What an incredible game...the O's overcame a 2-error, 3-run first inning to defeat the visiting Red Sox 5-4. As promised, I have a final picture from the scoreboard...enjoy!
Jeremy Guthrie looked rough in the first inning, allowing three runs off three hits. Errors from Aubrey Huff and Kevin Millar didn't help his cause, and the Sox fans in the stadium were going wild. Things looked bleak as the O's went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning.Guthrie settled down, and the O's bats came to life against Josh Beckett.
highlighted by a 3-run-blast off the bat of Luke Scott that put the O's up 5-3.
Guthrie pitched six solid innings, and was pulled in the seventh after allowing two singles . Jamie Walker came in to relieve, and walked David Ortiz to load the bases with none out. THIS was the turning point of the game. Jim Johnson was brought in to relieve Walker...
Boston fans behind me were giddy with excitement..."Manny's up with the bases loaded and none out!" I told my girlfriend that it didn't matter who was up; we had Johnson on the mound. After what seemed like an eternity (I think it was a 10-pitch at-bat), Johnson coaxed a come- backer to the mound, and got the double-play. Johnson got the next batter to fly-out and escaped the jam with the lead still intact.
The game is never over when you're playing the Red Sox, and after Johnson recorded one out in the eighth, he walked the next two batters. After giving up a run-scoring single, George Sherrill was brought in to save the game. Sherrill got the O's out of the inning, and saved the game in the ninth, recording two strikeouts (including one against Ortiz, who argued it and was ejected).
This had to be one of the best games I've seen at Camden Yards. Boston fans were EVERYWHERE, but O's fans held their own and got LOUD when they needed to. My girlfriend lost her voice, and my hands are raw from clapping, but we wouldn't have it any other way!
I must say I was impressed with the fan turn-out; usually Camden Yards transforms into Fenway Park when the Sox come to town. The fans were loud and into the game until the final pitch (a strikeout). It's time to take back the Yard!
Guthrie won the rematch; Beckett lost. Guthrie finished with just one walk and seven strikeouts. The O's conclude the two-game series this afternoon. Daniel Cabrera will start against Jon Lester. The Birds are now in third place, and Boston fell to second place last night, as the Rays defeated the Yankees in extra-innings and took sole possession of first.
Boston fans behind me were giddy with excitement..."Manny's up with the bases loaded and none out!" I told my girlfriend that it didn't matter who was up; we had Johnson on the mound. After what seemed like an eternity (I think it was a 10-pitch at-bat), Johnson coaxed a come- backer to the mound, and got the double-play. Johnson got the next batter to fly-out and escaped the jam with the lead still intact.
The game is never over when you're playing the Red Sox, and after Johnson recorded one out in the eighth, he walked the next two batters. After giving up a run-scoring single, George Sherrill was brought in to save the game. Sherrill got the O's out of the inning, and saved the game in the ninth, recording two strikeouts (including one against Ortiz, who argued it and was ejected).
This had to be one of the best games I've seen at Camden Yards. Boston fans were EVERYWHERE, but O's fans held their own and got LOUD when they needed to. My girlfriend lost her voice, and my hands are raw from clapping, but we wouldn't have it any other way!
I must say I was impressed with the fan turn-out; usually Camden Yards transforms into Fenway Park when the Sox come to town. The fans were loud and into the game until the final pitch (a strikeout). It's time to take back the Yard!
Guthrie won the rematch; Beckett lost. Guthrie finished with just one walk and seven strikeouts. The O's conclude the two-game series this afternoon. Daniel Cabrera will start against Jon Lester. The Birds are now in third place, and Boston fell to second place last night, as the Rays defeated the Yankees in extra-innings and took sole possession of first.
(photos by Jon Parr)
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