scored on a two-out single by Miguel Tejada in the 10th inning, giving
the Baltimore Orioles a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday
night.
Tejada had three RBIs, including a
tying homer in the eighth after Baltimore blew a 3-1 lead.
The win improved the Orioles' home
record to 2-8 and ended a seven-game skid against Boston at Camden
Yards.
J.D. Drew hit two solo homers and
Dustin Pedroia homered and drove in two runs for the Red Sox, whose
three-game winning streak ended. The defeat left Boston with its first
losing April (11-12) since 1996.
After Jones doubled with one out off
Ramon Ramirez (0-1), Nick Markakis was walked intentionally. Hideki
Okajima came in to face Matt Wieters, who struck out.
Tejada then grounded a single up the
middle off Manny Delcarmen.
Matt Albers (1-3) pitched a perfect
10th for the Orioles, whose 5-18 record is still the worst in the
majors.
It was the fourth straight one-run
game between the teams, and each has won twice.
Boston made it 3-all in the seventh.
Darnell McDonald drew a two-out walk from Jason Berken and went to third
on a single by Marco Scutaro. Jim Johnson came in and gave up an RBI
single to Pedroia.
Drew connected off Johnson in the
eighth, capping his 16th career multihomer game. Drew came in with two
homers and doubled his season total.
In the bottom half, however, Tejada
tied it with a homer off Daniel Bard.
Both starting pitchers left with the
lead before being betrayed by their bullpens.
Boston's John Lackey allowed three
runs, two earned, in seven innings and was pulled with the Red Sox up
4-3.
David Hernandez gave up two runs and
three hits over 5 1-3 innings for Baltimore. Although the right-hander
walked off the mound with the Orioles up 3-2, the advantage quickly
vanished.
Hernandez has gone 14 straight starts
without a win since Aug. 11, 2009. He's 0-9 during that span and
Baltimore is 1-13.
Baltimore took a 2-0 lead with its
most productive first inning since April 11. Wieters delivered an RBI
single before Tejada hit a sacrifice fly.
Drew homered in the second, the first
allowed by Hernandez this season.
Errors by McDonald in center and
third baseman Adrian Beltre led to an unearned run in the Baltimore
fourth, but Lackey avoided further damage by working out of a
bases-loaded, none-out jam.
Pedroia led off the sixth with a
drive to right.
Notes
Baltimore pitchers issued 10
walks. … The Orioles will recall RHP Brad Bergesen from Triple-A
Norfolk to start Saturday. Daisuke Matsuzaka will come off the DL and
start for Boston. … Lackey has gone at least seven innings and allowed
three runs or fewer in six straight games in Baltimore, the longest
such streak by a visiting pitcher since Gaylord Perry's nine-game run
from 1974-80. … Red Sox OF Jacoby Ellsbury (bruised chest) jogged,
threw and hit off a tee Friday as he strives to come off the 15-day
disabled list. "It's definitely heading in the right direction," he
said. … Umpires attendant Ernie Tyler celebrated his 86th birthday.
He's in his 51st season with the Orioles.