The Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox in 11 innings yesterday in a hard-fought game of baseball. Each baseball game is different, and an MLB extra-innings game is always a possibility. It was a huge win that rooters with Orioles tickets aren’t likely to forget.
Orioles pitcher David Hernandez (4.81 ERA) got the win, while Hideki Okajima (5.30 ERA) took the loss for the Red Sox. Brian Matusz went 5.2 innings for the Orioles, allowed 4 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with 4 walks and 7 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Orioles was Matt Albers (5.00), Mark Hendrickson (4.65), Jason Berken (2.15), and Will Ohman (3.38). The Red Sox’s starter John Lackey went 7 innings, allowed 7 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. Manny Delcarmen (2.67), Ramon Ramirez (5.82), and Jonathan Papelbon (3.00) also pitched for the Red Sox. With the win, Hernandez’s record goes to 2-5, while Okajima drops to 2-2.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Orioles put up 9 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Orioles, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Ty Wigginton had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Red Sox didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Kevin Youkilis could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Red Sox mustered 3 runs, 8 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by James Hoye, Wally Bell, Laz Diaz and Victor Carapazza. There were 27,774 Orioles ticket holders in attendance at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.