Red Sox Beat Orioles 4-2 Following Ejection of Baltimore’s Gausman
Thursday, May 04, 2017
Prior to the game, Major League Baseball chief baseball officer Joe Torre held a conference call with both the Red Sox and Orioles and told them to end the feud that has been building over the last few meetings. enough.
The feud began on April 21, when Baltimore’s Manny Machado made a late slide that injured Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia. Since then teams have been hitting each other with pitches and exchanging words.
Red Sox 4th Inning Rally Gets Them Win
Leading 1-0 in the the bottom of the fourth, the Red Sox would add three runs off of Baltimore relief pitcher Richard Bleier.
First Christ Young hit an RBI Double to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead. Josh Rutledge would hit a run scoring ground ball and Pedroia would hit a sacrifice fly to put the Red Sox up 4-0.
The Orioles would rally in the sixth as Trey Mancini hit a sacrifice fly and J.J. Hardy hit an RBI single to cut Boston’s lead to 4-2.
However, that is as close as they would get.
Craig Kimbrel came on and picked up his 10th save of the season.
Series Concludes
The Red Sox and Orioles wrap up their series on Thursday, May 4 with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m.
The pitching matchup is Boston’s Kyle Kendrick against Baltimore’s Ubaldo Jimenez.
Related Slideshow: The History of Baseball in Central Massachusetts
Baseball and Central Mass. go way back - to the 1860s. The local historical landmarks range from Mudville to Hotel Vernon to Fitton Field. A version of these highlights is posted on the site of the new, yet-to-be-formally-named Worcester Baseballteam of the three-year-old Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
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