Red Sox silenced by Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles look to sweep the Boston Red Sox Wednesday afternoon. Wright lasted just three innings, allowing six runs on six hits, two home runs, one walk and one strikeout. Tazawa finished the season 2-7 with a 4.14 ERA in 61 games.

David Ortiz had the option of taking a day off. He quickly turned that offer down, responding to a text message from Boston interim manager Torey Lovullo Saturday morning by saying said he wanted to play.

“It’s all precautionary”, Lovullo said.

The Red Sox will stay at the bottom of the AL East thanks to a 2-0 loss to the Orioles that saw them muster only three hits. Kelly left the game with tightness and fatigue in his right shoulder and will undergo further evaluation.

“The game was tied for the Orioles”™ longest this season in terms of innings. “We didn’t win tonight, but we have to keep taking that approach”. After falling behind Adam Jones 2-0, Rodriguez used changeups away to even the count, then got Jones flailing at a 94 miles per hour fastball in on the hands. “We decided a short time before the game that would be in our best interests”.

Lasting just 2.1 innings against the Baltimore Orioles, Kelly’s streak of earning wins in eight consecutive starts ended after he became the first Red Sox pitcher since Pedro Martinez in 1999 to accomplish the feat. He began the next inning by walking Jackie Bradley Jr. and after a groundout from Deven Marrero that advanced him to second, the fielder scored on a single from Brock Holt that gave the Red Sox a 2-0 lead. The right-hander was 0-4 in his previous seven starts since August 1.

The game took on a bit of a little league feel following the seventh inning as eight different substitutions were made at one time by the O’s.

Baltimore was 62-57 before losing 12 of 13. The Orioles are hopeful he can make another start this season. Unfortunately for the Birds, that allowed Boston to get back into the game. “That in itself kind of gives us a jolt, and we’ve been playing well”.

“I think out of the stretch I felt in command of most at-bats”, Owens said. Baltimore’s Chris Davis, whose 42 home runs share the major league lead with Seattle’s Nelson Cruz, delivered the game-winning RBI single Tuesday and is hitting.413 with seven homers and 15 RBIs in 13 September contests. However, left fielder Rusney Castillo lined out to second and catcher Blake Swihart flied to center to end the threat. The Red Sox gave the young man wearing a Baltimore Orioles shirt what Ortiz called a very nice package of items including a Red Sox shirt.

Gausman cruised through the Red Sox lineup until the fourth, when he loaded the bases with one out.

“It’s all precautionary”, Lovullo said of the imaging that Kelly is undergoing.

Now the Orioles need to practically win out to get back to the postseason for the third time in four years.

Kelly was removed from Tuesday night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles in the third inning after experiencing stiffness in the shoulder.