Friday June 24 at the Red Sox

Opponent: Boston Red Sox
Outcome: W
Score: 6-2
Streak: W1
Record: 20-52
Rank: 7th
GB: 24

Five days after getting shutout by Roger Clemens and the Red Sox in Baltimore, the Orioles faced him again in the first game of a three game series at Fenway Park in Boston.  This time however he wasn't effective at all.

He started out strong by striking out the first two Orioles he faced - Ken Gerhart and Fred Lynn.  But then he walked Cal Ripken and gave up an RBI double to Eddie Murray.  Jim Traber followed with single but Mike Greenwell threw out Murray at the plate from left field to get the Red Sox out of the inning.

Two innings later though the Orioles got to Clemens.  He struck out Gerhart to start the inning but a double by Lynn, a walk to Cal Ripken and a single by Murray loaded up the bases.  Traber and Larry Sheets then hit back-to-back two RBI doubles to knock Clemens out of the game, his earliest exit of the season.  Relief pitcher Wes Gardner's first pitch to Terry Kennedy got by catcher Rich Gedman and Sheets moved to third on the passed ball.  He (Sheets) then scored on a sacrifice fly by Kennedy to make the score 6-0.

Meanwhile the Red Sox weren't able to get much going against Orioles starter Jose Bautista.  A two run home run by Mike Greenwell in the bottom of the fourth got the Red Sox on the board but that was all the runs they got.  Bautista combined with Dave Schmidt and Tom Neidenfuer to hold Boston to only seven hits and two walks.