Hanrahan Blows Leads, Sox Lose 8-5

The Red Sox lost to the Orioles Wednesday 8-5. This was a tough one to swallow for the Sox... Both teams were tied up until the 6th, when oh look who homers again, Daniel Nava put the Sox ahead with a solo home run. Salty would follow for a back to back home run. And in came new closer Joel Hanrahan in the 9th... He let up a home run to Chris Davis, which would make it 5-4. He then was one strike away from winning the whole game but let up a hit, and that started the rally in which the Orioles would tie it up on a wild pitch from Hanrahan. AND, guess what happened next? Manny Machado hit a deep one in the green monster to give the O's a 8-5 lead. 

Pitching

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dempster	5.0	3	3	1	2	7	1	3.60
Uehara	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Tazawa(H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.25
Bailey, A(H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
Hanrahan(BS, 1)(L, 0-1)	0.2	3	5	5	2	1	2	11.57
Miller, A	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.75

Hitting

Boston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Ellsbury, CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.270
Victorino, RF	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.313
Pedroia, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.323
Napoli, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.176
Middlebrooks, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250
Nava, DH	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	.467
Saltalamacchia, C	4	1	3	2	0	1	0	.300
Drew, S, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Bradley Jr., LF	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.130

On a side note, Stephen Drew was ready to come back and Jose Iglesias was sent down to Triple A Pawtucket. Also, David Ortiz is close to coming back. And if you didn't know, Red Sox placed John Lackey on the 15 day DL, so Aceves will be filling in his job for now. I hate Aceves... By the way, he is starting tonight.

- DJ