Craig Breslow’s First Career Start For Red Sox ‘A Lot Of Fun’

Closer Robbie Ross Jr. worked a scoreless ninth inning for his sixth save of the season. He is the first Sox pitcher to have 10 strikeouts in his first two starts with the club.

“We are all competitive and good teammates”, he said. “It fires you up”.

Red Sox: Lefty reliever Craig Breslow (0-3) is scheduled to make his first career start as Lovullo goes to a “bullpen game”.

The team honored him with a video tribute of highlights from his tenure that included World Series victories, Jimmy Fund telethons and concerts in Fenway Park. There’s energy, there’s focus, there’s concentration, and we’re playing really good baseball. Castillo doubled in the sixth and Holt hit an RBI single.

While they didn’t lead to any runs, the Orioles dropped two fly balls in the outfield, including one by Gold Glove center fielder Adam Jones in his first game back after being unavailable the past six days.

“They’ve been tough, ” he said. Most of the O’s top hitters are left-handed bats, so even their guys who hit lefties well are better against right-handers. Drake pitching. On Drake’s wild pitch, B.Holt to second.

Third baseman Manny Machado made a pair of two-run errors, both coming on grounders by Xander Bogaerts.

In order to record their fourth straight winning season, they must win six of their final seven games. The Orioles (76-78) lost 8-0 to the Red Sox, while Houston won 9-7 against Texas, lowering Baltimore’s elimination number to four.

In pregame news, Clay Buchholz will throw a bullpen on Monday, but it’s unlikely he’ll appear in a game this season, Lovullo said.

The Orioles were shut out for the 11th time this season. Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

Fans gave Orsillo a standing ovation as he reached out and waved to the Fenway faithful. He’s being replaced after the season. The Red Sox hired Dave Dombrowski to serve as their president of baseball operations over the summer and he will likely have most if not total control over the operations department. The Dominican Republic native has issued at least three walks in four of his last five starts and five of seven.

OF/INF Daniel Nava wasn’t out for revenge, but the former Red Sox player got a few anyway when his seventh-inning single drove in the go-ahead run Wednesday in the Rays’ win. Breslow pitched 4 innings keeping the O’s off the scoreboard. Rice would finish second in AL Rookie of the Year voting – to Lynn.

And the Red Sox hit the road having brought a contender down to their level.

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Kevin Gausman delivers during… 432 versus the Tigers in 2010 (minimum 40 plate appearances). “[Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner] and I feel fortunate that there is an obvious and strong successor within our organization”.