BoSox bailout plan by Jared Carrabis
Red Sox complete the comeback, as Lester remains unbeaten vs. O's


Death, taxes, and Jon Lester beating the Baltimore Orioles.

The last sign of the Apocalypse appeared to rear its ugly head in the early frames, but thanks to the Red Sox offense not yet calling it a season, Lester’s record against the Orioles remains unbeaten.

In just the first two innings alone, Lester was knocked around for five runs on six hits, including a hit by pitch, a wild pitch that led to a run, and a walk. Needless to say, it was ugly in the early going for Boston’s left-handed starter.

For the remainder of his outing Lester would blank the Orioles through the sixth, allowing just two more hits after his rough first two frames, striking out a grand total of ten birds from Baltimore.

The Red Sox trailed by deficits of 4-1, and 5-2, but a solo home run off the bat of J.D. Drew began the chipping-away process for Boston in the fifth.

In the top of the seventh, trailing by a pair, Marco Scutaro came to the dish. Ailing shoulder, herniated disk in his neck and all, the shortstop hammered a 3-2 curveball that hooked around the pole in left for a game-tying, two-run big fly.

Later in the inning, Victor Martinez lined a double into the gap in right-center that plated the go-ahead run.

Following an intentional walk to David Ortiz, Adrian Beltre unloaded on a 96mph fastball out of the hand of Alfredo Simon that scraped the surface of the Earth’s atmosphere, before coming down on the other side of the fence for a three-run bomb.

Beltre’s three-run shot capped a six-run frame for the Red Sox, completing a comeback against the lowly O’s, who believe it or not have the best record in the American League East over the last 28 games.



Final score: Red Sox 9, Orioles 6
WP: Jon Lester (15-8)
LP: Mark Hendrickson (1-5)
SV: Jonathan Papelbon (34)
HR: J.D. Drew (18), Marco Scutaro (8), Adrian Beltre (24)

Game notes: Wednesday night marked the seventh time this season that the Red Sox have scored at least six runs in an inning. Of J.D. Drew’s 18 homers this season, six of them have come against the Orioles. With the win, Jon Lester improves to 13-0 in his career against the Orioles.

Eye on the scoreboard: I’m discontinuing this tidbit of the game recap blogs until it becomes relevant again.

Tweet of the Night: @alexspeier: Marco "Kirk Gibson" Scutaro goes deep to tie the game.

-Jared Carrabis

Published on September 02, 2010

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