Final
Ramirez shoots for 500th homer
May 31, 2008 - 1:41 PM Boston (33-24) at Baltimore (26-27) 7:05 pm EDTBALTIMORE (Ticker) -- A slumping Manny Ramirez takes another shot at career home run No. 500 on Saturday as the Boston Red Sox continue a four-game series with the Baltimore Orioles.
Ramirez, who turned 36 on Friday, went 1-for-6 and scored the go-ahead run on a single by Mike Lowell in the 13th inning in a 5-2 victory. The Red Sox had lost nine of 10 on the road, but caught a break as the Orioles committed four errors - three in the decisive 13th frame.
Ramirez has been stuck on 499 since Tuesday, and is hitting just .214 over his last 11 games. That has been a huge reason the Red Sox offense has faltered. Boston has been shutout twice and scored just 19 runs through the first seven games of its 10-game road trip.
Jon Lester (3-3, 3.55 ERA) will try and make due with what little support the Red Sox offense can muster. Lester, who threw a no-hitter against Kansas City on May 19, had an expected let down in his next start. The lefthander allowed four runs - three earned - and seven hits in five innings of a 6-3 loss to Oakland on Sunday.
The Orioles counter with Garrett Olson (4-1, 4.09), who will be hard-pressed to top his last start. Olson allowed just three hits in seven innings of a 6-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
BOSTON 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 6 9 0
BALTIMORE 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 2 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: BOS - JON LESTER, DAVID AARDSMA (6TH), HIDEKI OKAJIMA (8TH),
JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK
BAL - GARRETT OLSON, LANCE CORMIER (6TH), JAMIE WALKER
(7TH)
May 31 10:28 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
COCO CRISP HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING KEVIN YOUKILIS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 6
BALTIMORE 3 TOP, 8TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J LUGO (.274, 0-FOR-3)
Red Sox 6, Orioles 3 Top 8, 0 OutsMay 31 9:47 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MANNY RAMIREZ (10) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 2
OUT IN THE 7TH OFF CHAD BRADFORD.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5, BALTIMORE 3
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.277, 0-FOR-2, HBP)
Red Sox 5, Orioles 3 Top 7, 0 OutsMay 31 9:29 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY DAVID ORTIZ SCORED JACOBY ELLSBURY.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
BALTIMORE 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.284, 0-FOR-3)
Red Sox 4, Orioles 3 Top 7, 0 OutsMay 31 9:25 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JASON VARITEK SCORED MIKE LOWELL.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J VARITEK ON FIRST, K YOUKILIS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 3
BALTIMORE 3 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.252, 0-FOR-2)
Red Sox 3, Orioles 3 Top 6, 0 OutsMay 31 9:02 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY BRIAN ROBERTS (4) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 1
OUT IN THE 5TH OFF JON LESTER.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2, BALTIMORE 3
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: N MARKAKIS (.256, 1-FOR-2)
Red Sox 2, Orioles 3 Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 31 8:41 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY DAVID ORTIZ (13) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF GARRETT OLSON.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2, BALTIMORE 2
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.287, 0-FOR-1)
Red Sox 2, Orioles 2 Top 3, 0 OutsMay 31 7:54 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY DUSTIN PEDROIA (4) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF GARRETT OLSON.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1, BALTIMORE 2
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.250, 0-FOR-1)
Red Sox 1, Orioles 2 Top 3, 0 OutsMay 31 7:52 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ADAM JONES SCORED RAMON HERNANDEZ.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A JONES ON FIRST, J PAYTON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0
BALTIMORE 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: A CINTRON (.412, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
Red Sox 0, Orioles 2 Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 31 7:41 PM - AL
AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JAY PAYTON SCORED KEVIN MILLAR.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J PAYTON ON FIRST, R HERNANDEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 0
BALTIMORE 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: A JONES (.245, 2 HR, 16 RBI)
Red Sox 0, Orioles 1 Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 31 7:40 PM
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