WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Red Sox Use 8-run 8th to Beat Orioles 15-10

BALTIMORE (AP) - Dustin Pedroia doubled in two runs to spark an
eight-run eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox got home runs from
Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Josh Reddick in a 15-10 rout of the
Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.
      Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis and Darnell McDonald had three RBIs
apiece for the Red Sox, who have won 13 of 15. The run includes a
16-inning affair against Tampa Bay on Sunday night in which Boston
mustered only five hits.
      Showing very little signs of fatigue, the Red Sox banged out 16
hits in rolling to their seventh straight victory over the Orioles.
Boston has outscored Baltimore 61-32 during that span.
      It was the first meeting between the teams since the Red Sox
recorded a heated four-game sweep at Fenway Park immediately before
the All-Star break.
      Boston designated hitter David Ortiz and Orioles closer Kevin
Gregg began serving three-game suspensions for their part in a
bench-clearing incident during that series. Both players were
initially suspended for four games before appealing the punishment.
      The Red Sox didn't miss Ortiz. Boston fell one run short of
matching its season high and had six players with at least two
hits, including Pedroia, whose 16-game hitting streak is one short
of his career high.
      After Boston loaded the bases in the eighth, Pedroia hit a
tiebreaking two-run double off Mike Gonzalez (1-2) to make it 9-7.
Youkilis added a two-run single, Carl Crawford singled in a run and
McDonald capped the uprising with a three-run double.
      Baltimore scored three runs in the bottom half. It was the first
time since Aug. 2, 2009, that the Orioles lost when reaching double
figures in runs; that defeat was to Boston 18-10.
      J.J. Hardy and Adam Jones homered for the Orioles, who have lost
10 of 12.
      Dan Wheeler (2-1) got the win with 2 1-3 innings of no-hit
relief for starter Tim Wakefield.
      Wakefield gave up seven runs, three earned, and nine hits in 4
2-3 innings. He was undone by a particularly wicked knuckleball
that produced a strikeout but resulted in a passed ball that fueled
a five-run fifth inning that gave Baltimore a 7-6 lead.
      Felix Pie opened the fifth by striking out, but he reached when
the pitch eluded Saltalamacchia and went to the screen. Hardy, who
signed a new three-year contract earlier in the day, hit a two-run
homer and Jones drove a knuckleball an estimated 434 feet into the
left-field stands.
      The Orioles then used two singles and a walk to load the bases
for Nolan Reimold, who chased Wakefield with a two-run double.
      Youkilis' RBI single tied it at 7 in the seventh.
      After Derrek Lee hit a two-run triple for Baltimore in the first
inning, Boston took the lead against Brad Bergesen with a three-run
third.
      Saltalamacchia led off with his seventh homer. After J.D. Drew
hit a fly that was caught on the warning track, the Red Sox got
four straight singles, including RBI hits by Pedroia and Adrian
Gonzalez.
      Boston made it 5-2 in the fourth, scoring two unearned runs
after Lee let a grounder to first base go through his legs. The
miscue ended a run of six straight errorless games by Baltimore.
      Reddick homered off the foul pole in the fifth for a 6-2 lead.
      NOTES: Crawford (back strain) was activated from the 15-day
disabled list before the game and went 2 for 5. ... Boston manager
Terry Francona said he misspoke Sunday when he said LHP Jon Lester
(back strain) would return from the 15-day DL on July 26 against
Kansas City. Francona corrected himself Monday, saying Lester would
actually start on the 25th. ... Lee's triple was his first since
Aug. 17, 2009. ... RHP Mark Worrell, whose contract was purchased
from Triple-A Norfolk before the game, became the 900th player to
wear an Orioles uniform. He was charged with three runs without
getting an out in the eighth. ... Wakefield's three strikeouts gave
him 1,996 with Boston. Roger Clemens is the only player to have
2,000 strikeouts with the Red Sox.