Davis Homers for 23rd time in win

Red Sox 42-38 vs Orioles 39-30

Let’s start bottom 3rd, 1-0 Orioles, O’s batting and Chris Davis! 2-run homer to left, his 23rd of the year! That made it 3-0 Orioles. Top 7th now, 5-0 Orioles, Red Sox batting and Will Middlebrooks, 3 run homer to shorten the lead for Boston! 5-3 Orioles now. Bottom 7th, same score, man on 3rd and J.J. Hardy, hard ground ball into the gap for an RBI base hit to make it 6-3 Orioles.

R H  E

BOS 3 6    1

O’s   6 14  1

KEY PLAYERS

(BOS) Middlebrooks 1-4, HR (9), 3 RBI

(O’s) Davis                     2-4, HR (23), 3 RBI

(O’s) Jones                    2-4, 2 2B, RBI

Pitching

W: (O’s) Gonzalez (5-2) 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 2 K

L: (BOS) Lester (6-4) 5 IP, 5 ER, 8 K

S: (O’s) J. Johnson (25)

Jon Lester: 0-4, 8.59 ERA in last 4 road starts

Orioles: 6-1 in last 7 home games vs Red Sox