Chris Davis |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
11 |
0 |
16 |
.297 |
23 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Baltimore
|
7 |
3 |
16 |
.226 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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