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August 27, 2013

G133: Red Sox 13, Orioles 2 

Orioles - 002 000 000 -  2  4  0
Red Sox - 102 530 20x - 13 14  0
Shane Victorino hit two home runs and one double, scored four times, and drove in a career-high seven runs. He also walked and was hit by a pitch, reaching base in all five plate appearances.

Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits and scored three runs. Dustin Pedroia doubled twice and singled.

Felix Doubront: 6.2-4-2-1-7, 111. He has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 18 of his last 19 starts.

The Angels scored two runs in the top of the ninth off Fernando "Gas Can" Rodney and beat the Rays 6-5. Boston is now 2.5 GA in the East.
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Wei-Yin Chen / Felix Doubront
Ellsbury, CF
Victorino, RF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Gomes, LF
Napoli, 1B
Saltalamacchia, C
Drew, SS
Middlebrooks, 3B
Of Boston's 30 remaining regular season games, nine are against the Orioles. As Peter Abraham notes, the Red Sox are not hitting well against Baltimore this year in any way, shape, or form (.208/.270/.367; 34 runs in 10 games) and need to start doing so immediately.

The Red Sox have traded pitcher Clayton Mortensen to the Royals for outfielder Quintin Berry, 28, who is hitting .193/.309/.260 in 371 PAs in AAA between the Tigers and Royals this year. ... Berry batted .258 for Detroit as a rookie last season and was 21-for-21 in steals.
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4 comments:

  1. allanAugust 27, 2013 at 12:33 PM

    Angels at Rays
    Yankees at Blue Jays

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  2. FenFanAugust 27, 2013 at 1:31 PM

    Baltimore is not significantly better versus the Red Sox in terms of offense (.241/.312/.404; 38 runs in same ten games); compare that to their offense versus MFY (.263/.284/.463; 47 runs scored) and FKR (.267/.328/.455; 76 runs scored)

    ... but, yes, the Sox offense needs to come alive versus the Birds over these last nine games.

    For the record, the Red Sox are 4-6 against the Orioles this season; last season, it was 5-13(!)

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  3. KathrynAugust 27, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    As Peter Abraham notes, the Red Sox are not hitting well against Baltimore this year in any way, shape, or form (.208/.270/.367; 34 runs in 10 games) and need to start doing so immediately.

    They are doing so now.

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  4. johngoldfineAugust 28, 2013 at 3:25 AM

    That's the kind of score I like to wake up to! A laugher that will cheer me all day.

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