G80: Red Sox 3, Orioles 2

Orioles - 000 110 000 - 2  7  1
Red Sox - 010 010 01x - 3  6  0

Daniel Nava's pinch-hit single, a flair into no-man's land down the right field line, scored Marco Scutaro with the go-ahead run. Scutaro had doubled off the left field wall -- in the corner, maybe six feet fair -- with two outs.

J.D. Drew hit two opposite-field solo home runs and Wakefield (8-7-2-1-4, 96) was dynamite. The game took a tidy 2:07.

The Blue Jays scored five times in the top of the 11th and beat the Yankees 6-1 this afternoon. The Red Sox are only 0.5 GB New York, the closest they have been to first place since April 6 (G2).

Brad Bergesen / Tim Wakefield

Scutaro, SS
Patterson, LF
Ortiz, DH
Youkilis, 1B
Beltre, 3B
Drew, RF
Hall, 2B
Cameron McDonald, CF
Cash, C

Tim Wakefield makes his 201st start at Fenway Park tonight -- a new team record.

Wakefield also holds the Red Sox record for most innings pitched: 2,797.2. And he needs 16 more wins to grab the franchise record from Cy Young and Fat Billy.

Bergesen spent most of June in Norfolk (AAA) and allowed five runs in four innings to the Nationals on Sunday.

Today:

Blue Jays/Yankees, 1 PM
Rays/Twins, 8 PM

July 2

1912 - Larry Gardner of the Red Sox hits two inside-the-park home runs at New York's Hilltop Park, but Boston loses to the Highlanders 9-7.

1963: San Francisco's Juan Marichal and Milwaukee's Warren Spahn both pitch 15 scoreless innings before Willie Mays homers off Spahn in the bottom of the 16th, giving the Giants a 1-0 win.

1991 - After grounding out, Benito Santiago of the Padres throws his batting helmet in disgust. It bounces into the dugout and hits pitching coach Mike Roarke in the head before ricocheting over to hit coach Greg Riddoch (giving him a concussion). Santiago is fined $300.

2009: The Astros/Padres game in San Diego is delayed 52 minutes because of a swarm of 2,000 bees in left field.