Baltimore 6, Boston 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 28, 2013
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature:
70°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Welke, 1B -
Brian O'Nora, 2B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 3B -
Adrian Johnson
Attendance:
36556
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Orioles 6, Red Sox 5: Steve Pearce doubled in the tying and go-ahead runs in the eighth as host Baltimore evened the series with Boston.
Pearce added an RBI double in the second and Brian Roberts belted a solo homer for the Orioles, who won for the third time in the last 10 games. Kevin Gausman (3-5) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win and Jim Johnson worked a scoreless ninth for his 49th save.
The Red Sox battled back from a 4-2 deficit to grab the lead in the seventh but Junichi Tazawa (5-4) allowed the first two batters of the eighth to reach. Franklin Morales came on and struck out Nick Markakis before Pearce ripped a double into the corner in left to plate Nate McLouth and Danny Valencia.
Daniel Nava went 4-for-4 and Dustin Pedroia added three hits and an RBI for Boston, which clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with Oakland’s loss earlier in the day.
Pedroia’s RBI single in the fifth knotted it at 2-2 before Baltimore went back on top with two runs in the bottom of the frame. David Ross doubled in a run in the sixth and Jonny Gomes drove in the tying run in the seventh before Pedroia scored on an error to make it 5-4.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Jon Lester started for the Red Sox and allowed four runs on nine hits in five innings to snap a string of nine straight quality starts while Baltimore starter Wei-Yin Chen was charged with three runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 frames. … Boston DH David Ortiz, CF Jacoby Ellsbury and C Jarrod Saltalamacchia all got the night off. … Four of Pearce’s last five hits have gone for extra bases.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Baltimore |
|
Jon Lester
|
Player |
Wei-Yin Chen
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
5.1 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
9 |
Hits |
9 |
|
7.20 |
ERA |
5.06 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
14 |
0 |
16 |
.350 |
18 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Baltimore
|
12 |
1 |
17 |
.343 |
16 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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