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	Beckett, Sox fall to O's

Orioles 5, Red Sox 3

Josh Beckett gave up a leadoff home run to Brian Roberts. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Otiz's two-run homer

By Alex McPhillips / MLB.com

The Orioles struck early, and Josh Beckett couldn't get into a groove in his eight innings of work. David Ortiz smashed his 17th and 18th home runs of the season, but his power show wasn't enough.

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Series at a glance:

Tue. 07/31: BAL 5, BOS 3
Wed. 08/01: BOS 5, BAL 4
Thu. 08/02: BOS 7, BAL 4

Baltimore (50-55)
Won 1

Baltimore 5, Boston 3

Boston (64-42)
Lost 2

July 31, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	10	1
Boston	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0

Standings thru 7/31/07 | Gameday | Orioles Stats | Red Sox Stats

Baltimore	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Roberts, 2B	5	2	2	2	0	0	3	.317
Patterson, CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	.266
Markakis, RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.291
Millar, 1B	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	.270
Tejada, SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.308
Huff, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.248
Gomez, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308
Hernandez, R, C	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	.263
Gibbons, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.220
1-Fahey, PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243
Payton, LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	4	.274
Totals	35	5	10	5	3	6	14
1-Ran for Gibbons in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Roberts (27, Beckett), Hernandez, R (11, Beckett). HR: Roberts (9, 1st inning off Beckett, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Roberts 6; Patterson; Millar; Tejada; Huff; Hernandez, R 2; Gibbons; Payton 2. RBI: Roberts 2 (40), Millar 2 (46), Hernandez, R (43). 2-out RBI: Millar 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Payton 2; Patterson. GIDP: Roberts. Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING SB: Patterson 2 (27, 2nd base off Beckett/Varitek, 2nd base off Beckett/Varitek), Roberts (32, 3rd base off Beckett/Varitek). CS: Patterson (7, 3rd base by Beckett/Varitek). FIELDING E: Tejada (7, fielding). DP: (Roberts-Tejada-Millar).

Boston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lugo, SS	5	0	0	0	0	2	6	.221
Pedroia, 2B	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	.313
Ortiz, DH	4	2	3	3	0	0	0	.321
Ramirez, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.299
Youkilis, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.304
Lowell, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.306
Varitek, C	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.269
Crisp, CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.279
Pena, RF	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	.227
a-Hinske, PH-RF	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.204
Totals	31	3	4	3	6	8	17
a-Struck out for Pena in the 7th.
BATTING HR: Ortiz 2 (18, 3rd inning off Bedard, 1 on, 2 out; 8th inning off Bell, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Ortiz 9; Crisp. RBI: Ortiz 3 (64). 2-out RBI: Ortiz 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Youkilis; Lugo 2; Pedroia. GIDP: Lugo. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING DP: (Pedroia-Lugo-Youkilis).

Baltimore	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bedard (W, 11-4)	6.0	2	2	2	5	6	1	3.05
Bell (H, 1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	3.15
Bradford (H, 14)	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.74
Walker (S, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.40

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Beckett (L, 13-5)	8.0	9	5	5	2	6	1	3.41
Delcarmen	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.66
Lopez	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00

Bell pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP: Bedard.
HBP: Varitek (by Bedard).
Pitches-strikes: Bedard 112-65, Bell 13-10, Bradford 17-12, Walker 11-7, Beckett 110-76, Delcarmen 8-3, Lopez 2-2.
Ground outs-fly outs: Bedard 8-4, Bell 0-1, Bradford 2-2, Walker 2-0, Beckett 10-7, Delcarmen 1-0, Lopez 1-1.
Batters faced: Bedard 26, Bell 4, Bradford 5, Walker 3, Beckett 33, Delcarmen 3, Lopez 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Walker 1-0, Lopez 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Jim Joyce. 1B: Jim Wolf. 2B: Rob Drake. 3B: Tim Tschida.
Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:16.
Att: 36,866.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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