Boston Red Sox (58-36) @ Baltimore Orioles (38-55)
Kyle Weiland (0-0, 13.50) @ Jeremy Guthrie (3-13, 4.45)
7:05 PM EDT | Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore, MD)
TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510
GAME NOTES
Sunday night in Baltimore, we saw proof of the old baseball adage: “good pitching beats good hitting.” After last night’s game in Baltimore I would like to add an addendum to that; “Bad pitching always gets beat”. Sunday night in Tampa Bay the Red Sox and Rays combined for 1 run over 16 innings or .0625 runs per innings. Obviously good pitching beat good hitting. Last night in Baltimore the Red Sox and Orioles combined for 25 runs in 9 innings or 2.77 runs per inning; a perfect example of bad pitching being beat, and beat badly on both sides. So from no on whenever you hear “good pitching beats good hitting,” I would like you to follow that up with “but, bad pitching always gets beat.”
INJURY REPORT
Boston: Clay Buchholz, lower back strain (Placed on 15-day DL June 19, retroactive to June 17); Bobby Jenks, strained back (placed on 15-day DL 7/16), Jon Lester, strained left latissimus (placed on 15-day DL July 6); Jed Lowrie, right shoulder injury (Placed on 15-day DL on June 17)
Baltimore: Vladimir Guerrero, broken right hand (placed on 15-day DL 7/17); Brian Robert, concussion-like symptoms (placed on 15-day DL 5/19); Luke Scott, torn right labrum (placed on 15-day DL 7/5, expected to return 7/19)
PLAYER OF THE DAY
The Baltimore Orioles began as the St. Louis Browns in 1902 before moving to Baltimore in 1954. The first transaction between the two franchises after the Browns moved to Baltimore was the Red Sox’ purchase of Don Lenhardt, a journeyman outfielder/first baseman/third baseman, on May 12, 1954. Lenhardt actually bounced around quite a lot between the two teams, playing two stints with the Red Sxo and three with the Browns/Orioles. (Browns, 1950-51; White Sox, 1951; Red Sox, 1952; Tigers, 1952; Browns, 1952-1953; Red Sox, 1954; Orioles,1954). A broken leg ended his career in 1954. Lenhardt appeared in 481 major league games hitting .271/.365/.450. He returned to Boston as the first base coach in 1970-73. He also had two tenures as a Red Sox scout from 1957-69 and 1974-91, finding, among others Al Nipper and Scott Cooper.
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