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Beckett looks to become first 15-game winner

Aug 11, 2007 - 4:08 PM Boston (69-46) at Baltimore (53-61) 3:55 pm EDTBALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Josh Beckett will hope to record his majorleague-leading 15th win of the season when the Boston Red Soxsquare off against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday in thesecond of a three-game series.The 27-year-old Beckett (14-5, 3.31 ERA), who is looking for histhird straight 15-win season, gave up just one run and eighthits with nine strikeouts in a 9-2 victory over the SeattleMariners on Monday.Boston is 3-4 on its nine-game road trip. The Red Sox's lead inthe American League East Division over the New York Yankees has been trimmed to just five games.Rookie Garrett Olson (1-0, 3.86) takes the ball for the Orioles. The lefthander, who was recalled from Class AAA Norfolk onFriday, is taking the rotation spot of the struggling BrianBurres.Nick Markakis' sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inninggave the Orioles a 5-4 win in Friday's series opener. Baltimorerallied from a 5-1 eighth-inning deficit.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 10 0
    BALTIMORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BOS - JOSH BECKETT, MANNY DELCARMEN (9TH), JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH)
    AND JASON VARITEK
    BAL - GARRETT OLSON, PAUL SHUEY (7TH), BRIAN BURRES
    (8TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ

    Aug 11 7:08 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KEVIN MILLAR SCORED MIGUEL TEJADA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K MILLAR ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 6
    BALTIMORE 2 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: A HUFF (.258, 0-FOR-3)

    Red Sox vs. OriolesAug 11 6:55 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIGUEL TEJADA SCORED BRIAN ROBERTS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEJADA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 6
    BALTIMORE 1 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: K MILLAR (.260, 0-FOR-3)

    Red Sox vs. OriolesAug 11 6:53 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED COCO CRISP.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K YOUKILIS ON FIRST, D PEDROIA ON SECOND, J
    LUGO ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 6
    BALTIMORE 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.318, 1-FOR-4)

    Red Sox vs. OriolesAug 11 6:24 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED JASON VARITEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D PEDROIA ON FIRST, J LUGO ON SECOND, C
    CRISP ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
    BALTIMORE 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.302, 0-FOR-2, 2 BB)

    Red Sox vs. OriolesAug 11 6:19 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY J.D. DREW SCORED MANNY RAMIREZ AND MIKE LOWELL.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J DREW ON FIRST, J VARITEK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
    BALTIMORE 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.276, 0-FOR-1)

    Red Sox vs. OriolesAug 11 4:46 PM


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    AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JULIO LUGO SCORED JASON VARITEK AND J.D. DREW.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J LUGO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2
    BALTIMORE 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.328, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Red Sox vs. OriolesAug 11 4:26 PM

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