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Orioles seek to extend four-game winning streak

May 12, 2007 - 1:06 PM Baltimore (18-18) at Boston (23-11) 1:05 pm EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Red Sox are in first place, but the Baltimore Orioles are the hottest team in the American League East.

The Orioles will try to pick up their fifth straight win Saturday when they visit the Red Sox.

Baltimore has struggled against the Red Sox, compiling a 4-22 record since September 2005 against its intradivision rival. But the Orioles picked up a win on Friday, as Brian Burres and five relievers stranded 13 Red Sox runners en route to a 6-3 win.

Steve Traschel (1-3, 3.70 ERA) will try to keep the ball rolling for Baltimore. The veteran righthander has yielded three earned runs or less in all but one of his starts this season, but has claimed just one win.

Curt Schilling (4-1, 3.28) counters for the Red Sox. The 40-year-old ace has been sharp lately, going 2-0 in his last three starts with a 2.61 ERA.

Schilling earned a win April 25 against the Orioles, tossing seven innings while yielding one run and five hits.

Baltimore has not won five in a row since an eight-game run from April 22-May 1, 2005.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BALTIMORE 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 13 1
    BOSTON 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 5 x 13 15 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BAL - STEVE TRACHSEL, JON LEICESTER (5TH), TODD WILLIAMS (7TH), JOHN
    PARRISH (8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ
    BOS - CURT SCHILLING, JAVIER LOPEZ (6TH), BRENDAN
    DONNELLY (

    May 12 5:11 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED JASON VARITEK.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, K YOUKILIS ON FIRST, J LUGO ON SECOND, A
    CORA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 13 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.311, 2-FOR-4, BB, RBI)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 4:58 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JULIO LUGO SCORED MIKE LOWELL.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, J LUGO ON FIRST, A CORA ON SECOND, J VARITEK
    ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 12 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.320, 1-FOR-4, BB, RBI)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 4:55 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JASON VARITEK SCORED J.D. DREW.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J VARITEK ON FIRST, M LOWELL ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 11 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.229, 0-FOR-3, SAC, RBI)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 4:48 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE LOWELL SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M LOWELL ON FIRST, J DREW ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 10 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.265, 0-FOR-2, BB, HBP)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 4:46 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY J.D. DREW SCORED DAVID ORTIZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J DREW ON FIRST, M RAMIREZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 9 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.307, 1-FOR-2, BB, SF, RBI)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 4:43 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ALEX CORA SCORED J.D. DREW AND MIKE LOWELL.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, A CORA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 8 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J LUGO (.257, 3-FOR-3, SAC)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 4:22 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY COCO CRISP SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M LOWELL ON SECOND, J DREW ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.247, 0-FOR-3)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 4:18 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED JASON VARITEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K YOUKILIS ON FIRST, J LUGO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.308, 1-FOR-2, BB, RBI)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 3:44 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY COREY PATTERSON SCORED AUBREY HUFF.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J PAYTON ON SECOND, J GIBBONS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 4
    BOSTON 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: B ROBERTS (.278, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 3:29 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO JAY PAYTON SCORED RAMON HERNANDEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J PAYTON ON FIRST, J GIBBONS ON SECOND, A
    HUFF ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 3
    BOSTON 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: C PATTERSON (.254, 1-FOR-2)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 3:25 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JAY GIBBONS SCORED MIGUEL TEJADA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GIBBONS ON FIRST, A HUFF ON SECOND, R
    HERNANDEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 2
    BOSTON 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: J PAYTON (.257, 0-FOR-2)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 3:22 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MANNY RAMIREZ SCORED KEVIN YOUKILIS AND DAVID
    ORTIZ.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M RAMIREZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 1
    BOSTON 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.250, 0-FOR-2)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 3:03 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY DAVID ORTIZ SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D ORTIZ ON SECOND, K YOUKILIS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 1
    BOSTON 2 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.250, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 3:01 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRIAN ROBERTS SCORED JAY GIBBONS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B ROBERTS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 1
    BOSTON 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: N MARKAKIS (.254, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 2:43 PM


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    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MIKE LOWELL SCORED DAVID ORTIZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M RAMIREZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BALTIMORE 0
    BOSTON 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.268, 0-FOR-1)

    Orioles vs. Red SoxMay 12 2:27 PM