Tough Luck Loss For Red Sox As They Fall To O's 5-4 In Extras

The Red Sox lost to the Orioles 5-4 in extra innings Thursday night in what was a tough loss. The Orioles led  for most of the game up until the 7th when the Sox would tie the game 4-4. The score remained tied up until the 13th inning when the O's would get a chance to score. Alex Wilson who was just called up from Pawtucket, came in to pitch his 3rd inning of relief. He struck out his first batter in that inning, then would get Manny Machado to ground out to third to first, but then he would give up a walk to Markakis, a single to Adam Jones, and all of a sudden the O's would have 2 on with 2 outs, men on first and second. Chris Davis came up to bat, and hit a lucky blooper single that landed around left field and it was just a tough loss for the Sox after that. Doubrant's pitching line was 4.2 innings, 7 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned, 1 walk, and 5 strikeouts. Andrew Miller was excellent in relief last night going 2 innings, walking 2, and striking out 4, and he was throwing heat, reaching between 95-98 MPH. So the bullpen wasn't bad tonight it was just that one costly blooper single that was a tough one to swallow. As for the offense, the only guy that picked up 2 hits was Middlebrooks, who went 2-5 with a double and a single. Ortiz and Carp each hit a solo home run, Ortiz his 14th, and Carp his 7th.

Last night was just a tough loss... Anyways, one thing I want to mention is that Ellsbury stole his 30th base of the season last night, and has only been caught stealing 3 times, once last night though. He also leads the American League in stolen bases and is tied for leading in the MLB. Well with that said, the Red Sox will take on the Orioles tonight, as Ryan Dempster (4-6, 4.40 ERA) will take on Chris Tillman (6-2, 3.89 ERA). An upside to Dempster is that in his last 3 starts, he is 2-1 with a 3.60 ERA and 16 strikeouts, and 1-0 with a 1.47 ERA, and 13 strikeouts in his career against the Orioles.

- DJ