The Baltimore Orioles were going for the series win against the Boston Red Sox on Thurdsday night but they ran into a strong hitting Red Sox team as they lost 9-2. The Red Sox hit three home runs including a grandslam as they beat the Orioles and were able to win two out of three games in the series.
Jeremy Guthrie threw the ball pretty bad as he pitched 4 2/3 innings to take the loss and drop his record to 3-7. Guthrie allowed seven hits and five runs including the grand slam in the game. Pretty much made the one mistake to Mike Lowell who hit the grand slam in the second inning.
The Orioles bullpen really wasn’t much better however as they gave up four more runs in the game. After Guthrie was taken out of the game, Chad Bradford pitched a scored 1 1/3 inning and then Dennis Sarfate and Jamie Walker both gave up two runs each.
Both of the Orioles runs came in the sixth inning. Salazar had a rbi double to score a run and then Aubrey Huff had a ground rule double that score another run in the inning. There wasn’t a whole lot of production in the game for the O’s as the struckout six times and left 10 runners on base. They really just seemed to have problems with Red Sox starter Jon Lester.
The Orioles will now take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in Baltimore over the weekend. If you have time we really urge you to get out there and see a game in person and root the Orioles on!
