October 8, 2013: Orioles 6 Red Sox 5 (series tied, 2-2)

When the Red Sox scored 4 runs in the 1st on a Jonny Gomes grand slam I figured they had punched their ticket to the ALCS and could cruise to the win. Instead the Orioles chipped away with a run in the 3rd, 2 in the 4th, 2 in the 7th to tie it, and then they load the bases in the 9th and get the walk off single from Matt Weiters. Nate McClouth and Danny Valencia both had 3 hits for the O's.

Scott Feldman will face off against Jon Lester for all the marbles in game 5. Well not all the marbles, but the ones that get them to the ALCS.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Boston Red Sox At 2013 Baltimore Orioles             10/8/2013
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  1  0 .188     N.McLouth LF        5  1  3  0 .375  
  S.Victorino RF      5  1  1  0 .375     A.Jones CF          4  0  0  2 .091  
  D.Pedroia 2B        3  1  1  0 .375     C.Davis 1B          4  0  0  0 .353  
  D.Ortiz DH          3  0  0  0 .133     D.Valencia DH       4  1  3  2 .350  
  M.Napoli 1B         3  1  0  0 .313     M.Wieters C         3  0  1  1 .222  
  J.Gomes LF          2  1  1  4 .500     N.Markakis RF       4  0  0  0 .190  
A-Q.Berry PR,LF       1  1  1  01.000     R.Flaherty 3B       4  1  1  1 .286  
  J.Saltalamacchia C  4  0  1  0 .333     J.Hardy SS          3  1  1  0 .167  
  S.Drew SS           2  0  2  1 .357     B.Roberts 2B        3  2  1  0 .143  
  W.Middlebrooks 3B   3  0  0  0 .214                                          
B-M.Carp PH           1  0  0  0 .000                                          
C-X.Bogaerts 3B       0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  5  8  5                 Totals      34  6 10  6
 
A-Pinch Ran For Gomes In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Middlebrooks In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Carp In 8th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 4 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  5  8  0
Orioles......... 0 0 1  2 0 0  2 0 1  -  6 10  0
 
Red Sox (2-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Peavy                   5 2/3   3   3   3   4   6   2  96   4.76
C.Breslow HOLD(1st)       0 1/3   3   2   2   0   0   0  15  16.20
J.Tazawa BS(1st)          1       1   0   0   0   0   0  14   0.00
F.Morales LOSS(0-1)       1 1/3   3   1   1   2   1   0  31   3.00
Totals                    8 1/3  10   6   6   6   7   2
 
Orioles (3-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
W.Chen                    5 2/3   7   5   5   5   6   1 124   7.94
T.Hunter                  2       1   0   0   1   1   0  28   2.00
B.Matusz WIN(1-0)         1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  14  13.50
Totals                    9       8   5   5   6   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,853 DATE- Tuesday, October 8th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mike Winters, Mark Wegner, Laz Diaz, Tim Timmons
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7  Orioles: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Orioles: 1
DOUBLES- S.Victorino(2nd), J.Saltalamacchia(1st), S.Drew-2(4th), N.McLouth(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Gomes(1st), D.Valencia(2nd), R.Flaherty(2nd)
RBIs- J.Gomes-4(4th), S.Drew(3rd), A.Jones-2(4th), D.Valencia-2(6th),
      M.Wieters(1st), R.Flaherty(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Drew, A.Jones
WALKS- D.Pedroia-2, D.Ortiz, M.Napoli, J.Gomes, S.Drew, C.Davis, D.Valencia,
       M.Wieters-2, J.Hardy, B.Roberts
STRIKE OUTS- S.Victorino, D.Ortiz, M.Napoli-2, W.Middlebrooks-3, M.Carp,
             N.McLouth, C.Davis, D.Valencia, M.Wieters, R.Flaherty-2, B.Roberts
GIDP- J.Gomes
WILD PITCHES- F.Morales
2-out RBI- J.Gomes-4, R.Flaherty, D.Valencia
RLISP 2-out- S.Victorino-2, C.Davis, J.Ellsbury, R.Flaherty, M.Wieters-2
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 2 for 12  Orioles: 4 for 11
 
In an exciting finish the Baltimore Orioles pulled out a win over the Boston
Red Sox by a score of 6 to 5 at Camden Yards.
 
Baltimore scored the deciding run in the 9th inning.  Nate McLouth slapped a
one-base hit.  Franklin Morales then threw a wild pitch.  After an out was
recorded, Chris Davis was walked intentionally.  Danny Valencia was up next
and he ripped a base-hit to load the bases.  Matt Wieters came to the plate
and ripped a single giving Baltimore the win much to the delight of the home
town crowd.  Baltimore had 10 hits for the night.  
 
Brian Matusz(1-0) went 1 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs for the win.
Morales(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief.  He gave up 1 run and 3 hits
in 1 and 1/3 innings.