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Wakefield takes the hill for Red Sox

Sep 30, 2006 - 3:12 PM Baltimore (69-91) at Boston (85-75) 7:05 pm EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Red Sox are playing for second place in their division, but it's something they are use it.

Boston welcomes in the lowly Baltimore Orioles for the second of their three-game series Saturday.

The Red Sox enter tied with Toronto for second-place in the American League East Division, a spot they have finished in in each of their previous eight seasons.

Wily Mo Pena plated the go-ahead run and Mike Lowell supplied three RBI as Boston held on to post a 4-3 victory in Friday's series opener. AL MVP candidate David Ortiz walked three times for the second straight game and scored twice in a winning effort.

Tim Wakefield (7-11, 4.63 ERA) goes for his first triumph since returning from the 15-day disabled list in mid-September for the Red Sox. Wakefield has surrendered 15 runs and 23 hits over his last three starts - all losses.

The knuckleballer, who is 3-4 with a 3.93 ERA in 11 games at home this season, battled through six innings, allowing just three runs and seven hits in a 9-3 triumph against the Orioles in his last meeting here May 6.

Baltimore rookie Adam Loewen (6-6, 5.30) takes the hill in search of his first career win against Boston. Loewen allowed four runs and eight hits with eight strikeouts in six frames in last Sunday's 6-3 loss vs. Minnesota. He will be making his third career start against the Red Sox.

All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada collected his 212th hit of the season with a leadoff single in the second inning, breaking Cal Ripken Jr.'s franchise mark set during the 1983 campaign.