Red Sox 7, Orioles 5

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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Baltimore 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5 13 2 Boston 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 7 9 2 WP: J. Suppan (13-10) S: B. Kim (16) LP: J. Johnson (10-9)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Boston

-T. Walker tripled to left, J. Damon and N. Garciaparra scored

-M. Ramirez singled to shortstop, T. Walker scored

Bot 4th: Boston

-M. Ramirez homered to deep right

-T. Nixon homered to deep right

Top 5th: Baltimore

-L. Matos homered to deep left

Bot 6th: Boston

-D. Ortiz singled to right, T. Walker scored, M. Ramirez to third

Top 7th: Baltimore

-J. Cust homered to deep right

Top 8th: Baltimore

-B. Fordyce singled to second, B.J. Surhoff scored, D. Cruz to third, J. Cust to second

-B. Roberts hit sacrifice fly to left, D. Cruz scored

Bot 8th: Boston

-D. Ortiz homered to deep center

Baltimore
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
B. Roberts 2b	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.279
L. Matos cf	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.309
T. Raines Jr. cf	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125
L. Bigbie lf	5	0	1	0	0	3	1	.314
J. Gibbons rf	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	.279
T. Batista 3b	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.234
B.J. Surhoff 1b	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.296
D. Cruz ss	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.254
J. Cust dh	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	.216
J. Morban dh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149
B. Fordyce c	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.279
Totals	39	5	13	5	1	4	16

Batting 2B - B Surhoff (19, J Suppan). 3B - D Cruz (2, J Suppan). HR - L Matos (12, 5th inning off J Suppan 0 on, 2 Out), J Cust (4, 7th inning off T Jones 0 on, 0 Out). SF - B Roberts. RBI - B Surhoff (40), L Matos (42), J Cust (10), B Fordyce (29), B Roberts (40). 2-out RBI - L Matos. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Cust 1, B Fordyce 1, J Gibbons 3, T Raines Jr 1. Team LOB - 9.

Base Running CS - B Roberts (6, 2nd base by J Suppan).    Fielding E - B Surhoff (2, catch); B Roberts (7, throw). DP - 2 (B Roberts-D Cruz-B Surhoff, T Batista-B Roberts-B Surhoff).

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Damon cf	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.274
N. Garciaparra ss	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.305
T. Walker 2b	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	.282
D. Jackson 2b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252
M. Ramirez lf	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	.324
D. Ortiz dh	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.285
K. Millar 1b	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.276
T. Nixon rf	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	.307
G. Kapler rf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285
B. Mueller 3b	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.327
J. Varitek c	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.272
Totals	32	7	9	7	3	5	11

Batting 2B - J Damon (32, J Johnson); K Millar (30, K Ligtenberg). 3B - T Walker (4, J Johnson). HR - M Ramirez (36, 4th inning off J Johnson 0 on, 0 Out), T Nixon (28, 4th inning off J Johnson 0 on, 2 Out), D Ortiz (28, 8th inning off K Ligtenberg 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - T Walker 2 (79), M Ramirez 2 (102), T Nixon (87), D Ortiz 2 (96). 2-out RBI - T Nixon. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1. GIDP - D Ortiz, B Mueller. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - J Damon (29, 2nd base off J Johnson/B Fordyce).    Fielding E - N Garciaparra (19, ground ball); M Ramirez (4, bobble).

Baltimore
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Johnson (L, 10-9)	5.0	7	6	5	1	4	2	4.05
B. Groom	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.27
K. Ligtenberg	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	3.43
B.J. Ryan	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.56
Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Suppan (W, 13-10)	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	4.09
T. Jones	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	7.40
A. Embree	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	4.25
M. Timlin	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.59
B. Kim (S, 16)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.37

HBP - K Millar (by J Johnson).

Pitches-strikes - J Johnson 93-64; B Groom 17-10; K Ligtenberg 8-6; B Ryan 17-8; J Suppan 97-60; T Jones 9-9; A Embree 18-14; M Timlin 14-10; B Kim 15-11.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Johnson 4-7; B Groom 5-1; K Ligtenberg 0-0; B Ryan 2-0; J Suppan 7-7; T Jones 1-0; A Embree 2-0; M Timlin 1-1; B Kim 2-1.

Batters faced - J Johnson 24; B Groom 6; K Ligtenberg 3; B Ryan 3; J Suppan 25; T Jones 4; A Embree 6; M Timlin 3; B Kim 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Doug Eddings. 1B--Ron Kulpa. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Mike Winters. Ejections: BALTIMORE's Matos by Eddings (7th). Time: 3:08. Attendance: 33,821. Weather: 66 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, out to left.

Game Notes

MANNY RAMIREZ DID NOT STRIKE OUT TO END THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING FOR BOSTON AS PREVIUOSLY REPORTED. JOHNNY DAMON WAS OUT ON A RUNNER'S FIELDER'S CHOICE RETURNING TO SECOND BASE. MANNY RAMIREZ WILL LEAD OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING FOR BOSTON.

MANNY RAMIREZ DID NOT STRIKE OUT TO END THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING FOR BOSTON AS PREVIUOSLY REPORTED. JOHNNY DAMON WAS OUT ON A RUNNER'S FIELDER'S CHOICE RETURNING TO SECOND BASE. MANNY RAMIREZ WILL LEAD OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING FOR BOSTON.

BALTIMORE'S LUIS MATOS WAS EJECTED IN THE SEVENTH INNING BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE DOUG EDDINGS FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Updated on Monday, Sep 22, 2003 10:28 pm ET