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Schilling takes the mound for second time since DL stint

Aug 12, 2007 - 1:15 PM Boston (70-46) at Baltimore (53-62) 1:35 pm EDT

BALTIMORE (Ticker) - A pair of veteran starters attempting to regain their from after time on the disabled list take the mound Sunday as the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles meet in the rubber game of a three-game series on Sunday.

Boston's Curt Schilling (6-5, 4.31 ERA) makes his second start since missing nearly two months with tendinitis in his right shoulder. Pitching for the first time since June 18 on Monday, the 40-year-old righthander worked into the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Schilling wound up allowing four runs and nine hits over six-plus innings in a 4-2 loss. He has lost his last three decisions since coming within one out of a no-hitter at Oakland on June 7.

Baltimore starter Steve Trachsel (5-7, 4.88) hasn't won in four starts since a strained gluteus sent him to the disabled list in early July. Overall, the 36-year-old hasn't won since June 8, a span of eight starts.

Camden Yards may be the perfect place for the righthander to get on track considering he is 3-0 in nine starts here this season.

Josh Beckett pitched 8 2/3 solid innings as the Red Sox salvaged the second-game of this three-game set on Saturday. After an exciting come-form-behind win Friday, the Orioles squandered a chance to record consecutive victories against the Red Sox for the first time since defeating their AL East rival on July 10 and September 2 in 2005.

The Red Sox have won 27 of their last 33 meetings with the Orioles and are 51-21 here since 1999.