G5: Red Sox 2, Orioles 1

Red Sox - 000 101 000 - 2 7 0
Orioles - 000 001 000 - 1 4 0

The Sox improved to 4-1 with their second victory of the season by a 2-1 score. Jason Varitek doubled and scored the first run in the fourth, then drove in the second with another double in the sixth. Manny Ramirez had two hits and the Red Sox drew six more walks, but the pitching was the story.

          IP  H  R BB  K  BF PIT  ERA
Schilling  7  3  1  2  4  26 114 1.93
Timlin     1  1  0  0  0   4  19 0.00
Papelbon   1  0  0  0  1   3  13 0.00

Schilling had velocity and command all day. His last pitch was a 96 mph fastball to struck out Jeff Conine with two men on. In the ninth, Papelbon hit 97 while also throwing a nasty slider and splitter.

Ian Browne notes that in 2005, the Red Sox were 3-22 when they scored fewer than three runs. This year, they are already 2-0.


Previews: Boston & Baltimore.

Meanwhile, in New York ...