Starting pitcher Joe Kelly allowed eight hits and five runs while striking out two over 3.2 innings to take the loss and fall to 2-5 for the season.
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The Sox were in a three-run hole in the sixth inning when Brock Holt struck out staring at a 96-mile-per-hour fastball from Brad Brach to end the inning.
The Red Sox weren’t pleased with home plate umpire Tim Timmons’ strike zone, Farrell even getting ejected in the sixth inning for arguing a called third strike to Brock Holt.
“He gets called out on a pitch that’s probably a couple of baseballs off the plate away”, Farrell said. “I said a thing probably one too many times”.
The Boston Red Sox announced Monday that they will retire Martinez’s number in a ceremony before their July 28 game against the Chicago White Sox. After the Red Sox plated one run in the fourth and another in the fifth, Machado added an insurance run in the sixth with a two-out RBI single to give the Orioles a 6-3 cushion. Despite allowing a run in the ninth – closer Zach Britton yielded a run on Dustin Pedroia’s two-out double – the O’s pen owns a 2.03 ERA on the road trip, having allowed just six runs over 26 2/3 innings through five games.
There’s no chance that Lough will displace the four-time All-Star, but his hit followed Ryan Flaherty’s sacrifice fly off Joe Kelly (2-5), and gave the Orioles (37-33) an early 4-0 lead.
“There’s no questioning the stuff”, said Farrell.
The Orioles bullpen, which accounted 19 1/3 innings in the team’s three-game series in Toronto this past weekend, tossed four scoreless innings on Tuesday. “It’s the inability to stick with a game plan because of the mislocated pitches”. Leon then led off the bottom of the third with a singled and rode to third on a double by the sizzling Mookie Betts, who extended his hitting streak to a career-high 10 games on the heels of being named American League player of the week.
Boston retrieved that run in the bottom of the inning, as an opposite field single by third baseman Pablo Sandoval drove home left fielder Hanley Ramirez from second with one out, and an RBI single by Ramirez in the fifth inning decreased the deficit to a narrow 5-3. With now two outs, Kelly walked Snider, bringing up Hardy. He has failed to go more than five innings in six of his 14 starts and continues to be in danger of losing his spot in the rotation. He struck out eight batters for the second straight start and walked three. Leon caught one runner stealing and picked off another to keep the margin at 4-0.
The Orioles had runners at first and third and sent both at the same time. Orioles CF Adam Jones (shoulder) sat out for the fifth time in seven games on Tuesday and is unlikely to play in the series.2. While the top of the order (Manny Machado, Jimmy Paredes, and Chris Parmelee) led the numbers game with two hits apiece, the biggest blow came from #9 hitter David Lough.
That offensive surge continued Sunday with 16 hits and three homers in a 13-2 win against Kansas City.
Starter Ubaldo Jimenez (6-3) was admirable for the Orioles, winners of 12 of their last 15 games.
Orioles: Right-hander Bud Norris will take the mound for Wednesday’s contest at Fenway Park, with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m. ET. He’s 1-1 with a 3.78 ERA in three starts since returning after going 1-4 with a 9.88 ERA in his first six. Jimenez has won back-to-back starts and allowed four runs (3 earned) in a 6-4 win at Philadelphia last Wednesday.
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