Outcome: L
Score: 7-15
Streak: L1
Record: 18-49
Rank: 7th
GB: 23
If you were looking for good news about this game for the Orioles you'd probably start with the fact that they scored 7 runs, the most they'd scored in a game in two weeks. And you'd probably end there too. It was not a good afternoon for the home team.
The Birds actually got on the board first with a pair of solo home runs in the bottom of the first by Fred Lynn and Eddie Murray. But the Red Sox came roaring back in the top of the second. Ellis Burks decided that he like the solo home runs the Orioles hit so much that he added one of his own to start the inning. Jim Rice and Rich Gedman followed with singles. After a line out by Pat Dodson, Spike Owen doubled scoring Rice. Dickie Noles was making his second (and as it turned out final) start for the O's that day and manager Frank Robinson had already seen enough. He went to the bullpen and brought in Mark Williamson who promptly gave up an RBI double to Wade Boggs and a two RBI single to Marty Barrett to make the score 5-2. Barrett scored on a single by Mike Greenwell two batters later to make it 6-2.
Boggs and Barrett had back-to-back RBI hits again (both singles) in the top of the third to increase the Red Sox lead but the Orioles staged a bit of a comeback in the bottom of the fourth. With two outs and Murray and second Larry Sheets hit a two run home run. Terry Kennedy followed with a single to right and then went to second when Dwight Evans made an error on the ball. Red Sox starter Mike Smithson next hit Rene Gonzales with a pitch. Bill Ripken then hit an RBI single bringing in Kennedy and knocking Smithson out of the game. Red Sox manager John McNamara brought in Wes Gardner to pitch. His first pitch to Ken Gerhart went to the backstop allowing Gonzales to move to third but he eventually got Gerhart to line out to end the inning. The Orioles had narrowed their deficit to three runs.
They wouldn't stay that close for long. The Red Sox got two runs in the top of the sixth on an RBI double by Greenwell and an RBI single by Burks to make it 10-5. They then piled on in the top of the seventh when Dodson greeted new Orioles pitcher Doug Sisk by homering on his first pitch. Later in the inning an Evans RBI double followed by a run scoring ground out by Greenwell made the score 13-5.
Cal Ripken had an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh but a two run home run by Greenwell in the top of the ninth just kept pushing the Sox lead higher. Jim Traber had an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to make the final score 15-7.
I was at the game again, rooting for the Red Sox. Here's the game story from the next day's Evening Sun:
If you were looking for good news about this game for the Orioles you'd probably start with the fact that they scored 7 runs, the most they'd scored in a game in two weeks. And you'd probably end there too. It was not a good afternoon for the home team.
The Birds actually got on the board first with a pair of solo home runs in the bottom of the first by Fred Lynn and Eddie Murray. But the Red Sox came roaring back in the top of the second. Ellis Burks decided that he like the solo home runs the Orioles hit so much that he added one of his own to start the inning. Jim Rice and Rich Gedman followed with singles. After a line out by Pat Dodson, Spike Owen doubled scoring Rice. Dickie Noles was making his second (and as it turned out final) start for the O's that day and manager Frank Robinson had already seen enough. He went to the bullpen and brought in Mark Williamson who promptly gave up an RBI double to Wade Boggs and a two RBI single to Marty Barrett to make the score 5-2. Barrett scored on a single by Mike Greenwell two batters later to make it 6-2.
Boggs and Barrett had back-to-back RBI hits again (both singles) in the top of the third to increase the Red Sox lead but the Orioles staged a bit of a comeback in the bottom of the fourth. With two outs and Murray and second Larry Sheets hit a two run home run. Terry Kennedy followed with a single to right and then went to second when Dwight Evans made an error on the ball. Red Sox starter Mike Smithson next hit Rene Gonzales with a pitch. Bill Ripken then hit an RBI single bringing in Kennedy and knocking Smithson out of the game. Red Sox manager John McNamara brought in Wes Gardner to pitch. His first pitch to Ken Gerhart went to the backstop allowing Gonzales to move to third but he eventually got Gerhart to line out to end the inning. The Orioles had narrowed their deficit to three runs.
They wouldn't stay that close for long. The Red Sox got two runs in the top of the sixth on an RBI double by Greenwell and an RBI single by Burks to make it 10-5. They then piled on in the top of the seventh when Dodson greeted new Orioles pitcher Doug Sisk by homering on his first pitch. Later in the inning an Evans RBI double followed by a run scoring ground out by Greenwell made the score 13-5.
Cal Ripken had an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh but a two run home run by Greenwell in the top of the ninth just kept pushing the Sox lead higher. Jim Traber had an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to make the final score 15-7.
I was at the game again, rooting for the Red Sox. Here's the game story from the next day's Evening Sun:
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